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 13th out of 241 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.
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
- 10 Botswana 44,738 1000 ha compare
- 11 Somalia 36,754 1000 ha compare
- 12 South Sudan 28,213 1000 ha compare
- 14 China, mainland 23,458 1000 ha compare
- 15 Angola 23,151 1000 ha compare
- 16 Kazakhstan 22,500 1000 ha compare
More environment data for China
- Land area equipped for irrigation — Share in Cropland 57.9 % (2024)
- Land area equipped for irrigation — Area 74,915 1000 ha (2024)
- Inland waters — Area 17,531 1000 ha (2024)
- Permanent meadows and pastures — Share in Land area 27.93 % (2024)
- Permanent meadows and pastures — Share in Agricultural land 67.04 % (2024)
- Permanent meadows and pastures — Area 263,216 1000 ha (2024)
- Permanent crops — Share in Agricultural land 5.18 % (2024)
- Permanent crops — Area 20,327 1000 ha (2024)
- Arable land — Share in Agricultural land 27.78 % (2024)
- Arable land — Area 109,061 1000 ha (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 13th out of 241 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.