Europe vs Russian Federation: Artificial surfaces (including urban and associated areas) — Area
Artificial surfaces (including urban and associated areas) — Area over time
- Europe
- Russian Federation
How they compare
Europe currently reports 17,392 1000 ha against 3,155 1000 ha in Russian Federation, a difference of 14,237 1000 ha.
That makes Europe's figure about 5.5 times Russian Federation's.
Across all 24 years both countries report, Europe has been ahead every year.
Europe ranks 4th and Russian Federation ranks 6th of 26 groups.
Europe has averaged higher in every one of the 3 decades both report.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Europe | Russian Federation | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 17,164 1000 ha | 3,067 1000 ha | 14,097 1000 ha | Europe |
| 2010s | 17,277 1000 ha | 3,108 1000 ha | 14,169 1000 ha | Europe |
| 2020s | 17,375 1000 ha | 3,145 1000 ha | 14,230 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, Europe or Russian Federation?
- Europe, at 17,392 1000 ha against 3,155 1000 ha in Russian Federation as of 2024.
- What is the difference in artificial surfaces (including urban and associated areas) — area between Europe and Russian Federation?
- 14,237 1000 ha, with Europe ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Europe and Russian Federation?
- 24 years are reported by both, from 2001 to 2024.
- How do Europe and Russian Federation rank globally for artificial surfaces (including urban and associated areas) — area?
- Europe ranks 4th and Russian Federation ranks 6th 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.