Sparsely natural vegetated areas — Area from CCI_LC in China
China: Sparsely natural vegetated areas — Area from CCI_LC was 25,339 1000 ha in 2022. ▲ Rising
Sparsely natural vegetated areas — Area from CCI_LC in China, 1992–2022
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in 1000 ha.
Analysis
In 2022, sparsely natural vegetated areas — area from cci_lc in China stood at 25,339 1000 ha. That is the highest value across all 31 years on record.
That represents a change of 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 peaked at 25,339 1000 ha in 2022 and was at its lowest, 21,645 1000 ha, in 1994.
China ranks 9th 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, year by year
| Year | 1000 ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1992 | 21,647 1000 ha | — |
| 1993 | 21,646 1000 ha | -0.0% |
| 1994 | 21,645 1000 ha | -0.0% |
| 1995 | 21,700 1000 ha | +0.3% |
| 1996 | 21,716 1000 ha | +0.1% |
| 1997 | 21,719 1000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1998 | 21,741 1000 ha | +0.1% |
| 1999 | 21,925 1000 ha | +0.8% |
| 2000 | 22,156 1000 ha | +1.1% |
| 2001 | 22,185 1000 ha | +0.1% |
| 2002 | 22,154 1000 ha | -0.1% |
| 2003 | 22,176 1000 ha | +0.1% |
| 2004 | 22,437 1000 ha | +1.2% |
| 2005 | 22,392 1000 ha | -0.2% |
| 2006 | 22,431 1000 ha | +0.2% |
| 2007 | 22,449 1000 ha | +0.1% |
| 2008 | 22,523 1000 ha | +0.3% |
| 2009 | 22,578 1000 ha | +0.2% |
| 2010 | 22,648 1000 ha | +0.3% |
| 2011 | 22,622 1000 ha | -0.1% |
| 2012 | 22,588 1000 ha | -0.2% |
| 2013 | 22,542 1000 ha | -0.2% |
| 2014 | 22,536 1000 ha | -0.0% |
| 2015 | 22,535 1000 ha | -0.0% |
| 2016 | 22,654 1000 ha | +0.5% |
| 2017 | 22,737 1000 ha | +0.4% |
| 2018 | 23,375 1000 ha | +2.8% |
| 2019 | 24,017 1000 ha | +2.7% |
| 2020 | 24,360 1000 ha | +1.4% |
| 2021 | 24,821 1000 ha | +1.9% |
| 2022 | 25,339 1000 ha | +2.1% |
China compared with similar countries
- China's 25,339 1000 ha is above the median for upper middle income countries, which is 8.46 1000 ha, 2995.1× the median. (52 countries reporting)
- China's 25,339 1000 ha is above the median for East Asia & Pacific, which is 3.79 1000 ha, 6685.6× the median. (27 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 21,717 1000 ha | 21,645 1000 ha | 21,925 1000 ha | 8 |
| 2000s | 22,348 1000 ha | 22,154 1000 ha | 22,578 1000 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 22,825 1000 ha | 22,535 1000 ha | 24,017 1000 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 24,840 1000 ha | 24,360 1000 ha | 25,339 1000 ha | 3 |
Countries ranked near China
- 6 Argentina 47,600 1000 ha compare
- 6 Syrian Arab Republic 952.51 1000 ha compare
- 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 United Republic of Tanzania 93.39 1000 ha compare
- 10 China, mainland 25,334 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
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 sparsely natural vegetated areas — area from cci_lc in China?
- Sparsely natural vegetated areas — area from cci_lc in China was 25,339 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?
- The highest recorded value was 25,339 1000 ha in 2022.
- What is the lowest sparsely natural vegetated areas — area from cci_lc recorded in China?
- The lowest recorded value was 21,645 1000 ha in 1994.
- How does China rank for sparsely natural vegetated areas — area from cci_lc?
- China ranks 9th out of 224 countries with data for 2022.
- Is sparsely natural vegetated areas — area from cci_lc rising or falling in China?
- Over the last ten years it is up 12.2%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this China 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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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.