China, mainland vs Eastern Europe: Tree-covered areas β€” Area from MODIS

China, mainland
268,203 1000 ha
in 2024
Eastern Europe
984,976 1000 ha
in 2024
China, mainland rank
5th
Eastern Europe rank
3rd

Tree-covered areas β€” Area from MODIS over time

  • China, mainland
  • Eastern Europe
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How they compare

Eastern Europe currently reports 984,976 1000 ha against 268,203 1000 ha in China, mainland, a difference of 716,773 1000 ha.

That makes Eastern Europe's figure about 3.7 times China, mainland's.

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

China, mainland ranks 5th and Eastern Europe ranks 3rd of 218 countries.

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

Head to head by decade

Decade China, mainland Eastern Europe Difference Ahead
2000s 253,996 1000 ha 963,168 1000 ha 709,172 1000 ha Eastern Europe
2010s 262,295 1000 ha 982,849 1000 ha 720,554 1000 ha Eastern Europe
2020s 266,629 1000 ha 986,806 1000 ha 720,177 1000 ha Eastern Europe

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher tree-covered areas β€” area from modis, China, mainland or Eastern Europe?
Eastern Europe, at 984,976 1000 ha against 268,203 1000 ha in China, mainland as of 2024.
What is the difference in tree-covered areas β€” area from modis between China, mainland and Eastern Europe?
716,773 1000 ha, with Eastern Europe ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for China, mainland and Eastern Europe?
24 years are reported by both, from 2001 to 2024.
How do China, mainland and Eastern Europe rank globally for tree-covered areas β€” area from modis?
China, mainland ranks 5th and Eastern Europe ranks 3rd of 218 countries.
Where does this data come from?
Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as Tree-covered areas β€” Area from MODIS. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.

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Indicator
Tree-covered areas β€” 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 UniversitΓ© 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.