Shrubs and/or herbaceous vegetation, aquatic or regularly flooded in China, mainland

China, mainland: Shrubs and/or herbaceous vegetation, aquatic or regularly flooded was 5,441 1000 ha in 2019. ▲ Rising

Latest (2019)
5,441 1000 ha
Change on year
up 7.4%
World rank
6th
of 194 countries
All-time high
5,441 1000 ha
in 2019
All-time low
2,394 1000 ha
in 2015
Years of data
5
2015–2019

Shrubs and/or herbaceous vegetation, aquatic or regularly flooded in China, mainland, 2015–2019

02.0k4.0k6.0k2015201720192015: 2.4k 1000 ha2016: 4.0k 1000 ha2017: 4.7k 1000 ha2018: 5.1k 1000 ha2019: 5.4k 1000 ha

Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in 1000 ha.

Analysis

The most recent figure for shrubs and/or herbaceous vegetation, aquatic or regularly flooded in China, mainland is 5,441 1000 ha, measured in 2019. That is the highest value across all 5 years on record.

The figure is up 7.4% on the previous year and up 127.3% over five years.

China, mainland ranks 6th of 194 countries on this measure, in the top 10%.

Shrubs and/or herbaceous vegetation, aquatic or regularly flooded in China, mainland, year by year

Annual values for Shrubs and/or herbaceous vegetation, aquatic or regularly flooded — Area from CGLS in China, mainland, 2015 to 2019.
Year 1000 ha Change
2015 2,394 1000 ha
2016 4,007 1000 ha +67.4%
2017 4,669 1000 ha +16.5%
2018 5,069 1000 ha +8.6%
2019 5,441 1000 ha +7.4%

Countries ranked near China, mainland

  1. 3 Canada 12,711 1000 ha compare
  2. 4 Argentina 9,203 1000 ha compare
  3. 5 China 5,488 1000 ha compare
  4. 7 Kazakhstan 3,586 1000 ha compare
  5. 8 Indonesia 2,752 1000 ha compare
  6. 9 South Sudan 2,735 1000 ha compare

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Frequently asked questions

What is shrubs and/or herbaceous vegetation, aquatic or regularly flooded in China, mainland?
Shrubs and/or herbaceous vegetation, aquatic or regularly flooded in China, mainland was 5,441 1000 ha in 2019, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
What is the highest shrubs and/or herbaceous vegetation, aquatic or regularly flooded recorded in China, mainland?
The highest recorded value was 5,441 1000 ha in 2019.
What is the lowest shrubs and/or herbaceous vegetation, aquatic or regularly flooded recorded in China, mainland?
The lowest recorded value was 2,394 1000 ha in 2015.
How does China, mainland rank for shrubs and/or herbaceous vegetation, aquatic or regularly flooded?
China, mainland ranks 6th out of 194 countries with data for 2019.
Where does this China, mainland data come from?
The figures come from Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as part of Shrubs and/or herbaceous vegetation, aquatic or regularly flooded — Area from CGLS. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.

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Indicator
Shrubs and/or herbaceous vegetation, aquatic or regularly flooded — Area from CGLS
Unit
1000 ha
Source
Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations
Licence
CC BY-NC-SA 3.0 IGO (FAO)
Coverage
238 places, 1,190 data points, 2015–2019
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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.