Ethiopia vs Libya: Artificial surfaces (including urban and associated areas) — Area

Ethiopia
147.41 1000 ha
in 2024
Libya
151.27 1000 ha
in 2024
Ethiopia rank
72nd
Libya rank
69th

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

  • Ethiopia
  • Libya
050100150200120122024

How they compare

Libya currently reports 151.27 1000 ha against 147.41 1000 ha in Ethiopia, a difference of 3.86 1000 ha.

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

Ethiopia ranks 72nd and Libya ranks 69th of 240 countries.

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

Head to head by decade

Decade Ethiopia Libya Difference Ahead
2000s 139.82 1000 ha 149.57 1000 ha 9.75 1000 ha Libya
2010s 142.35 1000 ha 150.18 1000 ha 7.83 1000 ha Libya
2020s 146.18 1000 ha 150.88 1000 ha 4.69 1000 ha Libya

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher artificial surfaces (including urban and associated areas) — area, Ethiopia or Libya?
Libya, at 151.27 1000 ha against 147.41 1000 ha in Ethiopia as of 2024.
What is the difference in artificial surfaces (including urban and associated areas) — area between Ethiopia and Libya?
3.86 1000 ha, with Libya ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Ethiopia and Libya?
24 years are reported by both, from 2001 to 2024.
How do Ethiopia and Libya rank globally for artificial surfaces (including urban and associated areas) — area?
Ethiopia ranks 72nd and Libya ranks 69th of 240 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.