Germany vs Western Europe: Artificial surfaces (including urban and associated areas) — Area
Artificial surfaces (including urban and associated areas) — Area over time
- Germany
- Western Europe
How they compare
Western Europe currently reports 4,182 1000 ha against 1,877 1000 ha in Germany, a difference of 2,305 1000 ha.
That makes Western Europe's figure about 2.2 times Germany's.
Across all 31 years both countries report, Western Europe has been ahead every year.
Germany ranks 8th and Western Europe ranks 10th of 224 countries.
Western Europe has averaged higher in every one of the 4 decades both report.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Germany | Western Europe | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 1,103 1000 ha | 2,292 1000 ha | 1,189 1000 ha | Western Europe |
| 2000s | 1,665 1000 ha | 3,564 1000 ha | 1,899 1000 ha | Western Europe |
| 2010s | 1,834 1000 ha | 4,036 1000 ha | 2,203 1000 ha | Western Europe |
| 2020s | 1,860 1000 ha | 4,135 1000 ha | 2,275 1000 ha | Western Europe |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher artificial surfaces (including urban and associated areas) — area, Germany or Western Europe?
- Western Europe, at 4,182 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 Germany and Western Europe?
- 2,305 1000 ha, with Western Europe ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Germany and Western Europe?
- 31 years are reported by both, from 1992 to 2022.
- How do Germany and Western Europe rank globally for artificial surfaces (including urban and associated areas) — area?
- Germany ranks 8th and Western Europe ranks 10th 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
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.