Shrub-covered areas — Area from CCI_LC in China, Hong Kong SAR
China, Hong Kong SAR: Shrub-covered areas — Area from CCI_LC was 6.47 1000 ha in 2022. ▼ Falling
Shrub-covered areas — Area from CCI_LC in China, Hong Kong SAR, 1992–2022
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in 1000 ha.
Analysis
In 2022, shrub-covered areas — area from cci_lc in China, Hong Kong SAR stood at 6.47 1000 ha.
That represents a change of up 2.9% on the previous year and up 8.7% over ten years.
Over the whole period, shrub-covered areas — area from cci_lc in China, Hong Kong SAR peaked at 11.55 1000 ha in 1992 and was at its lowest, 5.87 1000 ha, in 2017.
That places China, Hong Kong SAR 170th out of 219 countries with data for 2022, putting it in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 31 years of available data.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 10.88 1000 ha | 9.05 1000 ha | 11.55 1000 ha | 8 |
| 2000s | 6.76 1000 ha | 6.1 1000 ha | 8.06 1000 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 5.92 1000 ha | 5.87 1000 ha | 5.99 1000 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 6.25 1000 ha | 6 1000 ha | 6.47 1000 ha | 3 |
Countries ranked near China, Hong Kong SAR
- 167 Jordan 8.17 1000 ha compare
- 168 Vanuatu 7.69 1000 ha compare
- 169 Brunei Darussalam 7.48 1000 ha compare
- 171 Qatar 6.09 1000 ha compare
- 172 Solomon Islands 5.13 1000 ha compare
- 173 Martinique 3.74 1000 ha compare
More environment data for China, Hong Kong SAR
- Standard Deviation, annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2025)
- Standard Deviation 0.361 °C (2025)
- Temperature change 1.01 °C (2025)
- Nutrient phosphate P2O5 (total) — Import quantity 261 t (2024)
- Nutrient phosphate P2O5 (total) — Use per value of agricultural 1.57 g/Int$ (2024)
- Nutrient phosphate P2O5 (total) — Use per capita 0.03 kg/cap (2024)
- Nutrient phosphate P2O5 (total) — Use per area of cropland 73 kg/ha (2024)
- Nutrient phosphate P2O5 (total) — Agricultural Use 219 t (2024)
- Nutrient nitrogen N (total) — Export quantity 824 t (2024)
- Nutrient nitrogen N (total) — Agricultural Use 545 t (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is shrub-covered areas — area from cci_lc in China, Hong Kong SAR?
- Shrub-covered areas — area from cci_lc in China, Hong Kong SAR was 6.47 1000 ha in 2022, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest shrub-covered areas — area from cci_lc recorded in China, Hong Kong SAR?
- The highest recorded value was 11.55 1000 ha in 1992.
- What is the lowest shrub-covered areas — area from cci_lc recorded in China, Hong Kong SAR?
- The lowest recorded value was 5.87 1000 ha in 2017.
- How does China, Hong Kong SAR rank for shrub-covered areas — area from cci_lc?
- China, Hong Kong SAR ranks 170th out of 219 countries with data for 2022.
- Is shrub-covered areas — area from cci_lc rising or falling in China, Hong Kong SAR?
- Over the last ten years it is up 8.7%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this China, Hong Kong SAR data come from?
- The figures come from Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as part of Shrub-covered areas — Area from CCI_LC. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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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.