Southern Europe vs United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland: Artificial surfaces (including urban and associated areas) — Area

Southern Europe
2,383 1000 ha
in 2022
United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland
1,044 1000 ha
in 2022
Southern Europe rank
15th
United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland rank
13th

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

  • Southern Europe
  • United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland
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How they compare

Southern Europe currently reports 2,383 1000 ha against 1,044 1000 ha in United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, a difference of 1,339 1000 ha.

That makes Southern Europe's figure about 2.3 times United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland's.

Across all 31 years both countries report, Southern Europe has been ahead every year.

Southern Europe ranks 15th and United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland ranks 13th of 26 groups.

Southern Europe has averaged higher in every one of the 4 decades both report.

Head to head by decade

Decade Southern Europe United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland Difference Ahead
1990s 1,168 1000 ha 730.97 1000 ha 436.66 1000 ha Southern Europe
2000s 1,634 1000 ha 951.13 1000 ha 683.13 1000 ha Southern Europe
2010s 2,148 1000 ha 1,010 1000 ha 1,138 1000 ha Southern Europe
2020s 2,350 1000 ha 1,029 1000 ha 1,320 1000 ha Southern Europe

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher artificial surfaces (including urban and associated areas) — area, Southern Europe or United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland?
Southern Europe, at 2,383 1000 ha against 1,044 1000 ha in United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland as of 2022.
What is the difference in artificial surfaces (including urban and associated areas) — area between Southern Europe and United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland?
1,339 1000 ha, with Southern Europe ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Southern Europe and United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland?
31 years are reported by both, from 1992 to 2022.
How do Southern Europe and United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland rank globally for artificial surfaces (including urban and associated areas) — area?
Southern Europe ranks 15th and United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland ranks 13th 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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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.