Indonesia vs South America: Artificial surfaces (including urban and associated areas) — Area

Indonesia
1,396 1000 ha
in 2022
South America
4,119 1000 ha
in 2022
Indonesia rank
9th
South America rank
11th

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

  • Indonesia
  • South America
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How they compare

South America currently reports 4,119 1000 ha against 1,396 1000 ha in Indonesia, a difference of 2,723 1000 ha.

That makes South America's figure about 3.0 times Indonesia's.

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

Indonesia ranks 9th and South America ranks 11th of 224 countries.

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

Head to head by decade

Decade Indonesia South America Difference Ahead
1990s 789.42 1000 ha 2,130 1000 ha 1,340 1000 ha South America
2000s 964.63 1000 ha 2,723 1000 ha 1,759 1000 ha South America
2010s 1,189 1000 ha 3,482 1000 ha 2,293 1000 ha South America
2020s 1,347 1000 ha 3,969 1000 ha 2,622 1000 ha South America

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher artificial surfaces (including urban and associated areas) — area, Indonesia or South America?
South America, at 4,119 1000 ha against 1,396 1000 ha in Indonesia as of 2022.
What is the difference in artificial surfaces (including urban and associated areas) — area between Indonesia and South America?
2,723 1000 ha, with South America ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Indonesia and South America?
31 years are reported by both, from 1992 to 2022.
How do Indonesia and South America rank globally for artificial surfaces (including urban and associated areas) — area?
Indonesia ranks 9th and South America ranks 11th 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.