France vs Syrian Arab Republic: Artificial surfaces (including urban and associated areas) — Area

France
1,394 1000 ha
in 2022
Syrian Arab Republic
142.99 1000 ha
in 2022
France rank
10th
Syrian Arab Republic rank
9th

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

  • France
  • Syrian Arab Republic
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How they compare

France currently reports 1,394 1000 ha against 142.99 1000 ha in Syrian Arab Republic, a difference of 1,251 1000 ha.

That makes France's figure about 9.7 times Syrian Arab Republic's.

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

France ranks 10th and Syrian Arab Republic ranks 9th of 224 countries.

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

Head to head by decade

Decade France Syrian Arab Republic Difference Ahead
1990s 715.31 1000 ha 69.57 1000 ha 645.74 1000 ha France
2000s 1,114 1000 ha 87.04 1000 ha 1,027 1000 ha France
2010s 1,325 1000 ha 116.85 1000 ha 1,208 1000 ha France
2020s 1,376 1000 ha 138.7 1000 ha 1,237 1000 ha France

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher artificial surfaces (including urban and associated areas) — area, France or Syrian Arab Republic?
France, at 1,394 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 France and Syrian Arab Republic?
1,251 1000 ha, with France ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for France and Syrian Arab Republic?
31 years are reported by both, from 1992 to 2022.
How do France and Syrian Arab Republic rank globally for artificial surfaces (including urban and associated areas) — area?
France ranks 10th and Syrian Arab Republic ranks 9th 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.