Chagai vs South Africa: Artificial surfaces (including urban and associated areas) — Area

Chagai
3.38 1000 ha
in 2022
South Africa
783.83 1000 ha
in 2022
Chagai rank
18th
South Africa rank
17th

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

  • Chagai
  • South Africa
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How they compare

South Africa currently reports 783.83 1000 ha against 3.38 1000 ha in Chagai, a difference of 780.45 1000 ha.

That makes South Africa's figure about 231.9 times Chagai's.

Across all 31 years both countries report, South Africa has been ahead every year.

Chagai ranks 18th and South Africa ranks 17th of 20 regions.

South Africa has averaged higher in every one of the 4 decades both report.

Head to head by decade

Decade Chagai South Africa Difference Ahead
1990s 2.08 1000 ha 279.3 1000 ha 277.22 1000 ha South Africa
2000s 3.08 1000 ha 384.41 1000 ha 381.32 1000 ha South Africa
2010s 3.37 1000 ha 545.93 1000 ha 542.56 1000 ha South Africa
2020s 3.38 1000 ha 767.18 1000 ha 763.8 1000 ha South Africa

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher artificial surfaces (including urban and associated areas) — area, Chagai or South Africa?
South Africa, at 783.83 1000 ha against 3.38 1000 ha in Chagai as of 2022.
What is the difference in artificial surfaces (including urban and associated areas) — area between Chagai and South Africa?
780.45 1000 ha, with South Africa ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Chagai and South Africa?
31 years are reported by both, from 1992 to 2022.
How do Chagai and South Africa rank globally for artificial surfaces (including urban and associated areas) — area?
Chagai ranks 18th and South Africa ranks 17th of 20 regions.
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

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.