Eastern Asia vs Japan: Artificial surfaces (including urban and associated areas) — Area
Artificial surfaces (including urban and associated areas) — Area over time
- Eastern Asia
- Japan
How they compare
Eastern Asia currently reports 20,579 1000 ha against 3,409 1000 ha in Japan, a difference of 17,170 1000 ha.
That makes Eastern Asia's figure about 6.0 times Japan's.
Across all 24 years both countries report, Eastern Asia has been ahead every year.
Eastern Asia ranks 3rd and Japan ranks 5th of 26 groups.
Eastern Asia has averaged higher in every one of the 3 decades both report.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Eastern Asia | Japan | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 18,324 1000 ha | 3,398 1000 ha | 14,926 1000 ha | Eastern Asia |
| 2010s | 19,568 1000 ha | 3,405 1000 ha | 16,163 1000 ha | Eastern Asia |
| 2020s | 20,485 1000 ha | 3,410 1000 ha | 17,075 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, Eastern Asia or Japan?
- Eastern Asia, at 20,579 1000 ha against 3,409 1000 ha in Japan as of 2024.
- What is the difference in artificial surfaces (including urban and associated areas) — area between Eastern Asia and Japan?
- 17,170 1000 ha, with Eastern Asia ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Eastern Asia and Japan?
- 24 years are reported by both, from 2001 to 2024.
- How do Eastern Asia and Japan rank globally for artificial surfaces (including urban and associated areas) — area?
- Eastern Asia ranks 3rd and Japan ranks 5th 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.