Australia vs Canada: Artificial surfaces (including urban and associated areas) — Area
Artificial surfaces (including urban and associated areas) — Area over time
- Australia
- Canada
How they compare
Australia currently reports 1,125 1000 ha against 1,099 1000 ha in Canada, a difference of 26 1000 ha.
Across all 24 years both countries report, Australia has been ahead every year.
Australia ranks 16th and Canada ranks 19th of 218 countries.
Australia has averaged higher in every one of the 3 decades both report.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Australia | Canada | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 1,080 1000 ha | 1,050 1000 ha | 30.23 1000 ha | Australia |
| 2010s | 1,104 1000 ha | 1,076 1000 ha | 27.26 1000 ha | Australia |
| 2020s | 1,122 1000 ha | 1,094 1000 ha | 27.67 1000 ha | Australia |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher artificial surfaces (including urban and associated areas) — area, Australia or Canada?
- Australia, at 1,125 1000 ha against 1,099 1000 ha in Canada as of 2024.
- What is the difference in artificial surfaces (including urban and associated areas) — area between Australia and Canada?
- 26 1000 ha, with Australia ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Australia and Canada?
- 24 years are reported by both, from 2001 to 2024.
- How do Australia and Canada rank globally for artificial surfaces (including urban and associated areas) — area?
- Australia ranks 16th and Canada ranks 19th 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
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.