Shrubs and/or herbaceous vegetation, aquatic or regularly flooded in China, mainland
China, mainland: Shrubs and/or herbaceous vegetation, aquatic or regularly flooded was 2,283 1000 ha in 2024. ▲ Rising
Shrubs and/or herbaceous vegetation, aquatic or regularly flooded in China, mainland, 2001–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in 1000 ha.
Analysis
In 2024, shrubs and/or herbaceous vegetation, aquatic or regularly flooded in China, mainland stood at 2,283 1000 ha.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 5.5% on the previous year and up 20.2% over ten years.
Over the whole period, shrubs and/or herbaceous vegetation, aquatic or regularly flooded in China, mainland peaked at 3,033 1000 ha in 2001 and was at its lowest, 1,303 1000 ha, in 2008.
That places China, mainland 5th out of 223 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the top 10%.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 24 years of available data.
Shrubs and/or herbaceous vegetation, aquatic or regularly flooded in China, mainland, year by year
| Year | 1000 ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2001 | 3,033 1000 ha | — |
| 2002 | 2,057 1000 ha | -32.2% |
| 2003 | 1,776 1000 ha | -13.7% |
| 2004 | 1,641 1000 ha | -7.6% |
| 2005 | 1,488 1000 ha | -9.3% |
| 2006 | 1,366 1000 ha | -8.2% |
| 2007 | 1,347 1000 ha | -1.4% |
| 2008 | 1,303 1000 ha | -3.3% |
| 2009 | 1,332 1000 ha | +2.3% |
| 2010 | 1,406 1000 ha | +5.5% |
| 2011 | 1,424 1000 ha | +1.3% |
| 2012 | 1,564 1000 ha | +9.8% |
| 2013 | 1,729 1000 ha | +10.5% |
| 2014 | 1,900 1000 ha | +9.9% |
| 2015 | 2,069 1000 ha | +8.9% |
| 2016 | 2,328 1000 ha | +12.5% |
| 2017 | 2,388 1000 ha | +2.6% |
| 2018 | 2,312 1000 ha | -3.2% |
| 2019 | 2,211 1000 ha | -4.4% |
| 2020 | 2,240 1000 ha | +1.3% |
| 2021 | 2,272 1000 ha | +1.4% |
| 2022 | 2,112 1000 ha | -7.1% |
| 2023 | 2,164 1000 ha | +2.5% |
| 2024 | 2,283 1000 ha | +5.5% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 1,705 1000 ha | 1,303 1000 ha | 3,033 1000 ha | 9 |
| 2010s | 1,933 1000 ha | 1,406 1000 ha | 2,388 1000 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 2,214 1000 ha | 2,112 1000 ha | 2,283 1000 ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near China, mainland
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 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 2,283 1000 ha in 2024, 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 3,033 1000 ha in 2001.
- What is the lowest shrubs and/or herbaceous vegetation, aquatic or regularly flooded recorded in China, mainland?
- The lowest recorded value was 1,303 1000 ha in 2008.
- How does China, mainland rank for shrubs and/or herbaceous vegetation, aquatic or regularly flooded?
- China, mainland ranks 5th out of 223 countries with data for 2024.
- Is shrubs and/or herbaceous vegetation, aquatic or regularly flooded rising or falling in China, mainland?
- Over the last ten years it is up 20.2%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- 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 MODIS. 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.