Terrestrial barren land — Area from CCI_LC in China, mainland
China, mainland: Terrestrial barren land — Area from CCI_LC was 164,736 1000 ha in 2022. ▼ Falling
Terrestrial barren land — Area from CCI_LC in China, mainland, 1992–2022
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in 1000 ha.
Analysis
In 2022, terrestrial barren land — area from cci_lc in China, mainland stood at 164,736 1000 ha. That is the lowest value across all 31 years on record.
Compared with earlier readings it is down 0.2% on the previous year and down 0.8% over ten years.
Over the whole period, terrestrial barren land — area from cci_lc in China, mainland peaked at 172,647 1000 ha in 1995 and was at its lowest, 164,736 1000 ha, in 2022.
China, mainland ranks 3rd of 219 countries on this measure, 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 | 172,349 1000 ha | 171,252 1000 ha | 172,647 1000 ha | 8 |
| 2000s | 168,992 1000 ha | 167,207 1000 ha | 170,745 1000 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 165,713 1000 ha | 165,180 1000 ha | 166,822 1000 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 164,943 1000 ha | 164,736 1000 ha | 165,098 1000 ha | 3 |
Countries ranked near China, mainland
- 1 Algeria 207,359 1000 ha compare
- 2 Saudi Arabia 180,329 1000 ha compare
- 3 China 164,736 1000 ha compare
- 5 Libya 154,984 1000 ha compare
- 6 Sudan (former) 99,540 1000 ha compare
More environment data for China, mainland
- Standard Deviation 0.279 °C (2025)
- Temperature change 1.92 °C (2025)
- Cropland — Area 128,608 1000 ha (2024)
- Cropland — Area per capita 0.09 ha/cap (2024)
- Cropland — Share in Agricultural land 32.82 % (2024)
- Cropland — Share in Land area 13.7 % (2024)
- Arable land — Area 108,466 1000 ha (2024)
- Arable land — Share in Agricultural land 27.68 % (2024)
- Permanent crops — Area 20,142 1000 ha (2024)
- Land area equipped for irrigation — Area 74,542 1000 ha (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is terrestrial barren land — area from cci_lc in China, mainland?
- Terrestrial barren land — area from cci_lc in China, mainland was 164,736 1000 ha in 2022, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest terrestrial barren land — area from cci_lc recorded in China, mainland?
- The highest recorded value was 172,647 1000 ha in 1995.
- What is the lowest terrestrial barren land — area from cci_lc recorded in China, mainland?
- The lowest recorded value was 164,736 1000 ha in 2022.
- How does China, mainland rank for terrestrial barren land — area from cci_lc?
- China, mainland ranks 3rd out of 219 countries with data for 2022.
- Is terrestrial barren land — area from cci_lc rising or falling in China, mainland?
- Over the last ten years it is down 0.8%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this China, mainland data come from?
- The figures come from Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as part of Terrestrial barren land — 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.