Central America vs Mexico: Artificial surfaces (including urban and associated areas) — Area
Artificial surfaces (including urban and associated areas) — Area over time
- Central America
- Mexico
How they compare
Central America currently reports 1,330 1000 ha against 1,114 1000 ha in Mexico, a difference of 216 1000 ha.
That makes Central America's figure about 1.2 times Mexico's.
Across all 24 years both countries report, Central America has been ahead every year.
Central America ranks 20th and Mexico ranks 17th of 26 groups.
Central America has averaged higher in every one of the 3 decades both report.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Central America | Mexico | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 1,235 1000 ha | 1,038 1000 ha | 196.67 1000 ha | Central America |
| 2010s | 1,281 1000 ha | 1,077 1000 ha | 204.07 1000 ha | Central America |
| 2020s | 1,319 1000 ha | 1,106 1000 ha | 213.36 1000 ha | Central America |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher artificial surfaces (including urban and associated areas) — area, Central America or Mexico?
- Central America, at 1,330 1000 ha against 1,114 1000 ha in Mexico as of 2024.
- What is the difference in artificial surfaces (including urban and associated areas) — area between Central America and Mexico?
- 216 1000 ha, with Central America ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Central America and Mexico?
- 24 years are reported by both, from 2001 to 2024.
- How do Central America and Mexico rank globally for artificial surfaces (including urban and associated areas) — area?
- Central America ranks 20th and Mexico ranks 17th of 26 groups.
- 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.