China, mainland vs United States of America: Tree-covered areas — Area from CCI_LC
Tree-covered areas — Area from CCI_LC over time
- China, mainland
- United States of America
How they compare
United States of America currently reports 292,740 1000 ha against 186,559 1000 ha in China, mainland, a difference of 106,181 1000 ha.
That makes United States of America's figure about 1.6 times China, mainland's.
Across all 31 years both countries report, United States of America has been ahead every year.
China, mainland ranks 5th and United States of America ranks 8th of 224 countries.
United States of America has averaged higher in every one of the 4 decades both report.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | China, mainland | United States of America | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 184,412 1000 ha | 295,810 1000 ha | 111,398 1000 ha | United States of America |
| 2000s | 183,284 1000 ha | 298,379 1000 ha | 115,095 1000 ha | United States of America |
| 2010s | 184,019 1000 ha | 296,559 1000 ha | 112,540 1000 ha | United States of America |
| 2020s | 186,271 1000 ha | 292,598 1000 ha | 106,327 1000 ha | United States of America |
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 United States of America?
- United States of America, at 292,740 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 United States of America?
- 106,181 1000 ha, with United States of America ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for China, mainland and United States of America?
- 31 years are reported by both, from 1992 to 2022.
- How do China, mainland and United States of America rank globally for tree-covered areas — area from cci_lc?
- China, mainland ranks 5th and United States of America ranks 8th 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
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.