Southern Europe vs Ukraine: Artificial surfaces (including urban and associated areas) — Area

Southern Europe
3,103 1000 ha
in 2024
Ukraine
1,169 1000 ha
in 2024
Southern Europe rank
15th
Ukraine rank
14th

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

  • Southern Europe
  • Ukraine
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How they compare

Southern Europe currently reports 3,103 1000 ha against 1,169 1000 ha in Ukraine, a difference of 1,934 1000 ha.

That makes Southern Europe's figure about 2.7 times Ukraine's.

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

Southern Europe ranks 15th and Ukraine ranks 14th of 26 groups.

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

Head to head by decade

Decade Southern Europe Ukraine Difference Ahead
2000s 3,071 1000 ha 1,159 1000 ha 1,912 1000 ha Southern Europe
2010s 3,092 1000 ha 1,164 1000 ha 1,928 1000 ha Southern Europe
2020s 3,102 1000 ha 1,168 1000 ha 1,934 1000 ha Southern Europe

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher artificial surfaces (including urban and associated areas) — area, Southern Europe or Ukraine?
Southern Europe, at 3,103 1000 ha against 1,169 1000 ha in Ukraine as of 2024.
What is the difference in artificial surfaces (including urban and associated areas) — area between Southern Europe and Ukraine?
1,934 1000 ha, with Southern Europe ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Southern Europe and Ukraine?
24 years are reported by both, from 2001 to 2024.
How do Southern Europe and Ukraine rank globally for artificial surfaces (including urban and associated areas) — area?
Southern Europe ranks 15th and Ukraine ranks 14th 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.