China vs Eastern Asia: Artificial surfaces (including urban and associated areas) — Area
Artificial surfaces (including urban and associated areas) — Area over time
- China
- Eastern Asia
How they compare
Eastern Asia currently reports 14,415 1000 ha against 12,058 1000 ha in China, a difference of 2,357 1000 ha.
That makes Eastern Asia's figure about 1.2 times China's.
Across all 31 years both countries report, Eastern Asia has been ahead every year.
China ranks 1st and Eastern Asia ranks 4th of 224 countries.
Eastern Asia has averaged higher in every one of the 4 decades both report.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | China | Eastern Asia | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 2,926 1000 ha | 4,122 1000 ha | 1,196 1000 ha | Eastern Asia |
| 2000s | 5,094 1000 ha | 6,514 1000 ha | 1,420 1000 ha | Eastern Asia |
| 2010s | 9,068 1000 ha | 11,157 1000 ha | 2,088 1000 ha | Eastern Asia |
| 2020s | 11,553 1000 ha | 13,868 1000 ha | 2,314 1000 ha | Eastern Asia |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher artificial surfaces (including urban and associated areas) — area, China or Eastern Asia?
- Eastern Asia, at 14,415 1000 ha against 12,058 1000 ha in China as of 2022.
- What is the difference in artificial surfaces (including urban and associated areas) — area between China and Eastern Asia?
- 2,357 1000 ha, with Eastern Asia ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for China and Eastern Asia?
- 31 years are reported by both, from 1992 to 2022.
- How do China and Eastern Asia rank globally for artificial surfaces (including urban and associated areas) — area?
- China ranks 1st and Eastern Asia ranks 4th 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.