Malaysia vs Saudi Arabia: Artificial surfaces (including urban and associated areas) — Area
Artificial surfaces (including urban and associated areas) — Area over time
- Malaysia
- Saudi Arabia
How they compare
Malaysia currently reports 528.94 1000 ha against 494.7 1000 ha in Saudi Arabia, a difference of 34.24 1000 ha.
That makes Malaysia's figure about 1.1 times Saudi Arabia's.
The two have swapped places 1 time across 24 shared years of data; in 2001 it was Saudi Arabia ahead.
Malaysia ranks 29th and Saudi Arabia ranks 31st of 223 countries.
Across the 3 decades both report, Malaysia averaged higher in 2 and Saudi Arabia in 1.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Malaysia | Saudi Arabia | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 467.59 1000 ha | 485.69 1000 ha | 18.1 1000 ha | Saudi Arabia |
| 2010s | 505.04 1000 ha | 488.84 1000 ha | 16.2 1000 ha | Malaysia |
| 2020s | 523.84 1000 ha | 492.62 1000 ha | 31.23 1000 ha | Malaysia |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher artificial surfaces (including urban and associated areas) — area, Malaysia or Saudi Arabia?
- Malaysia, at 528.94 1000 ha against 494.7 1000 ha in Saudi Arabia as of 2024.
- What is the difference in artificial surfaces (including urban and associated areas) — area between Malaysia and Saudi Arabia?
- 34.24 1000 ha, with Malaysia ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Malaysia and Saudi Arabia?
- 24 years are reported by both, from 2001 to 2024.
- How do Malaysia and Saudi Arabia rank globally for artificial surfaces (including urban and associated areas) — area?
- Malaysia ranks 29th and Saudi Arabia ranks 31st 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.