Africa vs Ukraine: Artificial surfaces (including urban and associated areas) — Area

Africa
5,070 1000 ha
in 2022
Ukraine
1,917 1000 ha
in 2022
Africa rank
9th
Ukraine rank
6th

Artificial surfaces (including urban and associated areas) — Area over time

  • Africa
  • Ukraine
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How they compare

Africa currently reports 5,070 1000 ha against 1,917 1000 ha in Ukraine, a difference of 3,153 1000 ha.

That makes Africa's figure about 2.6 times Ukraine's.

Across all 31 years both countries report, Africa has been ahead every year.

Africa ranks 9th and Ukraine ranks 6th of 26 groups.

Africa has averaged higher in every one of the 4 decades both report.

Head to head by decade

Decade Africa Ukraine Difference Ahead
1990s 1,674 1000 ha 871.06 1000 ha 802.98 1000 ha Africa
2000s 2,334 1000 ha 1,628 1000 ha 706.24 1000 ha Africa
2010s 3,407 1000 ha 1,885 1000 ha 1,522 1000 ha Africa
2020s 4,779 1000 ha 1,909 1000 ha 2,870 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 Ukraine?
Africa, at 5,070 1000 ha against 1,917 1000 ha in Ukraine as of 2022.
What is the difference in artificial surfaces (including urban and associated areas) — area between Africa and Ukraine?
3,153 1000 ha, with Africa ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Africa and Ukraine?
31 years are reported by both, from 1992 to 2022.
How do Africa and Ukraine rank globally for artificial surfaces (including urban and associated areas) — area?
Africa ranks 9th and Ukraine ranks 6th 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

Indicator
Artificial surfaces (including urban and associated areas) — Area from CCI_LC
Unit
1000 ha
Source
Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations
Licence
CC BY-NC-SA 3.0 IGO (FAO)
Coverage
270 places, 8,231 data points, 1992–2022
Last refreshed

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.