Argentina vs Germany: Artificial surfaces (including urban and associated areas) — Area

Argentina
1,761 1000 ha
in 2024
Germany
2,597 1000 ha
in 2024
Argentina rank
8th
Germany rank
7th

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

  • Argentina
  • Germany
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How they compare

Germany currently reports 2,597 1000 ha against 1,761 1000 ha in Argentina, a difference of 836 1000 ha.

That makes Germany's figure about 1.5 times Argentina's.

Across all 24 years both countries report, Germany has been ahead every year.

Argentina ranks 8th and Germany ranks 7th of 218 countries.

Germany has averaged higher in every one of the 3 decades both report.

Head to head by decade

Decade Argentina Germany Difference Ahead
2000s 1,755 1000 ha 2,587 1000 ha 831.87 1000 ha Germany
2010s 1,758 1000 ha 2,591 1000 ha 832.76 1000 ha Germany
2020s 1,760 1000 ha 2,599 1000 ha 838.4 1000 ha Germany

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher artificial surfaces (including urban and associated areas) — area, Argentina or Germany?
Germany, at 2,597 1000 ha against 1,761 1000 ha in Argentina as of 2024.
What is the difference in artificial surfaces (including urban and associated areas) — area between Argentina and Germany?
836 1000 ha, with Germany ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Argentina and Germany?
24 years are reported by both, from 2001 to 2024.
How do Argentina and Germany rank globally for artificial surfaces (including urban and associated areas) — area?
Argentina ranks 8th and Germany ranks 7th of 218 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 MODIS. 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 MODIS
Unit
1000 ha
Source
Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations
Licence
CC BY-NC-SA 3.0 IGO (FAO)
Coverage
269 places, 6,390 data points, 2001–2024
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.