Tree-covered areas — Area from CCI_LC in China
China: Tree-covered areas — Area from CCI_LC was 188,821 1000 ha in 2022. ▬ Flat
Tree-covered areas — 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 tree-covered areas — area from cci_lc in China is 188,821 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 peaked at 188,821 1000 ha in 2022 and was at its lowest, 185,072 1000 ha, in 2002.
That places China 4th out of 224 countries with data for 2022, putting it in the top 10%.
Tree-covered areas — Area from CCI_LC in China, year by year
| Year | 1000 ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1992 | 187,453 1000 ha | — |
| 1993 | 187,466 1000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1994 | 187,478 1000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1995 | 186,639 1000 ha | -0.4% |
| 1996 | 186,773 1000 ha | +0.1% |
| 1997 | 186,515 1000 ha | -0.1% |
| 1998 | 186,208 1000 ha | -0.2% |
| 1999 | 185,305 1000 ha | -0.5% |
| 2000 | 185,208 1000 ha | -0.1% |
| 2001 | 185,113 1000 ha | -0.1% |
| 2002 | 185,072 1000 ha | -0.0% |
| 2003 | 185,197 1000 ha | +0.1% |
| 2004 | 185,885 1000 ha | +0.4% |
| 2005 | 185,920 1000 ha | +0.0% |
| 2006 | 185,929 1000 ha | +0.0% |
| 2007 | 185,991 1000 ha | +0.0% |
| 2008 | 185,898 1000 ha | -0.1% |
| 2009 | 185,707 1000 ha | -0.1% |
| 2010 | 185,529 1000 ha | -0.1% |
| 2011 | 185,478 1000 ha | -0.0% |
| 2012 | 185,319 1000 ha | -0.1% |
| 2013 | 185,405 1000 ha | +0.0% |
| 2014 | 185,567 1000 ha | +0.1% |
| 2015 | 185,615 1000 ha | +0.0% |
| 2016 | 187,023 1000 ha | +0.8% |
| 2017 | 187,403 1000 ha | +0.2% |
| 2018 | 187,647 1000 ha | +0.1% |
| 2019 | 188,061 1000 ha | +0.2% |
| 2020 | 188,210 1000 ha | +0.1% |
| 2021 | 188,580 1000 ha | +0.2% |
| 2022 | 188,821 1000 ha | +0.1% |
China compared with similar countries
- China's 188,821 1000 ha is above the median for upper middle income countries, which is 2,359 1000 ha, 80.0× the median. (52 countries reporting)
- China's 188,821 1000 ha is above the median for East Asia & Pacific, which is 1,253 1000 ha, 150.7× the median. (27 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 186,730 1000 ha | 185,305 1000 ha | 187,478 1000 ha | 8 |
| 2000s | 185,592 1000 ha | 185,072 1000 ha | 185,991 1000 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 186,305 1000 ha | 185,319 1000 ha | 188,061 1000 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 188,537 1000 ha | 188,210 1000 ha | 188,821 1000 ha | 3 |
Countries ranked near China
- 1 Russian Federation 939,327 1000 ha compare
- 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
- 5 China, mainland 186,559 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
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 tree-covered areas — area from cci_lc in China?
- Tree-covered areas — area from cci_lc in China was 188,821 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?
- The highest recorded value was 188,821 1000 ha in 2022.
- What is the lowest tree-covered areas — area from cci_lc recorded in China?
- The lowest recorded value was 185,072 1000 ha in 2002.
- How does China rank for tree-covered areas — area from cci_lc?
- China ranks 4th out of 224 countries with data for 2022.
- Is tree-covered areas — area from cci_lc rising or falling in China?
- Over the last ten years it is up 1.9%. The long-run trend across the full record is flat.
- Where does this China 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.