Tree-covered areas — Area from CCI_LC in China, mainland
China, mainland: Tree-covered areas — Area from CCI_LC was 186,559 1000 ha in 2022. ▬ Flat
Tree-covered areas — Area from CCI_LC in China, mainland, 1992–2022
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in 1000 ha.
Analysis
The most recent figure for tree-covered areas — area from cci_lc in China, mainland is 186,559 1000 ha, measured in 2022. That is the highest value across all 31 years on record.
That represents a change of up 0.1% on the previous year and up 1.9% over ten years.
Over the whole period, tree-covered areas — area from cci_lc in China, mainland peaked at 186,559 1000 ha in 2022 and was at its lowest, 182,760 1000 ha, in 2002.
That places China, mainland 5th out of 224 countries with data for 2022, putting it in the top 10%.
Tree-covered areas — Area from CCI_LC in China, mainland, year by year
| Year | 1000 ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1992 | 185,128 1000 ha | — |
| 1993 | 185,141 1000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1994 | 185,152 1000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1995 | 184,322 1000 ha | -0.4% |
| 1996 | 184,456 1000 ha | +0.1% |
| 1997 | 184,202 1000 ha | -0.1% |
| 1998 | 183,894 1000 ha | -0.2% |
| 1999 | 183,000 1000 ha | -0.5% |
| 2000 | 182,898 1000 ha | -0.1% |
| 2001 | 182,800 1000 ha | -0.1% |
| 2002 | 182,760 1000 ha | -0.0% |
| 2003 | 182,886 1000 ha | +0.1% |
| 2004 | 183,575 1000 ha | +0.4% |
| 2005 | 183,611 1000 ha | +0.0% |
| 2006 | 183,621 1000 ha | +0.0% |
| 2007 | 183,687 1000 ha | +0.0% |
| 2008 | 183,594 1000 ha | -0.1% |
| 2009 | 183,405 1000 ha | -0.1% |
| 2010 | 183,225 1000 ha | -0.1% |
| 2011 | 183,177 1000 ha | -0.0% |
| 2012 | 183,027 1000 ha | -0.1% |
| 2013 | 183,115 1000 ha | +0.0% |
| 2014 | 183,287 1000 ha | +0.1% |
| 2015 | 183,334 1000 ha | +0.0% |
| 2016 | 184,743 1000 ha | +0.8% |
| 2017 | 185,123 1000 ha | +0.2% |
| 2018 | 185,368 1000 ha | +0.1% |
| 2019 | 185,791 1000 ha | +0.2% |
| 2020 | 185,939 1000 ha | +0.1% |
| 2021 | 186,316 1000 ha | +0.2% |
| 2022 | 186,559 1000 ha | +0.1% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 184,412 1000 ha | 183,000 1000 ha | 185,152 1000 ha | 8 |
| 2000s | 183,284 1000 ha | 182,760 1000 ha | 183,687 1000 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 184,019 1000 ha | 183,027 1000 ha | 185,791 1000 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 186,271 1000 ha | 185,939 1000 ha | 186,559 1000 ha | 3 |
Countries ranked near China, mainland
- 2 Brazil 439,088 1000 ha compare
- 3 Canada 436,843 1000 ha compare
- 3 Democratic Republic of the Congo 185,074 1000 ha compare
- 4 Bolivia (Plurinational State of) 57,532 1000 ha compare
- 4 China 188,821 1000 ha compare
- 5 Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of) 51,213 1000 ha compare
- 6 Indonesia 117,641 1000 ha compare
- 6 Melanesia 45,155 1000 ha compare
- 7 United Republic of Tanzania 37,312 1000 ha compare
- 7 Australia and New Zealand 84,171 1000 ha compare
- 8 Peru 81,843 1000 ha compare
- 8 Türkiye 15,027 1000 ha compare
More environment data for China, mainland
- Standard Deviation, annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2025)
- Standard Deviation 0.279 °C (2025)
- Temperature change 1.92 °C (2025)
- Permanent crops — Area 20,142 1000 ha (2024)
- Agricultural land — Value of agricultural production (Int. $) per Area 2,591 USD_PPP/ha (2024)
- Arable land — Share in Agricultural land 27.68 % (2024)
- Arable land — Area 108,466 1000 ha (2024)
- Cropland — Area 128,608 1000 ha (2024)
- Cropland — Area per capita 0.09 ha/cap (2024)
- Cropland — Share in Land area 13.7 % (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is tree-covered areas — area from cci_lc in China, mainland?
- Tree-covered areas — area from cci_lc in China, mainland was 186,559 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, mainland?
- The highest recorded value was 186,559 1000 ha in 2022.
- What is the lowest tree-covered areas — area from cci_lc recorded in China, mainland?
- The lowest recorded value was 182,760 1000 ha in 2002.
- How does China, mainland rank for tree-covered areas — area from cci_lc?
- China, mainland ranks 5th out of 224 countries with data for 2022.
- Is tree-covered areas — area from cci_lc rising or falling in China, mainland?
- Over the last ten years it is up 1.9%. The long-run trend across the full record is flat.
- Where does this China, mainland 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.