Eastern Asia vs Japan: Artificial surfaces (including urban and associated areas) — Area
Artificial surfaces (including urban and associated areas) — Area over time
- Eastern Asia
- Japan
How they compare
Eastern Asia currently reports 14,415 1000 ha against 1,881 1000 ha in Japan, a difference of 12,534 1000 ha.
That makes Eastern Asia's figure about 7.7 times Japan's.
Across all 31 years both countries report, Eastern Asia has been ahead every year.
Eastern Asia ranks 4th and Japan ranks 7th of 26 groups.
Eastern Asia has averaged higher in every one of the 4 decades both report.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Eastern Asia | Japan | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 4,122 1000 ha | 991.16 1000 ha | 3,131 1000 ha | Eastern Asia |
| 2000s | 6,514 1000 ha | 1,184 1000 ha | 5,330 1000 ha | Eastern Asia |
| 2010s | 11,157 1000 ha | 1,733 1000 ha | 9,424 1000 ha | Eastern Asia |
| 2020s | 13,868 1000 ha | 1,858 1000 ha | 12,010 1000 ha | Eastern Asia |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher artificial surfaces (including urban and associated areas) — area, Eastern Asia or Japan?
- Eastern Asia, at 14,415 1000 ha against 1,881 1000 ha in Japan as of 2022.
- What is the difference in artificial surfaces (including urban and associated areas) — area between Eastern Asia and Japan?
- 12,534 1000 ha, with Eastern Asia ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Eastern Asia and Japan?
- 31 years are reported by both, from 1992 to 2022.
- How do Eastern Asia and Japan rank globally for artificial surfaces (including urban and associated areas) — area?
- Eastern Asia ranks 4th and Japan ranks 7th 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
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.