Canada vs Western Africa: Artificial surfaces (including urban and associated areas) — Area
Artificial surfaces (including urban and associated areas) — Area over time
- Canada
- Western Africa
How they compare
Western Africa currently reports 1,866 1000 ha against 1,099 1000 ha in Canada, a difference of 767 1000 ha.
That makes Western Africa's figure about 1.7 times Canada's.
Across all 24 years both countries report, Western Africa has been ahead every year.
Canada ranks 19th and Western Africa ranks 17th of 223 countries.
Western Africa has averaged higher in every one of the 3 decades both report.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Canada | Western Africa | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 1,050 1000 ha | 1,579 1000 ha | 528.55 1000 ha | Western Africa |
| 2010s | 1,076 1000 ha | 1,708 1000 ha | 631.23 1000 ha | Western Africa |
| 2020s | 1,094 1000 ha | 1,834 1000 ha | 739.35 1000 ha | Western Africa |
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 Western Africa?
- Western Africa, at 1,866 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 Canada and Western Africa?
- 767 1000 ha, with Western Africa ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Canada and Western Africa?
- 24 years are reported by both, from 2001 to 2024.
- How do Canada and Western Africa rank globally for artificial surfaces (including urban and associated areas) — area?
- Canada ranks 19th and Western Africa ranks 17th 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.