Brazil vs European Union (27): Artificial surfaces (including urban and associated areas) — Area
Artificial surfaces (including urban and associated areas) — Area over time
- Brazil
- European Union (27)
How they compare
European Union (27) currently reports 8,934 1000 ha against 2,207 1000 ha in Brazil, a difference of 6,727 1000 ha.
That makes European Union (27)'s figure about 4.0 times Brazil's.
Across all 31 years both countries report, European Union (27) has been ahead every year.
Brazil ranks 5th and European Union (27) ranks 7th of 224 countries.
European Union (27) has averaged higher in every one of the 4 decades both report.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Brazil | European Union (27) | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 1,096 1000 ha | 4,644 1000 ha | 3,548 1000 ha | European Union (27) |
| 2000s | 1,480 1000 ha | 7,126 1000 ha | 5,646 1000 ha | European Union (27) |
| 2010s | 1,878 1000 ha | 8,430 1000 ha | 6,552 1000 ha | European Union (27) |
| 2020s | 2,112 1000 ha | 8,812 1000 ha | 6,700 1000 ha | European Union (27) |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher artificial surfaces (including urban and associated areas) — area, Brazil or European Union (27)?
- European Union (27), at 8,934 1000 ha against 2,207 1000 ha in Brazil as of 2022.
- What is the difference in artificial surfaces (including urban and associated areas) — area between Brazil and European Union (27)?
- 6,727 1000 ha, with European Union (27) ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Brazil and European Union (27)?
- 31 years are reported by both, from 1992 to 2022.
- How do Brazil and European Union (27) rank globally for artificial surfaces (including urban and associated areas) — area?
- Brazil ranks 5th and European Union (27) ranks 7th 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.