Republic of Korea vs Saudi Arabia: Artificial surfaces (including urban and associated areas) — Area

Republic of Korea
322.36 1000 ha
in 2022
Saudi Arabia
379.94 1000 ha
in 2022
Republic of Korea rank
29th
Saudi Arabia rank
27th

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

  • Republic of Korea
  • Saudi Arabia
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How they compare

Saudi Arabia currently reports 379.94 1000 ha against 322.36 1000 ha in Republic of Korea, a difference of 57.58 1000 ha.

That makes Saudi Arabia's figure about 1.2 times Republic of Korea's.

Across all 31 years both countries report, Saudi Arabia has been ahead every year.

Republic of Korea ranks 29th and Saudi Arabia ranks 27th of 224 countries.

Saudi Arabia has averaged higher in every one of the 4 decades both report.

Head to head by decade

Decade Republic of Korea Saudi Arabia Difference Ahead
1990s 121.66 1000 ha 154.58 1000 ha 32.92 1000 ha Saudi Arabia
2000s 137.64 1000 ha 200.55 1000 ha 62.91 1000 ha Saudi Arabia
2010s 232.13 1000 ha 269.52 1000 ha 37.39 1000 ha Saudi Arabia
2020s 304.48 1000 ha 348.73 1000 ha 44.25 1000 ha Saudi Arabia

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher artificial surfaces (including urban and associated areas) — area, Republic of Korea or Saudi Arabia?
Saudi Arabia, at 379.94 1000 ha against 322.36 1000 ha in Republic of Korea as of 2022.
What is the difference in artificial surfaces (including urban and associated areas) — area between Republic of Korea and Saudi Arabia?
57.58 1000 ha, with Saudi Arabia ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Republic of Korea and Saudi Arabia?
31 years are reported by both, from 1992 to 2022.
How do Republic of Korea and Saudi Arabia rank globally for artificial surfaces (including urban and associated areas) — area?
Republic of Korea ranks 29th 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.