China, Macao SAR vs Sao Tome and Principe: Artificial surfaces (including urban and associated areas) — Area

China, Macao SAR
1.14 1000 ha
in 2022
Sao Tome and Principe
1.21 1000 ha
in 2022
China, Macao SAR rank
179th
Sao Tome and Principe rank
177th

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

  • China, Macao SAR
  • Sao Tome and Principe
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How they compare

Sao Tome and Principe currently reports 1.21 1000 ha against 1.14 1000 ha in China, Macao SAR, a difference of 0.07 1000 ha.

That makes Sao Tome and Principe's figure about 1.1 times China, Macao SAR's.

The two have swapped places 2 times across 31 shared years of data; in 1992 it was Sao Tome and Principe ahead.

China, Macao SAR ranks 179th and Sao Tome and Principe ranks 177th of 224 countries.

Across the 4 decades both report, China, Macao SAR averaged higher in 1 and Sao Tome and Principe in 3.

Head to head by decade

Decade China, Macao SAR Sao Tome and Principe Difference Ahead
1990s 0.5388 1000 ha 0.92 1000 ha 0.3812 1000 ha Sao Tome and Principe
2000s 0.712 1000 ha 0.92 1000 ha 0.208 1000 ha Sao Tome and Principe
2010s 1.02 1000 ha 0.991 1000 ha 0.025 1000 ha China, Macao SAR
2020s 1.13 1000 ha 1.16 1000 ha 0.03 1000 ha Sao Tome and Principe

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher artificial surfaces (including urban and associated areas) — area, China, Macao SAR or Sao Tome and Principe?
Sao Tome and Principe, at 1.21 1000 ha against 1.14 1000 ha in China, Macao SAR as of 2022.
What is the difference in artificial surfaces (including urban and associated areas) — area between China, Macao SAR and Sao Tome and Principe?
0.07 1000 ha, with Sao Tome and Principe ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for China, Macao SAR and Sao Tome and Principe?
31 years are reported by both, from 1992 to 2022.
How do China, Macao SAR and Sao Tome and Principe rank globally for artificial surfaces (including urban and associated areas) — area?
China, Macao SAR ranks 179th and Sao Tome and Principe ranks 177th 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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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.