China, mainland vs Eastern Europe: Tree-covered areas — Area from CCI_LC

China, mainland
186,559 1000 ha
in 2022
Eastern Europe
986,093 1000 ha
in 2022
China, mainland rank
5th
Eastern Europe rank
4th

Tree-covered areas — Area from CCI_LC over time

  • China, mainland
  • Eastern Europe
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How they compare

Eastern Europe currently reports 986,093 1000 ha against 186,559 1000 ha in China, mainland, a difference of 799,534 1000 ha.

That makes Eastern Europe's figure about 5.3 times China, mainland's.

Across all 31 years both countries report, Eastern Europe has been ahead every year.

China, mainland ranks 5th and Eastern Europe ranks 4th of 224 countries.

Eastern Europe has averaged higher in every one of the 4 decades both report.

Head to head by decade

Decade China, mainland Eastern Europe Difference Ahead
1990s 184,412 1000 ha 1.00 million 1000 ha 818,444 1000 ha Eastern Europe
2000s 183,284 1000 ha 1.00 million 1000 ha 820,315 1000 ha Eastern Europe
2010s 184,019 1000 ha 1.00 million 1000 ha 816,909 1000 ha Eastern Europe
2020s 186,271 1000 ha 986,882 1000 ha 800,611 1000 ha Eastern Europe

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher tree-covered areas — area from cci_lc, China, mainland or Eastern Europe?
Eastern Europe, at 986,093 1000 ha against 186,559 1000 ha in China, mainland as of 2022.
What is the difference in tree-covered areas — area from cci_lc between China, mainland and Eastern Europe?
799,534 1000 ha, with Eastern Europe ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for China, mainland and Eastern Europe?
31 years are reported by both, from 1992 to 2022.
How do China, mainland and Eastern Europe rank globally for tree-covered areas — area from cci_lc?
China, mainland ranks 5th and Eastern Europe ranks 4th of 224 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

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.