Africa vs Russian Federation: Artificial surfaces (including urban and associated areas) — Area
Artificial surfaces (including urban and associated areas) — Area over time
- Africa
- Russian Federation
How they compare
Africa currently reports 6,438 1000 ha against 3,155 1000 ha in Russian Federation, a difference of 3,283 1000 ha.
That makes Africa's figure about 2.0 times Russian Federation's.
Across all 24 years both countries report, Africa has been ahead every year.
Africa ranks 10th and Russian Federation ranks 6th of 26 groups.
Africa has averaged higher in every one of the 3 decades both report.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Africa | Russian Federation | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 5,861 1000 ha | 3,067 1000 ha | 2,794 1000 ha | Africa |
| 2010s | 6,110 1000 ha | 3,108 1000 ha | 3,002 1000 ha | Africa |
| 2020s | 6,365 1000 ha | 3,145 1000 ha | 3,220 1000 ha | Africa |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher artificial surfaces (including urban and associated areas) — area, Africa or Russian Federation?
- Africa, at 6,438 1000 ha against 3,155 1000 ha in Russian Federation as of 2024.
- What is the difference in artificial surfaces (including urban and associated areas) — area between Africa and Russian Federation?
- 3,283 1000 ha, with Africa ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Africa and Russian Federation?
- 24 years are reported by both, from 2001 to 2024.
- How do Africa and Russian Federation rank globally for artificial surfaces (including urban and associated areas) — area?
- Africa ranks 10th and Russian Federation ranks 6th of 26 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 MODIS. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.
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About this data
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.