Brazil vs China, mainland: Artificial surfaces (including urban and associated areas) — Area
Artificial surfaces (including urban and associated areas) — Area over time
- Brazil
- China, mainland
How they compare
China, mainland currently reports 15,855 1000 ha against 4,060 1000 ha in Brazil, a difference of 11,795 1000 ha.
That makes China, mainland's figure about 3.9 times Brazil's.
Across all 24 years both countries report, China, mainland has been ahead every year.
Brazil ranks 3rd and China, mainland ranks 2nd of 223 countries.
China, mainland has averaged higher in every one of the 3 decades both report.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Brazil | China, mainland | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 4,030 1000 ha | 13,665 1000 ha | 9,636 1000 ha | China, mainland |
| 2010s | 4,046 1000 ha | 14,874 1000 ha | 10,828 1000 ha | China, mainland |
| 2020s | 4,058 1000 ha | 15,765 1000 ha | 11,707 1000 ha | China, mainland |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher artificial surfaces (including urban and associated areas) — area, Brazil or China, mainland?
- China, mainland, at 15,855 1000 ha against 4,060 1000 ha in Brazil as of 2024.
- What is the difference in artificial surfaces (including urban and associated areas) — area between Brazil and China, mainland?
- 11,795 1000 ha, with China, mainland ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Brazil and China, mainland?
- 24 years are reported by both, from 2001 to 2024.
- How do Brazil and China, mainland rank globally for artificial surfaces (including urban and associated areas) — area?
- Brazil ranks 3rd and China, mainland ranks 2nd 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.