Democratic Republic of the Congo vs Syrian Arab Republic: Artificial surfaces (including urban and associated areas) — Area

Democratic Republic of the Congo
251.93 1000 ha
in 2022
Syrian Arab Republic
142.99 1000 ha
in 2022
Democratic Republic of the Congo rank
7th
Syrian Arab Republic rank
9th

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

  • Democratic Republic of the Congo
  • Syrian Arab Republic
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How they compare

Democratic Republic of the Congo currently reports 251.93 1000 ha against 142.99 1000 ha in Syrian Arab Republic, a difference of 108.94 1000 ha.

That makes Democratic Republic of the Congo's figure about 1.8 times Syrian Arab Republic's.

The two have swapped places 2 times across 31 shared years of data; in 1992 it was Democratic Republic of the Congo ahead.

Democratic Republic of the Congo ranks 7th and Syrian Arab Republic ranks 9th of 20 countries.

Democratic Republic of the Congo has averaged higher in every one of the 4 decades both report.

Head to head by decade

Decade Democratic Republic of the Congo Syrian Arab Republic Difference Ahead
1990s 76.22 1000 ha 69.57 1000 ha 6.65 1000 ha Democratic Republic of the Congo
2000s 102.7 1000 ha 87.04 1000 ha 15.66 1000 ha Democratic Republic of the Congo
2010s 153.16 1000 ha 116.85 1000 ha 36.31 1000 ha Democratic Republic of the Congo
2020s 227.02 1000 ha 138.7 1000 ha 88.32 1000 ha Democratic Republic of the Congo

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher artificial surfaces (including urban and associated areas) — area, Democratic Republic of the Congo or Syrian Arab Republic?
Democratic Republic of the Congo, at 251.93 1000 ha against 142.99 1000 ha in Syrian Arab Republic as of 2022.
What is the difference in artificial surfaces (including urban and associated areas) — area between Democratic Republic of the Congo and Syrian Arab Republic?
108.94 1000 ha, with Democratic Republic of the Congo ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Democratic Republic of the Congo and Syrian Arab Republic?
31 years are reported by both, from 1992 to 2022.
How do Democratic Republic of the Congo and Syrian Arab Republic rank globally for artificial surfaces (including urban and associated areas) — area?
Democratic Republic of the Congo ranks 7th and Syrian Arab Republic ranks 9th of 20 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.