CIS vs Malaysia: Land cover and land cover change — Gain of artificial surfaces

CIS
41,576 Square kilometres
in 2022
Malaysia
2,547 Square kilometres
in 2022
CIS rank
31st
Malaysia rank
28th

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

  • CIS
  • Malaysia
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How they compare

CIS currently reports 41,576 Square kilometres against 2,547 Square kilometres in Malaysia, a difference of 39,029 Square kilometres.

That makes CIS's figure about 16.3 times Malaysia's.

Across all 5 years both countries report, CIS has been ahead every year.

CIS ranks 31st and Malaysia ranks 28th of 758 regions.

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

Head to head by decade

Decade CIS Malaysia Difference Ahead
2000s 22,358 Square kilometres 677.8 Square kilometres 21,680 Square kilometres CIS
2010s 28,938 Square kilometres 1,468 Square kilometres 27,471 Square kilometres CIS
2020s 38,878 Square kilometres 2,408 Square kilometres 36,471 Square kilometres CIS

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, CIS or Malaysia?
CIS, at 41,576 Square kilometres against 2,547 Square kilometres in Malaysia as of 2022.
What is the difference in land cover and land cover change — gain of artificial surfaces between CIS and Malaysia?
39,029 Square kilometres, with CIS ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for CIS and Malaysia?
5 years are reported by both, from 2005 to 2022.
How do CIS and Malaysia rank globally for land cover and land cover change — gain of artificial surfaces?
CIS ranks 31st and Malaysia ranks 28th of 758 regions.
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