Canada vs Mexico: Artificial surfaces (including urban and associated areas) — Area

Canada
1,574 1000 ha
in 2019
Mexico
1,950 1000 ha
in 2019
Canada rank
15th
Mexico rank
14th

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

  • Canada
  • Mexico
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How they compare

Mexico currently reports 1,950 1000 ha against 1,574 1000 ha in Canada, a difference of 376 1000 ha.

That makes Mexico's figure about 1.2 times Canada's.

Across all 5 years both countries report, Mexico has been ahead every year.

Canada ranks 15th and Mexico ranks 14th of 195 countries.

Mexico has averaged higher in every one of the 1 decades both report.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher artificial surfaces (including urban and associated areas) — area, Canada or Mexico?
Mexico, at 1,950 1000 ha against 1,574 1000 ha in Canada as of 2019.
What is the difference in artificial surfaces (including urban and associated areas) — area between Canada and Mexico?
376 1000 ha, with Mexico ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Canada and Mexico?
5 years are reported by both, from 2015 to 2019.
How do Canada and Mexico rank globally for artificial surfaces (including urban and associated areas) — area?
Canada ranks 15th and Mexico ranks 14th of 195 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 CGLS. 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 CGLS
Unit
1000 ha
Source
Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations
Licence
CC BY-NC-SA 3.0 IGO (FAO)
Coverage
241 places, 1,205 data points, 2015–2019
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.