What is the difference in artificial surfaces (including urban and associated areas) — area between Mauritania, Islamic Republic of and Rwanda?

2.6 1000 ha, with Mauritania, Islamic Republic of ahead.

How many years of comparable data are there for Mauritania, Islamic Republic of and Rwanda?

24 years are reported by both, from 2001 to 2024.

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.

Mauritania, Islamic Republic of vs Rwanda: Artificial surfaces (including urban and associated areas) — Area

Mauritania, Islamic Republic of

15.51 1000 ha

in 2024

Rwanda

12.91 1000 ha

in 2024

Mauritania, Islamic Republic of rank

142nd

Rwanda rank

145th

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

Mauritania, Islamic Republic of
Rwanda

How they compare

Mauritania, Islamic Republic of currently reports 15.51 1000 ha against 12.91 1000 ha in Rwanda, a difference of 2.6 1000 ha.

That makes Mauritania, Islamic Republic of's figure about 1.2 times Rwanda's.

Across all 24 years both countries report, Mauritania, Islamic Republic of has been ahead every year.

Mauritania, Islamic Republic of ranks 142nd and Rwanda ranks 145th of 218 countries.

Mauritania, Islamic Republic of has averaged higher in every one of the 3 decades both report.

Head to head by decade

Decade	Mauritania, Islamic Republic of	Rwanda	Difference	Ahead
2000s	15.23 1000 ha	9.73 1000 ha	5.5 1000 ha	Mauritania, Islamic Republic of
2010s	15.39 1000 ha	11.25 1000 ha	4.13 1000 ha	Mauritania, Islamic Republic of
2020s	15.47 1000 ha	12.39 1000 ha	3.08 1000 ha	Mauritania, Islamic Republic of

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher artificial surfaces (including urban and associated areas) — area, Mauritania, Islamic Republic of or Rwanda?: Mauritania, Islamic Republic of, at 15.51 1000 ha against 12.91 1000 ha in Rwanda as of 2024.
What is the difference in artificial surfaces (including urban and associated areas) — area between Mauritania, Islamic Republic of and Rwanda?: 2.6 1000 ha, with Mauritania, Islamic Republic of ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Mauritania, Islamic Republic of and Rwanda?: 24 years are reported by both, from 2001 to 2024.
How do Mauritania, Islamic Republic of and Rwanda rank globally for artificial surfaces (including urban and associated areas) — area?: Mauritania, Islamic Republic of ranks 142nd and Rwanda ranks 145th of 218 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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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: 12 August 2026

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.