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China: Land Cover: Artificial surfaces (including urban and associated areas), Area from CCI_LC

11,8721000 ha · 2022+49.9% since 2012

FAOSTAT domain LC. Land Cover: Artificial surfaces (including urban and associated areas), Area from CCI_LC (1000 ha). Annual figures for China from 2000 to 2022.

20002022

Every year

YearValue (1000 ha)Note
202211,872.13E
202111,341.99E
202010,895.95E
201910,635.07E
201810,282.29E
20179,840.56E
20169,234.02E
20159,187.3E
20148,919.75E
20138,453.66E
20127,918.91E
20117,532.77E
20107,172.11E
20096,789.52E
20086,415.06E
20075,998.04E
20065,596.94E
20055,202.53E
20044,822.27E
20034,372.57E
20023,973.06E
20013,599.26E
20003,238.98E

Source

Published by FAO, produced by Food and Agriculture Organization. Licence: CC BY 4.0. Retrieved 2026-11-08.

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FAO (2026). Land Cover: Artificial surfaces (including urban and associated areas), Area from CCI_LC. Interva. https://interva.co/dataset/fao-lc-6970-5008-1000-ha (accessed 2026-11-14). catalog snapshot 2026-11-08.

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