China, mainland vs Viet Nam: Artificial surfaces (including urban and associated areas) — Area

China, mainland
11,872 1000 ha
in 2022
Viet Nam
327.29 1000 ha
in 2022
China, mainland rank
2nd
Viet Nam rank
5th

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

  • China, mainland
  • Viet Nam
02.5k5.0k7.5k10.0k12.5k199220072022

How they compare

China, mainland currently reports 11,872 1000 ha against 327.29 1000 ha in Viet Nam, a difference of 11,545 1000 ha.

That makes China, mainland's figure about 36.3 times Viet Nam's.

Across all 31 years both countries report, China, mainland has been ahead every year.

China, mainland ranks 2nd and Viet Nam ranks 5th of 224 countries.

China, mainland has averaged higher in every one of the 4 decades both report.

Head to head by decade

Decade China, mainland Viet Nam Difference Ahead
1990s 2,863 1000 ha 80.39 1000 ha 2,782 1000 ha China, mainland
2000s 5,001 1000 ha 117.49 1000 ha 4,883 1000 ha China, mainland
2010s 8,918 1000 ha 230.53 1000 ha 8,687 1000 ha China, mainland
2020s 11,370 1000 ha 300.81 1000 ha 11,069 1000 ha China, mainland

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher artificial surfaces (including urban and associated areas) — area, China, mainland or Viet Nam?
China, mainland, at 11,872 1000 ha against 327.29 1000 ha in Viet Nam as of 2022.
What is the difference in artificial surfaces (including urban and associated areas) — area between China, mainland and Viet Nam?
11,545 1000 ha, with China, mainland ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for China, mainland and Viet Nam?
31 years are reported by both, from 1992 to 2022.
How do China, mainland and Viet Nam rank globally for artificial surfaces (including urban and associated areas) — area?
China, mainland ranks 2nd and Viet Nam ranks 5th 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.