China vs Indonesia: Tree-covered areas — Area from MODIS
Tree-covered areas — Area from MODIS over time
- China
- Indonesia
How they compare
China currently reports 270,880 1000 ha against 165,940 1000 ha in Indonesia, a difference of 104,940 1000 ha.
That makes China's figure about 1.6 times Indonesia's.
Across all 24 years both countries report, China has been ahead every year.
China ranks 4th and Indonesia ranks 7th of 240 countries.
China has averaged higher in every one of the 3 decades both report.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | China | Indonesia | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 256,741 1000 ha | 164,858 1000 ha | 91,883 1000 ha | China |
| 2010s | 265,026 1000 ha | 166,152 1000 ha | 98,873 1000 ha | China |
| 2020s | 269,313 1000 ha | 165,496 1000 ha | 103,817 1000 ha | China |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher tree-covered areas — area from modis, China or Indonesia?
- China, at 270,880 1000 ha against 165,940 1000 ha in Indonesia as of 2024.
- What is the difference in tree-covered areas — area from modis between China and Indonesia?
- 104,940 1000 ha, with China ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for China and Indonesia?
- 24 years are reported by both, from 2001 to 2024.
- How do China and Indonesia rank globally for tree-covered areas — area from modis?
- China ranks 4th and Indonesia ranks 7th of 240 countries.
- Where does this data come from?
- Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as Tree-covered areas — Area from MODIS. 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.