China vs Northern America: Tree-covered areas — Area from MODIS
Tree-covered areas — Area from MODIS over time
- China
- Northern America
How they compare
Northern America currently reports 844,633 1000 ha against 270,880 1000 ha in China, a difference of 573,753 1000 ha.
That makes Northern America's figure about 3.1 times China's.
Across all 24 years both countries report, Northern America has been ahead every year.
China ranks 4th and Northern America ranks 6th of 240 countries.
Northern America has averaged higher in every one of the 3 decades both report.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | China | Northern America | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 256,741 1000 ha | 825,555 1000 ha | 568,814 1000 ha | Northern America |
| 2010s | 265,026 1000 ha | 834,590 1000 ha | 569,564 1000 ha | Northern America |
| 2020s | 269,313 1000 ha | 841,523 1000 ha | 572,210 1000 ha | Northern America |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher tree-covered areas — area from modis, China or Northern America?
- Northern America, at 844,633 1000 ha against 270,880 1000 ha in China as of 2024.
- What is the difference in tree-covered areas — area from modis between China and Northern America?
- 573,753 1000 ha, with Northern America ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for China and Northern America?
- 24 years are reported by both, from 2001 to 2024.
- How do China and Northern America rank globally for tree-covered areas — area from modis?
- China ranks 4th and Northern America ranks 6th 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.