China, Taiwan Province of vs United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland: Tree-covered areas — Area from CCI_LC

China, Taiwan Province of
2,211 1000 ha
in 2022
United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland
2,336 1000 ha
in 2022
China, Taiwan Province of rank
98th
United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland rank
95th

Tree-covered areas — Area from CCI_LC over time

  • China, Taiwan Province of
  • United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland
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How they compare

United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland currently reports 2,336 1000 ha against 2,211 1000 ha in China, Taiwan Province of, a difference of 125 1000 ha.

That makes United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland's figure about 1.1 times China, Taiwan Province of's.

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

China, Taiwan Province of ranks 98th and United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland ranks 95th of 224 countries.

Across the 4 decades both report, China, Taiwan Province of averaged higher in 1 and United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland in 3.

Head to head by decade

Decade China, Taiwan Province of United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland Difference Ahead
1990s 2,277 1000 ha 2,066 1000 ha 210.32 1000 ha China, Taiwan Province of
2000s 2,257 1000 ha 2,269 1000 ha 12.32 1000 ha United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland
2010s 2,233 1000 ha 2,290 1000 ha 57.57 1000 ha United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland
2020s 2,214 1000 ha 2,321 1000 ha 107.12 1000 ha United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher tree-covered areas — area from cci_lc, China, Taiwan Province of or United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland?
United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, at 2,336 1000 ha against 2,211 1000 ha in China, Taiwan Province of as of 2022.
What is the difference in tree-covered areas — area from cci_lc between China, Taiwan Province of and United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland?
125 1000 ha, with United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for China, Taiwan Province of and United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland?
31 years are reported by both, from 1992 to 2022.
How do China, Taiwan Province of and United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland rank globally for tree-covered areas — area from cci_lc?
China, Taiwan Province of ranks 98th and United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland ranks 95th 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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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.