Germany vs South America: Artificial surfaces (including urban and associated areas) — Area
Artificial surfaces (including urban and associated areas) — Area over time
- Germany
- South America
How they compare
South America currently reports 8,623 1000 ha against 2,597 1000 ha in Germany, a difference of 6,026 1000 ha.
That makes South America's figure about 3.3 times Germany's.
Across all 24 years both countries report, South America has been ahead every year.
Germany ranks 7th and South America ranks 8th of 223 countries.
South America has averaged higher in every one of the 3 decades both report.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Germany | South America | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 2,587 1000 ha | 8,537 1000 ha | 5,950 1000 ha | South America |
| 2010s | 2,591 1000 ha | 8,582 1000 ha | 5,990 1000 ha | South America |
| 2020s | 2,599 1000 ha | 8,616 1000 ha | 6,017 1000 ha | South America |
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 South America?
- South America, at 8,623 1000 ha against 2,597 1000 ha in Germany as of 2024.
- What is the difference in artificial surfaces (including urban and associated areas) — area between Germany and South America?
- 6,026 1000 ha, with South America ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Germany and South America?
- 24 years are reported by both, from 2001 to 2024.
- How do Germany and South America rank globally for artificial surfaces (including urban and associated areas) — area?
- Germany ranks 7th and South America ranks 8th 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.