Terrestrial barren land — Area from CGLS in China
China: Terrestrial barren land — Area from CGLS was 242,338 1000 ha in 2019. ▬ Flat
Terrestrial barren land — Area from CGLS in China, 2015–2019
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in 1000 ha.
Analysis
In 2019, terrestrial barren land — area from cgls in China stood at 242,338 1000 ha. That is the lowest value across all 5 years on record.
The figure is down 0.4% on the previous year and down 1.5% over five years.
China ranks 1st of 170 countries on this measure, in the top 10%.
Terrestrial barren land — Area from CGLS in China, year by year
| Year | 1000 ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2015 | 245,977 1000 ha | — |
| 2016 | 245,143 1000 ha | -0.3% |
| 2017 | 244,674 1000 ha | -0.2% |
| 2018 | 243,424 1000 ha | -0.5% |
| 2019 | 242,338 1000 ha | -0.4% |
China compared with similar countries
- China's 242,338 1000 ha is above the median for upper middle income countries, which is 11.47 1000 ha, 21128.0× the median. (42 countries reporting)
- China's 242,338 1000 ha is above the median for East Asia & Pacific, which is 4.55 1000 ha, 53202.6× the median. (18 countries reporting)
Countries ranked near China
- 1 China, mainland 242,338 1000 ha compare
- 2 Iran (Islamic Republic of) 101,745 1000 ha compare
- 3 Algeria 210,020 1000 ha compare
- 4 Bolivia (Plurinational State of) 9,252 1000 ha compare
- 4 Saudi Arabia 186,930 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 cgls in China?
- Terrestrial barren land — area from cgls in China was 242,338 1000 ha in 2019, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest terrestrial barren land — area from cgls recorded in China?
- The highest recorded value was 245,977 1000 ha in 2015.
- What is the lowest terrestrial barren land — area from cgls recorded in China?
- The lowest recorded value was 242,338 1000 ha in 2019.
- How does China rank for terrestrial barren land — area from cgls?
- China ranks 1st out of 170 countries with data for 2019.
- 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 CGLS. 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.