China vs Türkiye: Artificial surfaces (including urban and associated areas) — Area
Artificial surfaces (including urban and associated areas) — Area over time
- China
- Türkiye
How they compare
China currently reports 12,058 1000 ha against 722.44 1000 ha in Türkiye, a difference of 11,336 1000 ha.
That makes China's figure about 16.7 times Türkiye's.
Across all 31 years both countries report, China has been ahead every year.
China ranks 1st and Türkiye ranks 2nd of 224 countries.
China has averaged higher in every one of the 4 decades both report.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | China | Türkiye | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 2,926 1000 ha | 325.64 1000 ha | 2,600 1000 ha | China |
| 2000s | 5,094 1000 ha | 424.26 1000 ha | 4,670 1000 ha | China |
| 2010s | 9,068 1000 ha | 585.94 1000 ha | 8,483 1000 ha | China |
| 2020s | 11,553 1000 ha | 704.8 1000 ha | 10,849 1000 ha | China |
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 Türkiye?
- China, at 12,058 1000 ha against 722.44 1000 ha in Türkiye as of 2022.
- What is the difference in artificial surfaces (including urban and associated areas) — area between China and Türkiye?
- 11,336 1000 ha, with China ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for China and Türkiye?
- 31 years are reported by both, from 1992 to 2022.
- How do China and Türkiye rank globally for artificial surfaces (including urban and associated areas) — area?
- China ranks 1st and Türkiye ranks 2nd 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.