The invention relates to an information extraction method applicable to a hyperspectral image, sequentially comprising the following steps of: firstly, acquiring an imaging spectral image; secondly, resampling a ground object sample standard spectral curve; thirdly, finding an obvious wave band of the ground object sample standard spectral curve and judging the wave band; fourthly, resampling theimaging spectral image; fifthly, carrying out secondary resampling on the ground object sample standard spectral curve; sixthly, judging a type of a spectral genetic wave band; seventhly, comparing the ground object sample standard spectral curve with the type of a corresponding wave band in an image element spectral curve of the imaging spectral image, and judging whether the same ground object is represented; and eighthly, obtaining a sum of depths of all the spectral gene wave bands, wherein the larger the sum of the depths of the spectral gene wave bands is, the higher abundance of the ground object on earth surface is. By adopting the information extraction method disclosed by the invention, amount of data processing is reduced, interference of characteristic sum noise of other ground objects is reduced, processing speed and accuracy are improved, and good effect on processing of the hyperspectral image is achieved.