China (People’s Republic of) vs Eastern Asia: Artificial surfaces (including urban and associated areas) — Area
Artificial surfaces (including urban and associated areas) — Area over time
- China (People’s Republic of)
- Eastern Asia
How they compare
Eastern Asia currently reports 20,579 1000 ha against 16,225 1000 ha in China (People’s Republic of), a difference of 4,354 1000 ha.
That makes Eastern Asia's figure about 1.3 times China (People’s Republic of)'s.
Across all 24 years both countries report, Eastern Asia has been ahead every year.
China (People’s Republic of) ranks 1st and Eastern Asia ranks 3rd of 223 countries.
Eastern Asia has averaged higher in every one of the 3 decades both report.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | China (People’s Republic of) | Eastern Asia | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 14,020 1000 ha | 18,324 1000 ha | 4,304 1000 ha | Eastern Asia |
| 2010s | 15,241 1000 ha | 19,568 1000 ha | 4,327 1000 ha | Eastern Asia |
| 2020s | 16,134 1000 ha | 20,485 1000 ha | 4,351 1000 ha | Eastern Asia |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher artificial surfaces (including urban and associated areas) — area, China (People’s Republic of) or Eastern Asia?
- Eastern Asia, at 20,579 1000 ha against 16,225 1000 ha in China (People’s Republic of) as of 2024.
- What is the difference in artificial surfaces (including urban and associated areas) — area between China (People’s Republic of) and Eastern Asia?
- 4,354 1000 ha, with Eastern Asia ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for China (People’s Republic of) and Eastern Asia?
- 24 years are reported by both, from 2001 to 2024.
- How do China (People’s Republic of) and Eastern Asia rank globally for artificial surfaces (including urban and associated areas) — area?
- China (People’s Republic of) ranks 1st and Eastern Asia ranks 3rd 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.