Australia and New Zealand vs Western Europe: Artificial surfaces (including urban and associated areas) — Area
Artificial surfaces (including urban and associated areas) — Area over time
- Australia and New Zealand
- Western Europe
How they compare
Western Europe currently reports 4,182 1000 ha against 1,173 1000 ha in Australia and New Zealand, a difference of 3,009 1000 ha.
That makes Western Europe's figure about 3.6 times Australia and New Zealand's.
Across all 31 years both countries report, Western Europe has been ahead every year.
Australia and New Zealand ranks 12th and Western Europe ranks 10th of 224 countries.
Western Europe has averaged higher in every one of the 4 decades both report.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Australia and New Zealand | Western Europe | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 791.08 1000 ha | 2,292 1000 ha | 1,501 1000 ha | Western Europe |
| 2000s | 992.93 1000 ha | 3,564 1000 ha | 2,571 1000 ha | Western Europe |
| 2010s | 1,101 1000 ha | 4,036 1000 ha | 2,935 1000 ha | Western Europe |
| 2020s | 1,157 1000 ha | 4,135 1000 ha | 2,978 1000 ha | Western Europe |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher artificial surfaces (including urban and associated areas) — area, Australia and New Zealand or Western Europe?
- Western Europe, at 4,182 1000 ha against 1,173 1000 ha in Australia and New Zealand as of 2022.
- What is the difference in artificial surfaces (including urban and associated areas) — area between Australia and New Zealand and Western Europe?
- 3,009 1000 ha, with Western Europe ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Australia and New Zealand and Western Europe?
- 31 years are reported by both, from 1992 to 2022.
- How do Australia and New Zealand and Western Europe rank globally for artificial surfaces (including urban and associated areas) — area?
- Australia and New Zealand ranks 12th and Western Europe ranks 10th 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.