Which has higher tree-covered areas — area from cci_lc, China, Macao SAR or Kiribati?

China, Macao SAR, at 0.32 1000 ha against 0.25 1000 ha in Kiribati as of 2022.

What is the difference in tree-covered areas — area from cci_lc between China, Macao SAR and Kiribati?

0.07 1000 ha, with China, Macao SAR ahead.

How many years of comparable data are there for China, Macao SAR and Kiribati?

31 years are reported by both, from 1992 to 2022.

Where does this data come from?

Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as Tree-covered areas — Area from CCI_LC. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.

China, Macao SAR vs Kiribati: Tree-covered areas — Area from CCI_LC

China, Macao SAR

0.32 1000 ha

in 2022

Kiribati

0.25 1000 ha

in 2022

China, Macao SAR rank

227th

Kiribati rank

228th

Tree-covered areas — Area from CCI_LC over time

China, Macao SAR
Kiribati

How they compare

China, Macao SAR currently reports 0.32 1000 ha against 0.25 1000 ha in Kiribati, a difference of 0.07 1000 ha.

That makes China, Macao SAR's figure about 1.3 times Kiribati's.

The two have swapped places 1 time across 31 shared years of data; in 1992 it was Kiribati ahead.

China, Macao SAR ranks 227th and Kiribati ranks 228th of 241 countries.

Across the 4 decades both report, China, Macao SAR averaged higher in 2 and Kiribati in 2.

Head to head by decade

Decade	China, Macao SAR	Kiribati	Difference	Ahead
1990s	0.1775 1000 ha	0.25 1000 ha	0.0725 1000 ha	Kiribati
2000s	0.241 1000 ha	0.25 1000 ha	0.009 1000 ha	Kiribati
2010s	0.298 1000 ha	0.25 1000 ha	0.048 1000 ha	China, Macao SAR
2020s	0.32 1000 ha	0.25 1000 ha	0.07 1000 ha	China, Macao SAR

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher tree-covered areas — area from cci_lc, China, Macao SAR or Kiribati?: China, Macao SAR, at 0.32 1000 ha against 0.25 1000 ha in Kiribati as of 2022.
What is the difference in tree-covered areas — area from cci_lc between China, Macao SAR and Kiribati?: 0.07 1000 ha, with China, Macao SAR ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for China, Macao SAR and Kiribati?: 31 years are reported by both, from 1992 to 2022.
How do China, Macao SAR and Kiribati rank globally for tree-covered areas — area from cci_lc?: China, Macao SAR ranks 227th and Kiribati ranks 228th of 241 countries.
Where does this data come from?: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as Tree-covered areas — Area from CCI_LC. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.

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About this data

Indicator: Tree-covered areas — Area from CCI_LC
Unit: 1000 ha
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations
Licence: CC BY-NC-SA 3.0 IGO (FAO)
Coverage: 270 places, 8,231 data points, 1992–2022
Last refreshed: 12 August 2026

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.