Mexico vs South Africa: Artificial surfaces (including urban and associated areas) — Area
Artificial surfaces (including urban and associated areas) — Area over time
- Mexico
- South Africa
How they compare
Mexico currently reports 1,114 1000 ha against 1,111 1000 ha in South Africa, a difference of 3 1000 ha.
The two have swapped places 1 time across 24 shared years of data; in 2001 it was South Africa ahead.
Mexico ranks 17th and South Africa ranks 18th of 223 countries.
Across the 3 decades both report, Mexico averaged higher in 1 and South Africa in 2.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Mexico | South Africa | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 1,038 1000 ha | 1,062 1000 ha | 23.39 1000 ha | South Africa |
| 2010s | 1,077 1000 ha | 1,082 1000 ha | 5.3 1000 ha | South Africa |
| 2020s | 1,106 1000 ha | 1,105 1000 ha | 0.794 1000 ha | Mexico |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher artificial surfaces (including urban and associated areas) — area, Mexico or South Africa?
- Mexico, at 1,114 1000 ha against 1,111 1000 ha in South Africa as of 2024.
- What is the difference in artificial surfaces (including urban and associated areas) — area between Mexico and South Africa?
- 3 1000 ha, with Mexico ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Mexico and South Africa?
- 24 years are reported by both, from 2001 to 2024.
- How do Mexico and South Africa rank globally for artificial surfaces (including urban and associated areas) — area?
- Mexico ranks 17th and South Africa ranks 18th 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.