Botswana vs California: Land cover and land cover change — Gain of artificial surfaces
Land cover and land cover change — Gain of artificial surfaces over time
- Botswana
- California
How they compare
California currently reports 3,623 Square kilometres against 557.07 Square kilometres in Botswana, a difference of 3,066 Square kilometres.
That makes California's figure about 6.5 times Botswana's.
Across all 5 years both countries report, California has been ahead every year.
Botswana ranks 73rd and California ranks 73rd of 164 countries.
California has averaged higher in every one of the 3 decades both report.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Botswana | California | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 34.73 Square kilometres | 938.72 Square kilometres | 903.99 Square kilometres | California |
| 2010s | 148.97 Square kilometres | 2,149 Square kilometres | 2,000 Square kilometres | California |
| 2020s | 520.2 Square kilometres | 3,562 Square kilometres | 3,042 Square kilometres | California |
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, Botswana or California?
- California, at 3,623 Square kilometres against 557.07 Square kilometres in Botswana as of 2022.
- What is the difference in land cover and land cover change — gain of artificial surfaces between Botswana and California?
- 3,066 Square kilometres, with California ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Botswana and California?
- 5 years are reported by both, from 2005 to 2022.
- How do Botswana and California rank globally for land cover and land cover change — gain of artificial surfaces?
- Botswana ranks 73rd and California ranks 73rd 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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About this data
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