Nigeria vs South Africa: Artificial surfaces (including urban and associated areas) — Area
Artificial surfaces (including urban and associated areas) — Area over time
- Nigeria
- South Africa
How they compare
South Africa currently reports 783.83 1000 ha against 743.44 1000 ha in Nigeria, a difference of 40.39 1000 ha.
That makes South Africa's figure about 1.1 times Nigeria's.
Across all 31 years both countries report, South Africa has been ahead every year.
Nigeria ranks 18th and South Africa ranks 17th of 224 countries.
South Africa has averaged higher in every one of the 4 decades both report.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Nigeria | South Africa | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 196.8 1000 ha | 279.3 1000 ha | 82.5 1000 ha | South Africa |
| 2000s | 290.34 1000 ha | 384.41 1000 ha | 94.06 1000 ha | South Africa |
| 2010s | 477.02 1000 ha | 545.93 1000 ha | 68.9 1000 ha | South Africa |
| 2020s | 692.22 1000 ha | 767.18 1000 ha | 74.96 1000 ha | South Africa |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher artificial surfaces (including urban and associated areas) — area, Nigeria or South Africa?
- South Africa, at 783.83 1000 ha against 743.44 1000 ha in Nigeria as of 2022.
- What is the difference in artificial surfaces (including urban and associated areas) — area between Nigeria and South Africa?
- 40.39 1000 ha, with South Africa ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Nigeria and South Africa?
- 31 years are reported by both, from 1992 to 2022.
- How do Nigeria and South Africa rank globally for artificial surfaces (including urban and associated areas) — area?
- Nigeria ranks 18th and South Africa ranks 17th 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.