Libya vs Sweden: Artificial surfaces (including urban and associated areas) — Area

Libya
151.27 1000 ha
in 2024
Sweden
169.12 1000 ha
in 2024
Libya rank
69th
Sweden rank
66th

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

  • Libya
  • Sweden
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How they compare

Sweden currently reports 169.12 1000 ha against 151.27 1000 ha in Libya, a difference of 17.85 1000 ha.

That makes Sweden's figure about 1.1 times Libya's.

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

Libya ranks 69th and Sweden ranks 66th of 240 countries.

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

Head to head by decade

Decade Libya Sweden Difference Ahead
2000s 149.57 1000 ha 162.1 1000 ha 12.53 1000 ha Sweden
2010s 150.18 1000 ha 164.86 1000 ha 14.69 1000 ha Sweden
2020s 150.88 1000 ha 168.6 1000 ha 17.72 1000 ha Sweden

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher artificial surfaces (including urban and associated areas) — area, Libya or Sweden?
Sweden, at 169.12 1000 ha against 151.27 1000 ha in Libya as of 2024.
What is the difference in artificial surfaces (including urban and associated areas) — area between Libya and Sweden?
17.85 1000 ha, with Sweden ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Libya and Sweden?
24 years are reported by both, from 2001 to 2024.
How do Libya and Sweden rank globally for artificial surfaces (including urban and associated areas) — area?
Libya ranks 69th and Sweden ranks 66th of 240 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.