Democratic Republic of the Congo vs Japan: Artificial surfaces (including urban and associated areas) — Area

Democratic Republic of the Congo
309.04 1000 ha
in 2024
Japan
3,409 1000 ha
in 2024
Democratic Republic of the Congo rank
7th
Japan rank
5th

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

  • Democratic Republic of the Congo
  • Japan
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How they compare

Japan currently reports 3,409 1000 ha against 309.04 1000 ha in Democratic Republic of the Congo, a difference of 3,100 1000 ha.

That makes Japan's figure about 11.0 times Democratic Republic of the Congo's.

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

Democratic Republic of the Congo ranks 7th and Japan ranks 5th of 20 countries.

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

Head to head by decade

Decade Democratic Republic of the Congo Japan Difference Ahead
2000s 283.32 1000 ha 3,398 1000 ha 3,114 1000 ha Japan
2010s 294.7 1000 ha 3,405 1000 ha 3,110 1000 ha Japan
2020s 305.5 1000 ha 3,410 1000 ha 3,104 1000 ha Japan

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher artificial surfaces (including urban and associated areas) — area, Democratic Republic of the Congo or Japan?
Japan, at 3,409 1000 ha against 309.04 1000 ha in Democratic Republic of the Congo as of 2024.
What is the difference in artificial surfaces (including urban and associated areas) — area between Democratic Republic of the Congo and Japan?
3,100 1000 ha, with Japan ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Democratic Republic of the Congo and Japan?
24 years are reported by both, from 2001 to 2024.
How do Democratic Republic of the Congo and Japan rank globally for artificial surfaces (including urban and associated areas) — area?
Democratic Republic of the Congo ranks 7th and Japan ranks 5th of 20 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.