Eastern Europe vs Germany: Artificial surfaces (including urban and associated areas) — Area

Eastern Europe
7,225 1000 ha
in 2022
Germany
1,877 1000 ha
in 2022
Eastern Europe rank
8th
Germany rank
8th

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

  • Eastern Europe
  • Germany
2.0k4.0k6.0k8.0k199220072022

How they compare

Eastern Europe currently reports 7,225 1000 ha against 1,877 1000 ha in Germany, a difference of 5,348 1000 ha.

That makes Eastern Europe's figure about 3.8 times Germany's.

Across all 31 years both countries report, Eastern Europe has been ahead every year.

Eastern Europe ranks 8th and Germany ranks 8th of 26 groups.

Eastern Europe has averaged higher in every one of the 4 decades both report.

Head to head by decade

Decade Eastern Europe Germany Difference Ahead
1990s 3,602 1000 ha 1,103 1000 ha 2,500 1000 ha Eastern Europe
2000s 5,703 1000 ha 1,665 1000 ha 4,039 1000 ha Eastern Europe
2010s 6,729 1000 ha 1,834 1000 ha 4,896 1000 ha Eastern Europe
2020s 7,101 1000 ha 1,860 1000 ha 5,242 1000 ha Eastern Europe

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher artificial surfaces (including urban and associated areas) — area, Eastern Europe or Germany?
Eastern Europe, at 7,225 1000 ha against 1,877 1000 ha in Germany as of 2022.
What is the difference in artificial surfaces (including urban and associated areas) — area between Eastern Europe and Germany?
5,348 1000 ha, with Eastern Europe ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Eastern Europe and Germany?
31 years are reported by both, from 1992 to 2022.
How do Eastern Europe and Germany rank globally for artificial surfaces (including urban and associated areas) — area?
Eastern Europe ranks 8th and Germany ranks 8th 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.