What is the difference in artificial surfaces (including urban and associated areas) — area between Democratic Republic of the Congo and Japan?

3,566 1000 ha, with Japan ahead.

How many years of comparable data are there for Democratic Republic of the Congo and Japan?

5 years are reported by both, from 2015 to 2019.

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.

Democratic Republic of the Congo vs Japan: Artificial surfaces (including urban and associated areas) — Area

Democratic Republic of the Congo

346.48 1000 ha

in 2019

Japan

3,912 1000 ha

in 2019

Democratic Republic of the Congo rank

8th

Japan rank

5th

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

Democratic Republic of the Congo
Japan

How they compare

Japan currently reports 3,912 1000 ha against 346.48 1000 ha in Democratic Republic of the Congo, a difference of 3,566 1000 ha.

That makes Japan's figure about 11.3 times Democratic Republic of the Congo's.

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

Democratic Republic of the Congo ranks 8th and Japan ranks 5th of 18 countries.

Japan 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, Democratic Republic of the Congo or Japan?: Japan, at 3,912 1000 ha against 346.48 1000 ha in Democratic Republic of the Congo as of 2019.
What is the difference in artificial surfaces (including urban and associated areas) — area between Democratic Republic of the Congo and Japan?: 3,566 1000 ha, with Japan ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Democratic Republic of the Congo and Japan?: 5 years are reported by both, from 2015 to 2019.
How do Democratic Republic of the Congo and Japan rank globally for artificial surfaces (including urban and associated areas) — area?: Democratic Republic of the Congo ranks 8th and Japan ranks 5th of 18 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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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: 12 August 2026

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.