Republic of Korea vs Southern Africa: Artificial surfaces (including urban and associated areas) — Area

Republic of Korea
614.98 1000 ha
in 2024
Southern Africa
1,209 1000 ha
in 2024
Republic of Korea rank
25th
Southern Africa rank
22nd

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

  • Republic of Korea
  • Southern Africa
02505007501.0k1.2k200120122024

How they compare

Southern Africa currently reports 1,209 1000 ha against 614.98 1000 ha in Republic of Korea, a difference of 594.02 1000 ha.

That makes Southern Africa's figure about 2.0 times Republic of Korea's.

Across all 24 years both countries report, Southern Africa has been ahead every year.

Republic of Korea ranks 25th and Southern Africa ranks 22nd of 223 countries.

Southern Africa has averaged higher in every one of the 3 decades both report.

Head to head by decade

Decade Republic of Korea Southern Africa Difference Ahead
2000s 578.76 1000 ha 1,153 1000 ha 574.65 1000 ha Southern Africa
2010s 594.04 1000 ha 1,177 1000 ha 582.77 1000 ha Southern Africa
2020s 611.37 1000 ha 1,202 1000 ha 590.85 1000 ha Southern Africa

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher artificial surfaces (including urban and associated areas) — area, Republic of Korea or Southern Africa?
Southern Africa, at 1,209 1000 ha against 614.98 1000 ha in Republic of Korea as of 2024.
What is the difference in artificial surfaces (including urban and associated areas) — area between Republic of Korea and Southern Africa?
594.02 1000 ha, with Southern Africa ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Republic of Korea and Southern Africa?
24 years are reported by both, from 2001 to 2024.
How do Republic of Korea and Southern Africa rank globally for artificial surfaces (including urban and associated areas) — area?
Republic of Korea ranks 25th and Southern Africa ranks 22nd 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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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.