China vs Europe: Artificial surfaces (including urban and associated areas) — Area
Artificial surfaces (including urban and associated areas) — Area over time
- China
- Europe
How they compare
Europe currently reports 17,392 1000 ha against 16,225 1000 ha in China, a difference of 1,167 1000 ha.
That makes Europe's figure about 1.1 times China's.
Across all 24 years both countries report, Europe has been ahead every year.
China ranks 1st and Europe ranks 4th of 223 countries.
Europe has averaged higher in every one of the 3 decades both report.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | China | Europe | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 14,020 1000 ha | 17,164 1000 ha | 3,144 1000 ha | Europe |
| 2010s | 15,241 1000 ha | 17,277 1000 ha | 2,036 1000 ha | Europe |
| 2020s | 16,134 1000 ha | 17,375 1000 ha | 1,241 1000 ha | Europe |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher artificial surfaces (including urban and associated areas) — area, China or Europe?
- Europe, at 17,392 1000 ha against 16,225 1000 ha in China as of 2024.
- What is the difference in artificial surfaces (including urban and associated areas) — area between China and Europe?
- 1,167 1000 ha, with Europe ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for China and Europe?
- 24 years are reported by both, from 2001 to 2024.
- How do China and Europe rank globally for artificial surfaces (including urban and associated areas) — area?
- China ranks 1st and Europe 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
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.