Tree-covered areas — Area from MODIS in China
China: Tree-covered areas — Area from MODIS was 270,880 1000 ha in 2024. ▲ Rising
Tree-covered areas — Area from MODIS in China, 2001–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in 1000 ha.
Analysis
China recorded 270,880 1000 ha for tree-covered areas — area from modis in 2024. That is the highest value across all 24 years on record.
That represents a change of up 0.6% on the previous year and up 2.4% over ten years.
Over the whole period, tree-covered areas — area from modis in China peaked at 270,880 1000 ha in 2024 and was at its lowest, 254,164 1000 ha, in 2004.
China ranks 4th of 240 countries on this measure, in the top 10%.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 24 years of available data.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 256,741 1000 ha | 254,164 1000 ha | 260,039 1000 ha | 9 |
| 2010s | 265,026 1000 ha | 261,787 1000 ha | 267,467 1000 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 269,313 1000 ha | 268,427 1000 ha | 270,880 1000 ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near China
- 1 Russian Federation 922,274 1000 ha compare
- 2 Brazil 597,725 1000 ha compare
- 3 Canada 501,610 1000 ha compare
- 5 China, mainland 268,203 1000 ha compare
- 6 Democratic Republic of the Congo 220,821 1000 ha compare
- 7 Indonesia 165,940 1000 ha compare
More environment data for China
- Land area equipped for irrigation — Share in Cropland 57.9 % (2024)
- Land area equipped for irrigation — Area 74,915 1000 ha (2024)
- Inland waters — Area 17,531 1000 ha (2024)
- Permanent meadows and pastures — Share in Land area 27.93 % (2024)
- Permanent meadows and pastures — Share in Agricultural land 67.04 % (2024)
- Permanent meadows and pastures — Area 263,216 1000 ha (2024)
- Permanent crops — Share in Agricultural land 5.18 % (2024)
- Permanent crops — Area 20,327 1000 ha (2024)
- Arable land — Share in Agricultural land 27.78 % (2024)
- Arable land — Area 109,061 1000 ha (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is tree-covered areas — area from modis in China?
- Tree-covered areas — area from modis in China was 270,880 1000 ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest tree-covered areas — area from modis recorded in China?
- The highest recorded value was 270,880 1000 ha in 2024.
- What is the lowest tree-covered areas — area from modis recorded in China?
- The lowest recorded value was 254,164 1000 ha in 2004.
- How does China rank for tree-covered areas — area from modis?
- China ranks 4th out of 240 countries with data for 2024.
- Is tree-covered areas — area from modis rising or falling in China?
- Over the last ten years it is up 2.4%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- 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 MODIS. 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.