Asia vs China (People’s Republic of): Artificial surfaces (including urban and associated areas) — Area
Artificial surfaces (including urban and associated areas) — Area over time
- Asia
- China (People’s Republic of)
How they compare
Asia currently reports 35,913 1000 ha against 16,225 1000 ha in China (People’s Republic of), a difference of 19,688 1000 ha.
That makes Asia's figure about 2.2 times China (People’s Republic of)'s.
Across all 24 years both countries report, Asia has been ahead every year.
Asia ranks 1st and China (People’s Republic of) ranks 1st of 44 groups.
Asia has averaged higher in every one of the 3 decades both report.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Asia | China (People’s Republic of) | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 32,877 1000 ha | 14,020 1000 ha | 18,857 1000 ha | Asia |
| 2010s | 34,459 1000 ha | 15,241 1000 ha | 19,218 1000 ha | Asia |
| 2020s | 35,719 1000 ha | 16,134 1000 ha | 19,585 1000 ha | Asia |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher artificial surfaces (including urban and associated areas) — area, Asia or China (People’s Republic of)?
- Asia, at 35,913 1000 ha against 16,225 1000 ha in China (People’s Republic of) as of 2024.
- What is the difference in artificial surfaces (including urban and associated areas) — area between Asia and China (People’s Republic of)?
- 19,688 1000 ha, with Asia ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Asia and China (People’s Republic of)?
- 24 years are reported by both, from 2001 to 2024.
- How do Asia and China (People’s Republic of) rank globally for artificial surfaces (including urban and associated areas) — area?
- Asia ranks 1st and China (People’s Republic of) ranks 1st of 44 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.