Japan vs South-Eastern Asia: Artificial surfaces (including urban and associated areas) — Area

Japan
3,912 1000 ha
in 2019
South-Eastern Asia
8,750 1000 ha
in 2019
Japan rank
5th
South-Eastern Asia rank
11th

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

  • Japan
  • South-Eastern Asia
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How they compare

South-Eastern Asia currently reports 8,750 1000 ha against 3,912 1000 ha in Japan, a difference of 4,838 1000 ha.

That makes South-Eastern Asia's figure about 2.2 times Japan's.

Across all 5 years both countries report, South-Eastern Asia has been ahead every year.

Japan ranks 5th and South-Eastern Asia ranks 11th of 197 countries.

South-Eastern Asia 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, Japan or South-Eastern Asia?
South-Eastern Asia, at 8,750 1000 ha against 3,912 1000 ha in Japan as of 2019.
What is the difference in artificial surfaces (including urban and associated areas) — area between Japan and South-Eastern Asia?
4,838 1000 ha, with South-Eastern Asia ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Japan and South-Eastern Asia?
5 years are reported by both, from 2015 to 2019.
How do Japan and South-Eastern Asia rank globally for artificial surfaces (including urban and associated areas) — area?
Japan ranks 5th and South-Eastern Asia ranks 11th of 197 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.