Iran (Islamic Republic of) vs Japan: Artificial surfaces (including urban and associated areas) — Area

Iran (Islamic Republic of)
1,169 1000 ha
in 2019
Japan
3,912 1000 ha
in 2019
Iran (Islamic Republic of) rank
4th
Japan rank
5th

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

  • Iran (Islamic Republic of)
  • Japan
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How they compare

Japan currently reports 3,912 1000 ha against 1,169 1000 ha in Iran (Islamic Republic of), a difference of 2,743 1000 ha.

That makes Japan's figure about 3.3 times Iran (Islamic Republic of)'s.

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

Iran (Islamic Republic of) ranks 4th and Japan ranks 5th of 18 groups.

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, Iran (Islamic Republic of) or Japan?
Japan, at 3,912 1000 ha against 1,169 1000 ha in Iran (Islamic Republic of) as of 2019.
What is the difference in artificial surfaces (including urban and associated areas) — area between Iran (Islamic Republic of) and Japan?
2,743 1000 ha, with Japan ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Iran (Islamic Republic of) and Japan?
5 years are reported by both, from 2015 to 2019.
How do Iran (Islamic Republic of) and Japan rank globally for artificial surfaces (including urban and associated areas) — area?
Iran (Islamic Republic of) ranks 4th and Japan ranks 5th of 18 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 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.