Türkiye vs World: Artificial surfaces (including urban and associated areas) — Area

Türkiye
1,027 1000 ha
in 2024
World
87,333 1000 ha
in 2024
Türkiye rank
2nd
World rank
1st

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

  • Türkiye
  • World
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How they compare

World currently reports 87,333 1000 ha against 1,027 1000 ha in Türkiye, a difference of 86,306 1000 ha.

That makes World's figure about 85.0 times Türkiye's.

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

Türkiye ranks 2nd and World ranks 1st of 20 countries.

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

Head to head by decade

Decade Türkiye World Difference Ahead
2000s 981.28 1000 ha 82,816 1000 ha 81,835 1000 ha World
2010s 998.98 1000 ha 85,115 1000 ha 84,116 1000 ha World
2020s 1,021 1000 ha 86,984 1000 ha 85,963 1000 ha World

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher artificial surfaces (including urban and associated areas) — area, Türkiye or World?
World, at 87,333 1000 ha against 1,027 1000 ha in Türkiye as of 2024.
What is the difference in artificial surfaces (including urban and associated areas) — area between Türkiye and World?
86,306 1000 ha, with World ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Türkiye and World?
24 years are reported by both, from 2001 to 2024.
How do Türkiye and World rank globally for artificial surfaces (including urban and associated areas) — area?
Türkiye ranks 2nd and World ranks 1st of 20 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.