China (People’s Republic of) vs World: Artificial surfaces (including urban and associated areas) — Area
Artificial surfaces (including urban and associated areas) — Area over time
- China (People’s Republic of)
- World
How they compare
World currently reports 64,750 1000 ha against 12,058 1000 ha in China (People’s Republic of), a difference of 52,692 1000 ha.
That makes World's figure about 5.4 times China (People’s Republic of)'s.
Across all 31 years both countries report, World has been ahead every year.
China (People’s Republic of) ranks 1st and World ranks 1st of 224 countries.
World has averaged higher in every one of the 4 decades both report.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | China (People’s Republic of) | World | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 2,926 1000 ha | 28,704 1000 ha | 25,778 1000 ha | World |
| 2000s | 5,094 1000 ha | 40,653 1000 ha | 35,559 1000 ha | World |
| 2010s | 9,068 1000 ha | 54,378 1000 ha | 45,310 1000 ha | World |
| 2020s | 11,553 1000 ha | 62,702 1000 ha | 51,149 1000 ha | World |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher artificial surfaces (including urban and associated areas) — area, China (People’s Republic of) or World?
- World, at 64,750 1000 ha against 12,058 1000 ha in China (People’s Republic of) as of 2022.
- What is the difference in artificial surfaces (including urban and associated areas) — area between China (People’s Republic of) and World?
- 52,692 1000 ha, with World ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for China (People’s Republic of) and World?
- 31 years are reported by both, from 1992 to 2022.
- How do China (People’s Republic of) and World rank globally for artificial surfaces (including urban and associated areas) — area?
- China (People’s Republic of) ranks 1st and World ranks 1st 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.