China, mainland vs Western Asia: Terrestrial barren land — Area from MODIS
Terrestrial barren land — Area from MODIS over time
- China, mainland
- Western Asia
How they compare
Western Asia currently reports 309,632 1000 ha against 220,009 1000 ha in China, mainland, a difference of 89,623 1000 ha.
That makes Western Asia's figure about 1.4 times China, mainland's.
Across all 24 years both countries report, Western Asia has been ahead every year.
China, mainland ranks 2nd and Western Asia ranks 4th of 223 countries.
Western Asia has averaged higher in every one of the 3 decades both report.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | China, mainland | Western Asia | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 227,967 1000 ha | 314,804 1000 ha | 86,837 1000 ha | Western Asia |
| 2010s | 221,477 1000 ha | 315,495 1000 ha | 94,018 1000 ha | Western Asia |
| 2020s | 219,900 1000 ha | 310,695 1000 ha | 90,795 1000 ha | Western Asia |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher terrestrial barren land — area from modis, China, mainland or Western Asia?
- Western Asia, at 309,632 1000 ha against 220,009 1000 ha in China, mainland as of 2024.
- What is the difference in terrestrial barren land — area from modis between China, mainland and Western Asia?
- 89,623 1000 ha, with Western Asia ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for China, mainland and Western Asia?
- 24 years are reported by both, from 2001 to 2024.
- How do China, mainland and Western Asia rank globally for terrestrial barren land — area from modis?
- China, mainland ranks 2nd and Western Asia ranks 4th of 223 countries.
- Where does this data come from?
- Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as Terrestrial barren land — Area from MODIS. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.
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About this data
The FAOSTAT domain on Land Cover data under the Agri-Environmental Indicators section contains land cover information organized by the land cover classes of the international standard system for Environmental and Economic Accounting Central Framework (SEEA CF). The land cover information is compiled from publicly available Global Land Cover (GLC) maps: a) MODIS land cover types based on the Land Cover Classification System, LCCS; b) The European Spatial Agency (ESA) Climate Change Initiative (CCI) annual land cover maps produced by the Université catholique de Louvain (UCL)-Geomatics and now under the European Copernicus Program; c) The annual land cover maps which were produced under the European Copernicus Global Land Service (CGLS) (CGLS land cover, containing discrete land cover categorization), with spatial resolution 100m; and d) the WorldCover maps of the European Space Agency, produced at 10m resolution.