Eastern Africa vs Mexico: Artificial surfaces (including urban and associated areas) — Area

Eastern Africa
925.36 1000 ha
in 2024
Mexico
1,114 1000 ha
in 2024
Eastern Africa rank
23rd
Mexico rank
17th

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

  • Eastern Africa
  • Mexico
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How they compare

Mexico currently reports 1,114 1000 ha against 925.36 1000 ha in Eastern Africa, a difference of 188.64 1000 ha.

That makes Mexico's figure about 1.2 times Eastern Africa's.

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

Eastern Africa ranks 23rd and Mexico ranks 17th of 26 groups.

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

Head to head by decade

Decade Eastern Africa Mexico Difference Ahead
2000s 823.95 1000 ha 1,038 1000 ha 214.46 1000 ha Mexico
2010s 868.2 1000 ha 1,077 1000 ha 208.88 1000 ha Mexico
2020s 911.11 1000 ha 1,106 1000 ha 194.6 1000 ha Mexico

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher artificial surfaces (including urban and associated areas) — area, Eastern Africa or Mexico?
Mexico, at 1,114 1000 ha against 925.36 1000 ha in Eastern Africa as of 2024.
What is the difference in artificial surfaces (including urban and associated areas) — area between Eastern Africa and Mexico?
188.64 1000 ha, with Mexico ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Eastern Africa and Mexico?
24 years are reported by both, from 2001 to 2024.
How do Eastern Africa and Mexico rank globally for artificial surfaces (including urban and associated areas) — area?
Eastern Africa ranks 23rd 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

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.