Terrestrial barren land — Area from CCI_LC in China
China: Terrestrial barren land — Area from CCI_LC was 164,736 1000 ha in 2022. ▼ Falling
Terrestrial barren land — Area from CCI_LC in China, 1992–2022
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in 1000 ha.
Analysis
The most recent figure for terrestrial barren land — area from cci_lc in China is 164,736 1000 ha, measured in 2022. That is the lowest value across all 31 years on record.
That represents a change of 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 peaked at 172,647 1000 ha in 1995 and was at its lowest, 164,736 1000 ha, in 2022.
That places China 3rd out of 224 countries with data for 2022, putting it in the top 10%.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 31 years of available data.
Terrestrial barren land — Area from CCI_LC in China, year by year
| Year | 1000 ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1992 | 172,433 1000 ha | — |
| 1993 | 172,431 1000 ha | -0.0% |
| 1994 | 172,429 1000 ha | -0.0% |
| 1995 | 172,647 1000 ha | +0.1% |
| 1996 | 172,612 1000 ha | -0.0% |
| 1997 | 172,592 1000 ha | -0.0% |
| 1998 | 172,399 1000 ha | -0.1% |
| 1999 | 171,252 1000 ha | -0.7% |
| 2000 | 170,745 1000 ha | -0.3% |
| 2001 | 170,687 1000 ha | -0.0% |
| 2002 | 170,091 1000 ha | -0.3% |
| 2003 | 169,769 1000 ha | -0.2% |
| 2004 | 168,975 1000 ha | -0.5% |
| 2005 | 168,722 1000 ha | -0.1% |
| 2006 | 168,376 1000 ha | -0.2% |
| 2007 | 167,922 1000 ha | -0.3% |
| 2008 | 167,421 1000 ha | -0.3% |
| 2009 | 167,207 1000 ha | -0.1% |
| 2010 | 166,822 1000 ha | -0.2% |
| 2011 | 166,381 1000 ha | -0.3% |
| 2012 | 166,094 1000 ha | -0.2% |
| 2013 | 165,993 1000 ha | -0.1% |
| 2014 | 165,372 1000 ha | -0.4% |
| 2015 | 165,370 1000 ha | -0.0% |
| 2016 | 165,334 1000 ha | -0.0% |
| 2017 | 165,270 1000 ha | -0.0% |
| 2018 | 165,180 1000 ha | -0.1% |
| 2019 | 165,314 1000 ha | +0.1% |
| 2020 | 165,098 1000 ha | -0.1% |
| 2021 | 164,995 1000 ha | -0.1% |
| 2022 | 164,736 1000 ha | -0.2% |
China compared with similar countries
- China's 164,736 1000 ha is above the median for upper middle income countries, which is 2.04 1000 ha, 80951.4× the median. (52 countries reporting)
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
- 1 Algeria 207,359 1000 ha compare
- 2 Iran (Islamic Republic of) 105,383 1000 ha compare
- 2 Saudi Arabia 180,329 1000 ha compare
- 3 China, mainland 164,736 1000 ha compare
- 4 Syrian Arab Republic 11,505 1000 ha compare
- 5 Bolivia (Plurinational State of) 8,300 1000 ha compare
- 5 Libya 154,984 1000 ha compare
- 6 Sudan (former) 99,540 1000 ha compare
- 6 Türkiye 1,447 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 terrestrial barren land — area from cci_lc in China?
- Terrestrial barren land — area from cci_lc in China 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?
- 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?
- The lowest recorded value was 164,736 1000 ha in 2022.
- How does China rank for terrestrial barren land — area from cci_lc?
- China ranks 3rd out of 224 countries with data for 2022.
- Is terrestrial barren land — area from cci_lc rising or falling in China?
- Over the last ten years it is down 0.8%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this China 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.