Ascension, Saint Helena and Tristan da Cunha vs Western Sahara: Artificial surfaces (including urban and associated areas) — Area
Artificial surfaces (including urban and associated areas) — Area over time
- Ascension, Saint Helena and Tristan da Cunha
- Western Sahara
How they compare
Western Sahara currently reports 2.56 1000 ha against 1.68 1000 ha in Ascension, Saint Helena and Tristan da Cunha, a difference of 0.88 1000 ha.
That makes Western Sahara's figure about 1.5 times Ascension, Saint Helena and Tristan da Cunha's.
The two have swapped places 1 time across 31 shared years of data; in 1992 it was Ascension, Saint Helena and Tristan da Cunha ahead.
Ascension, Saint Helena and Tristan da Cunha ranks 173rd and Western Sahara ranks 170th of 224 countries.
Across the 4 decades both report, Ascension, Saint Helena and Tristan da Cunha averaged higher in 2 and Western Sahara in 2.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Ascension, Saint Helena and Tristan da Cunha | Western Sahara | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 1.41 1000 ha | 0.8475 1000 ha | 0.5625 1000 ha | Ascension, Saint Helena and Tristan da Cunha |
| 2000s | 1.41 1000 ha | 1.17 1000 ha | 0.238 1000 ha | Ascension, Saint Helena and Tristan da Cunha |
| 2010s | 1.42 1000 ha | 1.74 1000 ha | 0.316 1000 ha | Western Sahara |
| 2020s | 1.68 1000 ha | 2.42 1000 ha | 0.74 1000 ha | Western Sahara |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher artificial surfaces (including urban and associated areas) — area, Ascension, Saint Helena and Tristan da Cunha or Western Sahara?
- Western Sahara, at 2.56 1000 ha against 1.68 1000 ha in Ascension, Saint Helena and Tristan da Cunha as of 2022.
- What is the difference in artificial surfaces (including urban and associated areas) — area between Ascension, Saint Helena and Tristan da Cunha and Western Sahara?
- 0.88 1000 ha, with Western Sahara ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Ascension, Saint Helena and Tristan da Cunha and Western Sahara?
- 31 years are reported by both, from 1992 to 2022.
- How do Ascension, Saint Helena and Tristan da Cunha and Western Sahara rank globally for artificial surfaces (including urban and associated areas) — area?
- Ascension, Saint Helena and Tristan da Cunha ranks 173rd and Western Sahara ranks 170th 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
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.