Sparsely natural vegetated areas — Area from CCI_LC in China, mainland
China, mainland: Sparsely natural vegetated areas — Area from CCI_LC was 25,334 1000 ha in 2022. ▲ Rising
Sparsely natural vegetated areas — Area from CCI_LC in China, mainland, 1992–2022
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in 1000 ha.
Analysis
The most recent figure for sparsely natural vegetated areas — area from cci_lc in China, mainland is 25,334 1000 ha, measured in 2022. That is the highest value across all 31 years on record.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 2.1% on the previous year and up 12.2% over ten years.
Over the whole period, sparsely natural vegetated areas — area from cci_lc in China, mainland peaked at 25,334 1000 ha in 2022 and was at its lowest, 21,641 1000 ha, in 1994.
China, mainland ranks 10th of 224 countries on this measure, in the top 10%.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 31 years of available data.
Sparsely natural vegetated areas — Area from CCI_LC in China, mainland, year by year
| Year | 1000 ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1992 | 21,643 1000 ha | — |
| 1993 | 21,642 1000 ha | -0.0% |
| 1994 | 21,641 1000 ha | -0.0% |
| 1995 | 21,696 1000 ha | +0.3% |
| 1996 | 21,712 1000 ha | +0.1% |
| 1997 | 21,715 1000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1998 | 21,737 1000 ha | +0.1% |
| 1999 | 21,921 1000 ha | +0.8% |
| 2000 | 22,152 1000 ha | +1.1% |
| 2001 | 22,180 1000 ha | +0.1% |
| 2002 | 22,150 1000 ha | -0.1% |
| 2003 | 22,172 1000 ha | +0.1% |
| 2004 | 22,433 1000 ha | +1.2% |
| 2005 | 22,388 1000 ha | -0.2% |
| 2006 | 22,426 1000 ha | +0.2% |
| 2007 | 22,445 1000 ha | +0.1% |
| 2008 | 22,519 1000 ha | +0.3% |
| 2009 | 22,573 1000 ha | +0.2% |
| 2010 | 22,644 1000 ha | +0.3% |
| 2011 | 22,618 1000 ha | -0.1% |
| 2012 | 22,583 1000 ha | -0.2% |
| 2013 | 22,538 1000 ha | -0.2% |
| 2014 | 22,532 1000 ha | -0.0% |
| 2015 | 22,530 1000 ha | -0.0% |
| 2016 | 22,650 1000 ha | +0.5% |
| 2017 | 22,733 1000 ha | +0.4% |
| 2018 | 23,370 1000 ha | +2.8% |
| 2019 | 24,012 1000 ha | +2.7% |
| 2020 | 24,356 1000 ha | +1.4% |
| 2021 | 24,816 1000 ha | +1.9% |
| 2022 | 25,334 1000 ha | +2.1% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 21,713 1000 ha | 21,641 1000 ha | 21,921 1000 ha | 8 |
| 2000s | 22,344 1000 ha | 22,150 1000 ha | 22,573 1000 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 22,821 1000 ha | 22,530 1000 ha | 24,012 1000 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 24,835 1000 ha | 24,356 1000 ha | 25,334 1000 ha | 3 |
Countries ranked near China, mainland
- 7 Mongolia 35,459 1000 ha compare
- 7 Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of) 566.69 1000 ha compare
- 8 Greenland 26,943 1000 ha compare
- 8 Melanesia 548.93 1000 ha compare
- 9 China 25,339 1000 ha compare
- 9 United Republic of Tanzania 93.39 1000 ha compare
- 10 Polynesia 24.25 1000 ha compare
- 11 Democratic People's Republic of Korea 22.02 1000 ha compare
- 11 Niger 15,018 1000 ha compare
- 12 Chile 13,131 1000 ha compare
- 12 Micronesia 8.44 1000 ha compare
- 13 Morocco 9,989 1000 ha compare
- 13 Viet Nam 6.22 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 sparsely natural vegetated areas — area from cci_lc in China, mainland?
- Sparsely natural vegetated areas — area from cci_lc in China, mainland was 25,334 1000 ha in 2022, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest sparsely natural vegetated areas — area from cci_lc recorded in China, mainland?
- The highest recorded value was 25,334 1000 ha in 2022.
- What is the lowest sparsely natural vegetated areas — area from cci_lc recorded in China, mainland?
- The lowest recorded value was 21,641 1000 ha in 1994.
- How does China, mainland rank for sparsely natural vegetated areas — area from cci_lc?
- China, mainland ranks 10th out of 224 countries with data for 2022.
- Is sparsely natural vegetated areas — area from cci_lc rising or falling in China, mainland?
- Over the last ten years it is up 12.2%. 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 Sparsely natural vegetated areas — Area from CCI_LC. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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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.