Japan vs Türkiye: Artificial surfaces (including urban and associated areas) — Area

Japan
3,409 1000 ha
in 2024
Türkiye
1,027 1000 ha
in 2024
Japan rank
5th
Türkiye rank
2nd

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

  • Japan
  • Türkiye
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How they compare

Japan currently reports 3,409 1000 ha against 1,027 1000 ha in Türkiye, a difference of 2,382 1000 ha.

That makes Japan's figure about 3.3 times Türkiye's.

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

Japan ranks 5th and Türkiye ranks 2nd of 223 countries.

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

Head to head by decade

Decade Japan Türkiye Difference Ahead
2000s 3,398 1000 ha 981.28 1000 ha 2,416 1000 ha Japan
2010s 3,405 1000 ha 998.98 1000 ha 2,406 1000 ha Japan
2020s 3,410 1000 ha 1,021 1000 ha 2,389 1000 ha Japan

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher artificial surfaces (including urban and associated areas) — area, Japan or Türkiye?
Japan, at 3,409 1000 ha against 1,027 1000 ha in Türkiye as of 2024.
What is the difference in artificial surfaces (including urban and associated areas) — area between Japan and Türkiye?
2,382 1000 ha, with Japan ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Japan and Türkiye?
24 years are reported by both, from 2001 to 2024.
How do Japan and Türkiye rank globally for artificial surfaces (including urban and associated areas) — area?
Japan ranks 5th and Türkiye ranks 2nd 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.