Germany vs Italy: Artificial surfaces (including urban and associated areas) — Area
Artificial surfaces (including urban and associated areas) — Area over time
- Germany
- Italy
How they compare
Germany currently reports 2,597 1000 ha against 1,587 1000 ha in Italy, a difference of 1,010 1000 ha.
That makes Germany's figure about 1.6 times Italy's.
Across all 24 years both countries report, Germany has been ahead every year.
Germany ranks 7th and Italy ranks 9th of 218 countries.
Germany has averaged higher in every one of the 3 decades both report.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Germany | Italy | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 2,587 1000 ha | 1,576 1000 ha | 1,011 1000 ha | Germany |
| 2010s | 2,591 1000 ha | 1,583 1000 ha | 1,008 1000 ha | Germany |
| 2020s | 2,599 1000 ha | 1,587 1000 ha | 1,012 1000 ha | Germany |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher artificial surfaces (including urban and associated areas) — area, Germany or Italy?
- Germany, at 2,597 1000 ha against 1,587 1000 ha in Italy as of 2024.
- What is the difference in artificial surfaces (including urban and associated areas) — area between Germany and Italy?
- 1,010 1000 ha, with Germany ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Germany and Italy?
- 24 years are reported by both, from 2001 to 2024.
- How do Germany and Italy rank globally for artificial surfaces (including urban and associated areas) — area?
- Germany ranks 7th and Italy ranks 9th of 218 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.