Eastern Africa vs Spain: Artificial surfaces (including urban and associated areas) — Area

Eastern Africa
820.77 1000 ha
in 2022
Spain
632.48 1000 ha
in 2022
Eastern Africa rank
23rd
Spain rank
20th

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

  • Eastern Africa
  • Spain
200400600800199220072022

How they compare

Eastern Africa currently reports 820.77 1000 ha against 632.48 1000 ha in Spain, a difference of 188.29 1000 ha.

That makes Eastern Africa's figure about 1.3 times Spain's.

The two have swapped places 3 times across 31 shared years of data; in 1992 it was Spain ahead.

Eastern Africa ranks 23rd and Spain ranks 20th of 26 groups.

Across the 4 decades both report, Eastern Africa averaged higher in 1 and Spain in 3.

Head to head by decade

Decade Eastern Africa Spain Difference Ahead
1990s 243.73 1000 ha 249.57 1000 ha 5.83 1000 ha Spain
2000s 339.22 1000 ha 365.38 1000 ha 26.16 1000 ha Spain
2010s 518.26 1000 ha 534.74 1000 ha 16.48 1000 ha Spain
2020s 766.29 1000 ha 622.36 1000 ha 143.93 1000 ha Eastern Africa

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher artificial surfaces (including urban and associated areas) — area, Eastern Africa or Spain?
Eastern Africa, at 820.77 1000 ha against 632.48 1000 ha in Spain as of 2022.
What is the difference in artificial surfaces (including urban and associated areas) — area between Eastern Africa and Spain?
188.29 1000 ha, with Eastern Africa ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Eastern Africa and Spain?
31 years are reported by both, from 1992 to 2022.
How do Eastern Africa and Spain rank globally for artificial surfaces (including urban and associated areas) — area?
Eastern Africa ranks 23rd and Spain ranks 20th of 26 groups.
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.