Netherlands (Kingdom of the) vs Saudi Arabia: Artificial surfaces (including urban and associated areas) — Area

Netherlands (Kingdom of the)
503.77 1000 ha
in 2024
Saudi Arabia
494.7 1000 ha
in 2024
Netherlands (Kingdom of the) rank
30th
Saudi Arabia rank
31st

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

  • Netherlands (Kingdom of the)
  • Saudi Arabia
0200400600200120122024

How they compare

Netherlands (Kingdom of the) currently reports 503.77 1000 ha against 494.7 1000 ha in Saudi Arabia, a difference of 9.07 1000 ha.

Across all 24 years both countries report, Netherlands (Kingdom of the) has been ahead every year.

Netherlands (Kingdom of the) ranks 30th and Saudi Arabia ranks 31st of 223 countries.

Netherlands (Kingdom of the) has averaged higher in every one of the 3 decades both report.

Head to head by decade

Decade Netherlands (Kingdom of the) Saudi Arabia Difference Ahead
2000s 493.47 1000 ha 485.69 1000 ha 7.78 1000 ha Netherlands (Kingdom of the)
2010s 498.87 1000 ha 488.84 1000 ha 10.03 1000 ha Netherlands (Kingdom of the)
2020s 503.47 1000 ha 492.62 1000 ha 10.85 1000 ha Netherlands (Kingdom of the)

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher artificial surfaces (including urban and associated areas) — area, Netherlands (Kingdom of the) or Saudi Arabia?
Netherlands (Kingdom of the), at 503.77 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 Netherlands (Kingdom of the) and Saudi Arabia?
9.07 1000 ha, with Netherlands (Kingdom of the) ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Netherlands (Kingdom of the) and Saudi Arabia?
24 years are reported by both, from 2001 to 2024.
How do Netherlands (Kingdom of the) and Saudi Arabia rank globally for artificial surfaces (including urban and associated areas) — area?
Netherlands (Kingdom of the) ranks 30th 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

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.