China vs Ireland
China vs Ireland: Forest area
Forest area in 2024: 24% in China and 12% in Ireland, by FAO estimates. In 2024 the value was higher in China, by 12 percentage points, or 2.01 times that in Ireland.
% of land · FAO
What the numbers say
- China has been higher in every year both have figures for since 1990.
- In 2024, China ranked 121 and Ireland ranked 157 of 209 countries, counting from the highest.
Every year
% of land · FAO
| Year | China | Ireland | World |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 24 | 12 | – |
| 2023 | 23.9 | 11.9 | 31.1 |
| 2022 | 23.7 | 11.8 | 31.1 |
| 2021 | 23.5 | 11.6 | 31.2 |
| 2020 | 23.3 | 11.5 | 31.2 |
| 2019 | 23.2 | 11.4 | 31.2 |
| 2018 | 23 | 11.3 | 31.3 |
| 2017 | 22.8 | 11.2 | 31.3 |
| 2016 | 22.6 | 11.1 | 31.3 |
| 2015 | 22.4 | 11 | 31.4 |
| 2014 | 22.2 | 10.9 | 31.4 |
| 2013 | 22 | 10.8 | 31.4 |
| 2012 | 21.8 | 10.7 | 31.5 |
| 2011 | 21.6 | 10.6 | 31.9 |
| 2010 | 21.4 | 10.5 | 32 |
| 2009 | 21.1 | 10.3 | 32 |
| 2008 | 20.9 | 10.2 | 32 |
| 2007 | 20.6 | 10.1 | 32.1 |
| 2006 | 20.4 | 9.9 | 32.1 |
| 2005 | 20.1 | 9.8 | 32.1 |
| 2004 | 19.9 | 9.7 | 32.2 |
| 2003 | 19.6 | 9.5 | 32.3 |
| 2002 | 19.4 | 9.4 | 32.3 |
| 2001 | 19.1 | 9.3 | 32.3 |
| 2000 | 18.9 | 9.2 | 32.4 |
| 1999 | 18.6 | 8.9 | 32.5 |
| 1998 | 18.4 | 8.7 | 32.5 |
| 1997 | 18.2 | 8.4 | 32.6 |
| 1996 | 18 | 8.2 | 32.7 |
| 1995 | 17.8 | 7.9 | 32.7 |
| 1994 | 17.6 | 7.7 | 32.8 |
| 1993 | 17.4 | 7.4 | 32.8 |
| 1992 | 17.2 | 7.2 | 33 |
| 1991 | 17 | 6.9 | – |
| 1990 | 16.7 | 6.7 | – |
Each country on its own
Good to know
- The share of land under trees at least 5 metres tall, natural or planted, leaving out orchards and city parks.
- Source: FAO, via the World Bank.
- Ranks count the 209 countries with a value in 2024, highest first.
- The faint line is the world as a whole, as the same source counts it.
How the layers work, where their data comes from and what they can’t tell you: Countries through time
China vs Ireland
Health
- Life expectancyChina: 78 years in 2023Ireland: 82.4 years in 2023
- Child mortalityChina: 0.6 per 100 live births in 2024Ireland: 0.4 per 100 live births in 2024
- Infant mortalityChina: 5.1 per 1,000 live births in 2023Ireland: 2.9 per 1,000 live births in 2023
- DepressionChina: 3.31% in 2017Ireland: 4.25% in 2017
- Suicide rateChina: 7.2 per 100,000 people in 2017Ireland: 8.4 per 100,000 people in 2017
People
- PopulationChina: 1.42 billion people in 2023Ireland: 5.2 million people in 2023
- Population growthChina: -0.24% a year in 2023Ireland: 1.19% a year in 2023
- Fertility rateChina: 1 births per woman in 2023Ireland: 1.6 births per woman in 2023
- Urban populationChina: 66.3% in 2025Ireland: 64.6% in 2025
- Median ageChina: 39.1 years in 2023Ireland: 38.4 years in 2023
- People aged 65 and overChina: 14.3% in 2023Ireland: 15.5% in 2023
- Net migration rateChina: -0.4 per 1,000 people in 2023Ireland: 8.4 per 1,000 people in 2023
Economy
Education
Politics
Conflict
Military
- Military spendingChina: 1.73% of GDP in 2025Ireland: 0.22% of GDP in 2025
- Military spending in US dollarsChina: $335B in 2025Ireland: $1.46B in 2025
- Military spending per personChina: $237 in 2025Ireland: $272 in 2025
- Military share of state spendingChina: 5.1% of government spending in 2025Ireland: 0.9% of government spending in 2025
- Armed forces personnelChina: 2.54 million people in 2020Ireland: 9,000 people in 2020
- National powerChina: 23.41% of world capability in 2022Ireland: 0.05% of world capability in 2022
- Armed forces, share of workersChina: 0.33% of the labour force in 2020Ireland: 0.37% of the labour force in 2020
- Arms importsChina: 207 million TIV in 2025Ireland: 14 million TIV in 2025
- Arms exportsChina: 880 million TIV in 2025Ireland: 24 million TIV in 2025