Northern Africa vs Spain: Artificial surfaces (including urban and associated areas) — Area
Artificial surfaces (including urban and associated areas) — Area over time
- Northern Africa
- Spain
How they compare
Northern Africa currently reports 1,111 1000 ha against 632.48 1000 ha in Spain, a difference of 478.52 1000 ha.
That makes Northern Africa's figure about 1.8 times Spain's.
Across all 31 years both countries report, Northern Africa has been ahead every year.
Northern Africa ranks 20th and Spain ranks 20th of 26 groups.
Northern Africa has averaged higher in every one of the 4 decades both report.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Northern Africa | Spain | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 414.78 1000 ha | 249.57 1000 ha | 165.22 1000 ha | Northern Africa |
| 2000s | 589.37 1000 ha | 365.38 1000 ha | 223.99 1000 ha | Northern Africa |
| 2010s | 832.56 1000 ha | 534.74 1000 ha | 297.82 1000 ha | Northern Africa |
| 2020s | 1,056 1000 ha | 622.36 1000 ha | 433.79 1000 ha | Northern Africa |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher artificial surfaces (including urban and associated areas) — area, Northern Africa or Spain?
- Northern Africa, at 1,111 1000 ha against 632.48 1000 ha in Spain as of 2022.
- What is the difference in artificial surfaces (including urban and associated areas) — area between Northern Africa and Spain?
- 478.52 1000 ha, with Northern Africa ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Northern Africa and Spain?
- 31 years are reported by both, from 1992 to 2022.
- How do Northern Africa and Spain rank globally for artificial surfaces (including urban and associated areas) — area?
- Northern Africa ranks 20th and Spain ranks 20th 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
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.