Tree-covered areas — Area from CCI_LC in China, Hong Kong SAR
China, Hong Kong SAR: Tree-covered areas — Area from CCI_LC was 50.38 1000 ha in 2022. ▲ Rising
Tree-covered areas — Area from CCI_LC in China, Hong Kong SAR, 1992–2022
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in 1000 ha.
Analysis
China, Hong Kong SAR recorded 50.38 1000 ha for tree-covered areas — area from cci_lc in 2022.
Compared with earlier readings it is down 0.6% on the previous year and down 4.0% over ten years.
Over the whole period, tree-covered areas — area from cci_lc in China, Hong Kong SAR peaked at 52.68 1000 ha in 2015 and was at its lowest, 38.44 1000 ha, in 1992.
China, Hong Kong SAR ranks 166th of 219 countries on this measure, in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 31 years of available data.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 41.14 1000 ha | 38.44 1000 ha | 46.98 1000 ha | 8 |
| 2000s | 51.06 1000 ha | 49.1 1000 ha | 52.12 1000 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 52.54 1000 ha | 52.42 1000 ha | 52.68 1000 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 51.13 1000 ha | 50.38 1000 ha | 52.33 1000 ha | 3 |
Countries ranked near China, Hong Kong SAR
More environment data for China, Hong Kong SAR
- Standard Deviation 0.361 °C (2025)
- Temperature change 1.01 °C (2025)
- Cropland — Share in Agricultural land 75 % (2024)
- Nutrient nitrogen N (total) — Agricultural Use 545 t (2024)
- Nutrient nitrogen N (total) — Export quantity 824 t (2024)
- Nutrient nitrogen N (total) — Import quantity 11,047 t (2024)
- Nutrient potash K2O (total) — Use per value of agricultural production 1.44 g/Int$ (2024)
- Agricultural land — Share in Land area 3.81 % (2024)
- Agriculture — Area 4 1000 ha (2024)
- Agricultural land — Area 4 1000 ha (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is tree-covered areas — area from cci_lc in China, Hong Kong SAR?
- Tree-covered areas — area from cci_lc in China, Hong Kong SAR was 50.38 1000 ha in 2022, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest tree-covered areas — area from cci_lc recorded in China, Hong Kong SAR?
- The highest recorded value was 52.68 1000 ha in 2015.
- What is the lowest tree-covered areas — area from cci_lc recorded in China, Hong Kong SAR?
- The lowest recorded value was 38.44 1000 ha in 1992.
- How does China, Hong Kong SAR rank for tree-covered areas — area from cci_lc?
- China, Hong Kong SAR ranks 166th out of 219 countries with data for 2022.
- Is tree-covered areas — area from cci_lc rising or falling in China, Hong Kong SAR?
- Over the last ten years it is down 4.0%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this China, Hong Kong SAR data come from?
- The figures come from Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as part of Tree-covered 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.