Australia vs Southern Europe: Artificial surfaces (including urban and associated areas) — Area
Artificial surfaces (including urban and associated areas) — Area over time
- Australia
- Southern Europe
How they compare
Southern Europe currently reports 3,103 1000 ha against 1,125 1000 ha in Australia, a difference of 1,978 1000 ha.
That makes Southern Europe's figure about 2.8 times Australia's.
Across all 24 years both countries report, Southern Europe has been ahead every year.
Australia ranks 16th and Southern Europe ranks 15th of 223 countries.
Southern Europe has averaged higher in every one of the 3 decades both report.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Australia | Southern Europe | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 1,080 1000 ha | 3,071 1000 ha | 1,991 1000 ha | Southern Europe |
| 2010s | 1,104 1000 ha | 3,092 1000 ha | 1,989 1000 ha | Southern Europe |
| 2020s | 1,122 1000 ha | 3,102 1000 ha | 1,979 1000 ha | Southern Europe |
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 Southern Europe?
- Southern Europe, at 3,103 1000 ha against 1,125 1000 ha in Australia as of 2024.
- What is the difference in artificial surfaces (including urban and associated areas) — area between Australia and Southern Europe?
- 1,978 1000 ha, with Southern Europe ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Australia and Southern Europe?
- 24 years are reported by both, from 2001 to 2024.
- How do Australia and Southern Europe rank globally for artificial surfaces (including urban and associated areas) — area?
- Australia ranks 16th and Southern Europe ranks 15th of 223 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.