Africa vs Indonesia: Artificial surfaces (including urban and associated areas) — Area
Artificial surfaces (including urban and associated areas) — Area over time
- Africa
- Indonesia
How they compare
Africa currently reports 5,070 1000 ha against 1,396 1000 ha in Indonesia, a difference of 3,674 1000 ha.
That makes Africa's figure about 3.6 times Indonesia's.
Across all 31 years both countries report, Africa has been ahead every year.
Africa ranks 9th and Indonesia ranks 9th of 26 groups.
Africa has averaged higher in every one of the 4 decades both report.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Africa | Indonesia | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 1,674 1000 ha | 789.42 1000 ha | 884.62 1000 ha | Africa |
| 2000s | 2,334 1000 ha | 964.63 1000 ha | 1,369 1000 ha | Africa |
| 2010s | 3,407 1000 ha | 1,189 1000 ha | 2,218 1000 ha | Africa |
| 2020s | 4,779 1000 ha | 1,347 1000 ha | 3,432 1000 ha | Africa |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher artificial surfaces (including urban and associated areas) — area, Africa or Indonesia?
- Africa, at 5,070 1000 ha against 1,396 1000 ha in Indonesia as of 2022.
- What is the difference in artificial surfaces (including urban and associated areas) — area between Africa and Indonesia?
- 3,674 1000 ha, with Africa ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Africa and Indonesia?
- 31 years are reported by both, from 1992 to 2022.
- How do Africa and Indonesia rank globally for artificial surfaces (including urban and associated areas) — area?
- Africa ranks 9th and Indonesia ranks 9th of 26 groups.
- Where does this data come from?
- Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as Artificial surfaces (including urban and associated areas) — Area from CCI_LC. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.
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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.