In 2021, forest area as a share of land area for China was 23.6 %. Forest area as a share of land area of China increased from 19.4 % in 2002 to 23.6 % in 2021 growing at an average annual rate of 1.06%.
The description is composed by our digital data assistant.Forest area is land under natural or planted stands of trees of at least 5 meters in situ, whether productive or not, and excludes tree stands in agricultural production systems (for example, in fruit plantations and agroforestry systems) and trees in urban parks and gardens.