Denmark vs Switzerland: Artificial surfaces (including urban and associated areas) — Area

Denmark
135.53 1000 ha
in 2022
Switzerland
137.9 1000 ha
in 2022
Denmark rank
57th
Switzerland rank
56th

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

  • Denmark
  • Switzerland
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How they compare

Switzerland currently reports 137.9 1000 ha against 135.53 1000 ha in Denmark, a difference of 2.37 1000 ha.

The two have swapped places 1 time across 31 shared years of data; in 1992 it was Denmark ahead.

Denmark ranks 57th and Switzerland ranks 56th of 224 countries.

Across the 4 decades both report, Denmark averaged higher in 1 and Switzerland in 3.

Head to head by decade

Decade Denmark Switzerland Difference Ahead
1990s 83.48 1000 ha 73.93 1000 ha 9.55 1000 ha Denmark
2000s 116.19 1000 ha 119.52 1000 ha 3.33 1000 ha Switzerland
2010s 129.23 1000 ha 134.58 1000 ha 5.36 1000 ha Switzerland
2020s 132.9 1000 ha 136.6 1000 ha 3.7 1000 ha Switzerland

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher artificial surfaces (including urban and associated areas) — area, Denmark or Switzerland?
Switzerland, at 137.9 1000 ha against 135.53 1000 ha in Denmark as of 2022.
What is the difference in artificial surfaces (including urban and associated areas) — area between Denmark and Switzerland?
2.37 1000 ha, with Switzerland ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Denmark and Switzerland?
31 years are reported by both, from 1992 to 2022.
How do Denmark and Switzerland rank globally for artificial surfaces (including urban and associated areas) — area?
Denmark ranks 57th and Switzerland ranks 56th 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

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.