Northern Europe vs Poland: Artificial surfaces (including urban and associated areas) — Area

Northern Europe
1,730 1000 ha
in 2024
Poland
840.17 1000 ha
in 2024
Northern Europe rank
19th
Poland rank
21st

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

  • Northern Europe
  • Poland
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How they compare

Northern Europe currently reports 1,730 1000 ha against 840.17 1000 ha in Poland, a difference of 889.83 1000 ha.

That makes Northern Europe's figure about 2.1 times Poland's.

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

Northern Europe ranks 19th and Poland ranks 21st of 26 groups.

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

Head to head by decade

Decade Northern Europe Poland Difference Ahead
2000s 1,698 1000 ha 827.6 1000 ha 870.21 1000 ha Northern Europe
2010s 1,712 1000 ha 833.35 1000 ha 878.65 1000 ha Northern Europe
2020s 1,727 1000 ha 839.85 1000 ha 886.68 1000 ha Northern Europe

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher artificial surfaces (including urban and associated areas) — area, Northern Europe or Poland?
Northern Europe, at 1,730 1000 ha against 840.17 1000 ha in Poland as of 2024.
What is the difference in artificial surfaces (including urban and associated areas) — area between Northern Europe and Poland?
889.83 1000 ha, with Northern Europe ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Northern Europe and Poland?
24 years are reported by both, from 2001 to 2024.
How do Northern Europe and Poland rank globally for artificial surfaces (including urban and associated areas) — area?
Northern Europe ranks 19th and Poland ranks 21st of 26 groups.
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.