China (People’s Republic of) vs World: Artificial surfaces (including urban and associated areas) — Area

China (People’s Republic of)
25,312 1000 ha
in 2019
World
117,725 1000 ha
in 2019
China (People’s Republic of) rank
1st
World rank
1st

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

  • China (People’s Republic of)
  • World
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How they compare

World currently reports 117,725 1000 ha against 25,312 1000 ha in China (People’s Republic of), a difference of 92,413 1000 ha.

That makes World's figure about 4.7 times China (People’s Republic of)'s.

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

China (People’s Republic of) ranks 1st and World ranks 1st of 195 countries.

World 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, China (People’s Republic of) or World?
World, at 117,725 1000 ha against 25,312 1000 ha in China (People’s Republic of) as of 2019.
What is the difference in artificial surfaces (including urban and associated areas) — area between China (People’s Republic of) and World?
92,413 1000 ha, with World ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for China (People’s Republic of) and World?
5 years are reported by both, from 2015 to 2019.
How do China (People’s Republic of) and World rank globally for artificial surfaces (including urban and associated areas) — area?
China (People’s Republic of) ranks 1st and World ranks 1st 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.