Italy vs Russian Federation: Artificial surfaces (including urban and associated areas) — Area

Italy
1,587 1000 ha
in 2024
Russian Federation
3,155 1000 ha
in 2024
Italy rank
9th
Russian Federation rank
6th

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

  • Italy
  • Russian Federation
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How they compare

Russian Federation currently reports 3,155 1000 ha against 1,587 1000 ha in Italy, a difference of 1,568 1000 ha.

That makes Russian Federation's figure about 2.0 times Italy's.

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

Italy ranks 9th and Russian Federation ranks 6th of 223 countries.

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

Head to head by decade

Decade Italy Russian Federation Difference Ahead
2000s 1,576 1000 ha 3,067 1000 ha 1,491 1000 ha Russian Federation
2010s 1,583 1000 ha 3,108 1000 ha 1,525 1000 ha Russian Federation
2020s 1,587 1000 ha 3,145 1000 ha 1,558 1000 ha Russian Federation

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher artificial surfaces (including urban and associated areas) — area, Italy or Russian Federation?
Russian Federation, at 3,155 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 Italy and Russian Federation?
1,568 1000 ha, with Russian Federation ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Italy and Russian Federation?
24 years are reported by both, from 2001 to 2024.
How do Italy and Russian Federation rank globally for artificial surfaces (including urban and associated areas) — area?
Italy ranks 9th and Russian Federation ranks 6th 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

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.