Albania vs Lao People's Democratic Republic: Land cover and land cover change — Gain of artificial surfaces

Albania
110.94 Square kilometres
in 2022
Lao People's Democratic Republic
146.16 Square kilometres
in 2022
Albania rank
127th
Lao People's Democratic Republic rank
125th

Land cover and land cover change — Gain of artificial surfaces over time

  • Albania
  • Lao People's Democratic Republic
050100150200520132022

How they compare

Lao People's Democratic Republic currently reports 146.16 Square kilometres against 110.94 Square kilometres in Albania, a difference of 35.22 Square kilometres.

That makes Lao People's Democratic Republic's figure about 1.3 times Albania's.

Across all 5 years both countries report, Lao People's Democratic Republic has been ahead every year.

Albania ranks 127th and Lao People's Democratic Republic ranks 125th of 164 countries.

Lao People's Democratic Republic has averaged higher in every one of the 3 decades both report.

Head to head by decade

Decade Albania Lao People's Democratic Republic Difference Ahead
2000s 12.91 Square kilometres 26.66 Square kilometres 13.75 Square kilometres Lao People's Democratic Republic
2010s 55.48 Square kilometres 80.67 Square kilometres 25.2 Square kilometres Lao People's Democratic Republic
2020s 105.06 Square kilometres 128.58 Square kilometres 23.52 Square kilometres Lao People's Democratic Republic

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher land cover and land cover change — gain of artificial surfaces, Albania or Lao People's Democratic Republic?
Lao People's Democratic Republic, at 146.16 Square kilometres against 110.94 Square kilometres in Albania as of 2022.
What is the difference in land cover and land cover change — gain of artificial surfaces between Albania and Lao People's Democratic Republic?
35.22 Square kilometres, with Lao People's Democratic Republic ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Albania and Lao People's Democratic Republic?
5 years are reported by both, from 2005 to 2022.
How do Albania and Lao People's Democratic Republic rank globally for land cover and land cover change — gain of artificial surfaces?
Albania ranks 127th and Lao People's Democratic Republic ranks 125th of 164 countries.
Where does this data come from?
Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development, published as Land cover and land cover change — Gain of artificial surfaces. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.

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Indicator
Land cover and land cover change — Gain of artificial surfaces
Unit
Square kilometres
Source
Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development
Licence
OECD Terms and Conditions (attribution required)
Coverage
978 places, 4,890 data points, 2005–2022
Last refreshed

The land cover dataset provides a global assessment of land cover and land cover change to monitor pressures on ecosystems and biodiversity. By using geospatial data with high spatio-temporal resolution, it develops a set of internationally comparable indicators with a long time series and a five-year interval from 2000 to 2022 for the Climate Change Initiative Land Cover dataset, and from 1975 to 2030 for the Global Human Settlement Layer dataset. Please see the working paper for a more complete description of the methods. The dataset has a global coverage on the national level, while on the sub-national TL2 level (i.e. large subnational regions) results are reported for all OECD countries as well as for Argentina, Brazil, China, India, Indonesia and South Africa. The following country aggregates are included: Euro area, European Union, Advanced economies, Emerging market economies, G7, G20, OECD, OECD Europe, OECD Asia Oceania, OECD Americas, the LAC region and the World. Data source(s): Climate Change Initiative land cover data and Global Human Settlement Layer built-up area data. Contact: ENV.Stat@oecd.org Database documentation