Shrub-covered areas — Area from CCI_LC in China
China: Shrub-covered areas — Area from CCI_LC was 23,500 1000 ha in 2022. ▼ Falling
Shrub-covered areas — Area from CCI_LC in China, 1992–2022
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in 1000 ha.
Analysis
The most recent figure for shrub-covered areas — area from cci_lc in China is 23,500 1000 ha, measured 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 peaked at 25,597 1000 ha in 1992 and was at its lowest, 23,199 1000 ha, in 2007.
That places China 14th 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, year by year
| Year | 1000 ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1992 | 25,597 1000 ha | — |
| 1993 | 25,593 1000 ha | -0.0% |
| 1994 | 25,590 1000 ha | -0.0% |
| 1995 | 25,457 1000 ha | -0.5% |
| 1996 | 25,238 1000 ha | -0.9% |
| 1997 | 25,095 1000 ha | -0.6% |
| 1998 | 25,020 1000 ha | -0.3% |
| 1999 | 24,800 1000 ha | -0.9% |
| 2000 | 24,500 1000 ha | -1.2% |
| 2001 | 24,280 1000 ha | -0.9% |
| 2002 | 24,151 1000 ha | -0.5% |
| 2003 | 23,901 1000 ha | -1.0% |
| 2004 | 23,453 1000 ha | -1.9% |
| 2005 | 23,370 1000 ha | -0.4% |
| 2006 | 23,330 1000 ha | -0.2% |
| 2007 | 23,199 1000 ha | -0.6% |
| 2008 | 23,258 1000 ha | +0.3% |
| 2009 | 23,327 1000 ha | +0.3% |
| 2010 | 23,362 1000 ha | +0.1% |
| 2011 | 23,375 1000 ha | +0.1% |
| 2012 | 23,428 1000 ha | +0.2% |
| 2013 | 23,423 1000 ha | -0.0% |
| 2014 | 23,412 1000 ha | -0.0% |
| 2015 | 23,410 1000 ha | -0.0% |
| 2016 | 23,316 1000 ha | -0.4% |
| 2017 | 23,296 1000 ha | -0.1% |
| 2018 | 23,325 1000 ha | +0.1% |
| 2019 | 23,334 1000 ha | +0.0% |
| 2020 | 23,410 1000 ha | +0.3% |
| 2021 | 23,433 1000 ha | +0.1% |
| 2022 | 23,500 1000 ha | +0.3% |
China compared with similar countries
- China's 23,500 1000 ha is above the median for upper middle income countries, which is 441.84 1000 ha, 53.2× the median. (52 countries reporting)
- China's 23,500 1000 ha is above the median for East Asia & Pacific, which is 46.32 1000 ha, 507.3× the median. (27 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 25,299 1000 ha | 24,800 1000 ha | 25,597 1000 ha | 8 |
| 2000s | 23,677 1000 ha | 23,199 1000 ha | 24,500 1000 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 23,368 1000 ha | 23,296 1000 ha | 23,428 1000 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 23,448 1000 ha | 23,410 1000 ha | 23,500 1000 ha | 3 |
Countries ranked near China
- 11 Botswana 44,738 1000 ha compare
- 11 Melanesia 907.08 1000 ha compare
- 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 Timor-Leste 117.49 1000 ha compare
- 15 China, mainland 23,458 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
More environment data for China
- Standard Deviation, annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2025)
- Standard Deviation 0.279 °C (2025)
- Temperature change 1.92 °C (2025)
- Wood-based panels — Production, annual growth rate 5.29 % change on previous year (2024)
- Total greenhouse gas emissions excluding LULUCF (Mt CO2e), annual 0.8065 % change on previous year (2024)
- Total greenhouse gas emissions excluding LULUCF (Mt CO2e), per unit 0 Mt CO2e per US$ of GDP (2024)
- Total greenhouse gas emissions excluding LULUCF (Mt CO2e), per capita 0 Mt CO2e per person (2024)
- Methane (CH4) emissions from Agriculture (Mt CO2e), annual growth rate -0.2517 % change on previous year (2024)
- Methane (CH4) emissions from Agriculture (Mt CO2e), per unit of GDP 0 Mt CO2e per US$ of GDP (2024)
- Methane (CH4) emissions from Agriculture (Mt CO2e), per capita 0 Mt CO2e per person (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is shrub-covered areas — area from cci_lc in China?
- Shrub-covered areas — area from cci_lc in China was 23,500 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?
- The highest recorded value was 25,597 1000 ha in 1992.
- What is the lowest shrub-covered areas — area from cci_lc recorded in China?
- The lowest recorded value was 23,199 1000 ha in 2007.
- How does China rank for shrub-covered areas — area from cci_lc?
- China ranks 14th out of 224 countries with data for 2022.
- Is shrub-covered areas — area from cci_lc rising or falling in China?
- Over the last ten years it is up 0.3%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this China 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.