Canada vs Middle Africa: Artificial surfaces (including urban and associated areas) — Area

Canada
1,099 1000 ha
in 2024
Middle Africa
670.95 1000 ha
in 2024
Canada rank
19th
Middle Africa rank
4th

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

  • Canada
  • Middle Africa
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How they compare

Canada currently reports 1,099 1000 ha against 670.95 1000 ha in Middle Africa, a difference of 428.05 1000 ha.

That makes Canada's figure about 1.6 times Middle Africa's.

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

Canada ranks 19th and Middle Africa ranks 4th of 223 countries.

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

Head to head by decade

Decade Canada Middle Africa Difference Ahead
2000s 1,050 1000 ha 615.55 1000 ha 434.55 1000 ha Canada
2010s 1,076 1000 ha 641.63 1000 ha 434.69 1000 ha Canada
2020s 1,094 1000 ha 663.94 1000 ha 430.53 1000 ha Canada

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher artificial surfaces (including urban and associated areas) — area, Canada or Middle Africa?
Canada, at 1,099 1000 ha against 670.95 1000 ha in Middle Africa as of 2024.
What is the difference in artificial surfaces (including urban and associated areas) — area between Canada and Middle Africa?
428.05 1000 ha, with Canada ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Canada and Middle Africa?
24 years are reported by both, from 2001 to 2024.
How do Canada and Middle Africa rank globally for artificial surfaces (including urban and associated areas) — area?
Canada ranks 19th and Middle Africa ranks 4th 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

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.