China, mainland vs World: Terrestrial barren land — Area from MODIS

China, mainland
220,009 1000 ha
in 2024
World
2.01 million 1000 ha
in 2024
China, mainland rank
2nd
World rank
1st

Terrestrial barren land — Area from MODIS over time

  • China, mainland
  • World
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How they compare

World currently reports 2.01 million 1000 ha against 220,009 1000 ha in China, mainland, a difference of 1.79 million 1000 ha.

That makes World's figure about 9.1 times China, mainland's.

Across all 24 years both countries report, World has been ahead every year.

China, mainland ranks 2nd and World ranks 1st of 240 countries.

World has averaged higher in every one of the 3 decades both report.

Head to head by decade

Decade China, mainland World Difference Ahead
2000s 227,967 1000 ha 2.06 million 1000 ha 1.83 million 1000 ha World
2010s 221,477 1000 ha 2.02 million 1000 ha 1.80 million 1000 ha World
2020s 219,900 1000 ha 2.02 million 1000 ha 1.80 million 1000 ha World

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher terrestrial barren land — area from modis, China, mainland or World?
World, at 2.01 million 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 World?
1.79 million 1000 ha, with World ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for China, mainland and World?
24 years are reported by both, from 2001 to 2024.
How do China, mainland and World rank globally for terrestrial barren land — area from modis?
China, mainland ranks 2nd and World ranks 1st of 240 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

Indicator
Terrestrial barren land — Area from MODIS
Unit
1000 ha
Source
Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations
Licence
CC BY-NC-SA 3.0 IGO (FAO)
Coverage
269 places, 6,390 data points, 2001–2024
Last refreshed

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.