Central America vs Nigeria: Artificial surfaces (including urban and associated areas) — Area

Central America
1,555 1000 ha
in 2022
Nigeria
743.44 1000 ha
in 2022
Central America rank
18th
Nigeria rank
18th

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

  • Central America
  • Nigeria
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How they compare

Central America currently reports 1,555 1000 ha against 743.44 1000 ha in Nigeria, a difference of 811.56 1000 ha.

That makes Central America's figure about 2.1 times Nigeria's.

Across all 31 years both countries report, Central America has been ahead every year.

Central America ranks 18th and Nigeria ranks 18th of 26 groups.

Central America has averaged higher in every one of the 4 decades both report.

Head to head by decade

Decade Central America Nigeria Difference Ahead
1990s 722.28 1000 ha 196.8 1000 ha 525.48 1000 ha Central America
2000s 939.99 1000 ha 290.34 1000 ha 649.64 1000 ha Central America
2010s 1,271 1000 ha 477.02 1000 ha 794.09 1000 ha Central America
2020s 1,514 1000 ha 692.22 1000 ha 821.71 1000 ha Central America

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher artificial surfaces (including urban and associated areas) — area, Central America or Nigeria?
Central America, at 1,555 1000 ha against 743.44 1000 ha in Nigeria as of 2022.
What is the difference in artificial surfaces (including urban and associated areas) — area between Central America and Nigeria?
811.56 1000 ha, with Central America ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Central America and Nigeria?
31 years are reported by both, from 1992 to 2022.
How do Central America and Nigeria rank globally for artificial surfaces (including urban and associated areas) — area?
Central America ranks 18th and Nigeria ranks 18th of 26 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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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.