France vs Western Asia: Artificial surfaces (including urban and associated areas) — Area
Artificial surfaces (including urban and associated areas) — Area over time
- France
- Western Asia
How they compare
Western Asia currently reports 3,366 1000 ha against 1,541 1000 ha in France, a difference of 1,825 1000 ha.
That makes Western Asia's figure about 2.2 times France's.
Across all 24 years both countries report, Western Asia has been ahead every year.
France ranks 11th and Western Asia ranks 14th of 223 countries.
Western Asia has averaged higher in every one of the 3 decades both report.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | France | Western Asia | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 1,533 1000 ha | 3,265 1000 ha | 1,732 1000 ha | Western Asia |
| 2010s | 1,539 1000 ha | 3,304 1000 ha | 1,765 1000 ha | Western Asia |
| 2020s | 1,542 1000 ha | 3,351 1000 ha | 1,809 1000 ha | Western Asia |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher artificial surfaces (including urban and associated areas) — area, France or Western Asia?
- Western Asia, at 3,366 1000 ha against 1,541 1000 ha in France as of 2024.
- What is the difference in artificial surfaces (including urban and associated areas) — area between France and Western Asia?
- 1,825 1000 ha, with Western Asia ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for France and Western Asia?
- 24 years are reported by both, from 2001 to 2024.
- How do France and Western Asia rank globally for artificial surfaces (including urban and associated areas) — area?
- France ranks 11th and Western Asia ranks 14th of 223 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
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.