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

Argentina
587.46 1000 ha
in 2022
Northern Africa
1,111 1000 ha
in 2022
Argentina rank
22nd
Northern Africa rank
20th

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

  • Argentina
  • Northern Africa
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How they compare

Northern Africa currently reports 1,111 1000 ha against 587.46 1000 ha in Argentina, a difference of 523.54 1000 ha.

That makes Northern Africa's figure about 1.9 times Argentina's.

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

Argentina ranks 22nd and Northern Africa ranks 20th of 224 countries.

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

Head to head by decade

Decade Argentina Northern Africa Difference Ahead
1990s 329.79 1000 ha 414.78 1000 ha 84.99 1000 ha Northern Africa
2000s 385.17 1000 ha 589.37 1000 ha 204.2 1000 ha Northern Africa
2010s 498.25 1000 ha 832.56 1000 ha 334.31 1000 ha Northern Africa
2020s 566.76 1000 ha 1,056 1000 ha 489.39 1000 ha Northern Africa

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher artificial surfaces (including urban and associated areas) — area, Argentina or Northern Africa?
Northern Africa, at 1,111 1000 ha against 587.46 1000 ha in Argentina as of 2022.
What is the difference in artificial surfaces (including urban and associated areas) — area between Argentina and Northern Africa?
523.54 1000 ha, with Northern Africa ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Argentina and Northern Africa?
31 years are reported by both, from 1992 to 2022.
How do Argentina and Northern Africa rank globally for artificial surfaces (including urban and associated areas) — area?
Argentina ranks 22nd and Northern Africa ranks 20th of 224 countries.
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.