Asia vs China, mainland: Artificial surfaces (including urban and associated areas) — Area
Artificial surfaces (including urban and associated areas) — Area over time
- Asia
- China, mainland
How they compare
Asia currently reports 24,567 1000 ha against 11,872 1000 ha in China, mainland, a difference of 12,695 1000 ha.
That makes Asia's figure about 2.1 times China, mainland's.
Across all 31 years both countries report, Asia has been ahead every year.
Asia ranks 1st and China, mainland ranks 2nd of 20 groups.
Asia has averaged higher in every one of the 4 decades both report.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Asia | China, mainland | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 7,597 1000 ha | 2,863 1000 ha | 4,735 1000 ha | Asia |
| 2000s | 11,613 1000 ha | 5,001 1000 ha | 6,612 1000 ha | Asia |
| 2010s | 18,869 1000 ha | 8,918 1000 ha | 9,952 1000 ha | Asia |
| 2020s | 23,424 1000 ha | 11,370 1000 ha | 12,054 1000 ha | Asia |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher artificial surfaces (including urban and associated areas) — area, Asia or China, mainland?
- Asia, at 24,567 1000 ha against 11,872 1000 ha in China, mainland as of 2022.
- What is the difference in artificial surfaces (including urban and associated areas) — area between Asia and China, mainland?
- 12,695 1000 ha, with Asia ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Asia and China, mainland?
- 31 years are reported by both, from 1992 to 2022.
- How do Asia and China, mainland rank globally for artificial surfaces (including urban and associated areas) — area?
- Asia ranks 1st and China, mainland ranks 2nd of 20 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.