Pakistan vs Saudi Arabia: Artificial surfaces (including urban and associated areas) — Area

Pakistan
415.9 1000 ha
in 2022
Saudi Arabia
379.94 1000 ha
in 2022
Pakistan rank
24th
Saudi Arabia rank
27th

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

  • Pakistan
  • Saudi Arabia
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How they compare

Pakistan currently reports 415.9 1000 ha against 379.94 1000 ha in Saudi Arabia, a difference of 35.96 1000 ha.

That makes Pakistan's figure about 1.1 times Saudi Arabia's.

The two have swapped places 1 time across 31 shared years of data; in 1992 it was Saudi Arabia ahead.

Pakistan ranks 24th and Saudi Arabia ranks 27th of 224 countries.

Across the 4 decades both report, Pakistan averaged higher in 2 and Saudi Arabia in 2.

Head to head by decade

Decade Pakistan Saudi Arabia Difference Ahead
1990s 43.03 1000 ha 154.58 1000 ha 111.55 1000 ha Saudi Arabia
2000s 143.88 1000 ha 200.55 1000 ha 56.67 1000 ha Saudi Arabia
2010s 280.87 1000 ha 269.52 1000 ha 11.35 1000 ha Pakistan
2020s 382.05 1000 ha 348.73 1000 ha 33.32 1000 ha Pakistan

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher artificial surfaces (including urban and associated areas) — area, Pakistan or Saudi Arabia?
Pakistan, at 415.9 1000 ha against 379.94 1000 ha in Saudi Arabia as of 2022.
What is the difference in artificial surfaces (including urban and associated areas) — area between Pakistan and Saudi Arabia?
35.96 1000 ha, with Pakistan ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Pakistan and Saudi Arabia?
31 years are reported by both, from 1992 to 2022.
How do Pakistan and Saudi Arabia rank globally for artificial surfaces (including urban and associated areas) — area?
Pakistan ranks 24th and Saudi Arabia ranks 27th 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.