Shrub-covered areas — Area from CCI_LC in China, mainland
China, mainland: Shrub-covered areas — Area from CCI_LC was 23,458 1000 ha in 2022. ▼ Falling
Shrub-covered areas — Area from CCI_LC in China, mainland, 1992–2022
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in 1000 ha.
Analysis
China, mainland recorded 23,458 1000 ha for shrub-covered areas — area from cci_lc in 2022.
The figure is up 0.3% on the previous year and up 0.3% over ten years.
Over the whole period, shrub-covered areas — area from cci_lc in China, mainland peaked at 25,555 1000 ha in 1992 and was at its lowest, 23,162 1000 ha, in 2007.
That places China, mainland 15th out of 224 countries with data for 2022, putting it in the top 10%.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 31 years of available data.
Shrub-covered areas — Area from CCI_LC in China, mainland, year by year
| Year | 1000 ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1992 | 25,555 1000 ha | — |
| 1993 | 25,551 1000 ha | -0.0% |
| 1994 | 25,548 1000 ha | -0.0% |
| 1995 | 25,414 1000 ha | -0.5% |
| 1996 | 25,196 1000 ha | -0.9% |
| 1997 | 25,053 1000 ha | -0.6% |
| 1998 | 24,979 1000 ha | -0.3% |
| 1999 | 24,758 1000 ha | -0.9% |
| 2000 | 24,460 1000 ha | -1.2% |
| 2001 | 24,240 1000 ha | -0.9% |
| 2002 | 24,112 1000 ha | -0.5% |
| 2003 | 23,863 1000 ha | -1.0% |
| 2004 | 23,416 1000 ha | -1.9% |
| 2005 | 23,333 1000 ha | -0.4% |
| 2006 | 23,294 1000 ha | -0.2% |
| 2007 | 23,162 1000 ha | -0.6% |
| 2008 | 23,221 1000 ha | +0.3% |
| 2009 | 23,290 1000 ha | +0.3% |
| 2010 | 23,325 1000 ha | +0.1% |
| 2011 | 23,337 1000 ha | +0.1% |
| 2012 | 23,390 1000 ha | +0.2% |
| 2013 | 23,385 1000 ha | -0.0% |
| 2014 | 23,374 1000 ha | -0.0% |
| 2015 | 23,372 1000 ha | -0.0% |
| 2016 | 23,278 1000 ha | -0.4% |
| 2017 | 23,258 1000 ha | -0.1% |
| 2018 | 23,286 1000 ha | +0.1% |
| 2019 | 23,294 1000 ha | +0.0% |
| 2020 | 23,370 1000 ha | +0.3% |
| 2021 | 23,392 1000 ha | +0.1% |
| 2022 | 23,458 1000 ha | +0.3% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 25,257 1000 ha | 24,758 1000 ha | 25,555 1000 ha | 8 |
| 2000s | 23,639 1000 ha | 23,162 1000 ha | 24,460 1000 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 23,330 1000 ha | 23,258 1000 ha | 23,390 1000 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 23,407 1000 ha | 23,370 1000 ha | 23,458 1000 ha | 3 |
Countries ranked near China, mainland
- 12 Somalia 36,754 1000 ha compare
- 12 Syrian Arab Republic 236.79 1000 ha compare
- 13 Democratic People's Republic of Korea 136.42 1000 ha compare
- 13 South Sudan 28,213 1000 ha compare
- 14 China 23,500 1000 ha compare
- 14 Timor-Leste 117.49 1000 ha compare
- 15 Polynesia 41.12 1000 ha compare
- 16 Angola 23,151 1000 ha compare
- 16 Republic of Moldova 8.15 1000 ha compare
- 17 Kazakhstan 22,500 1000 ha compare
- 17 Micronesia 3.41 1000 ha compare
- 18 India 21,353 1000 ha compare
- 18 Wallis and Futuna Islands 0.86 1000 ha compare
More environment data for China, mainland
- Standard Deviation, annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2025)
- Standard Deviation 0.279 °C (2025)
- Temperature change 1.92 °C (2025)
- Permanent crops — Area 20,142 1000 ha (2024)
- Agricultural land — Value of agricultural production (Int. $) per Area 2,591 USD_PPP/ha (2024)
- Arable land — Share in Agricultural land 27.68 % (2024)
- Arable land — Area 108,466 1000 ha (2024)
- Cropland — Area 128,608 1000 ha (2024)
- Cropland — Area per capita 0.09 ha/cap (2024)
- Cropland — Share in Land area 13.7 % (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is shrub-covered areas — area from cci_lc in China, mainland?
- Shrub-covered areas — area from cci_lc in China, mainland was 23,458 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, mainland?
- The highest recorded value was 25,555 1000 ha in 1992.
- What is the lowest shrub-covered areas — area from cci_lc recorded in China, mainland?
- The lowest recorded value was 23,162 1000 ha in 2007.
- How does China, mainland rank for shrub-covered areas — area from cci_lc?
- China, mainland ranks 15th out of 224 countries with data for 2022.
- Is shrub-covered areas — area from cci_lc rising or falling in China, mainland?
- Over the last ten years it is up 0.3%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this China, mainland 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.