India vs OECD: Land cover and land cover change — Gain of artificial surfaces
Land cover and land cover change — Gain of artificial surfaces over time
- India
- OECD
How they compare
OECD currently reports 136,872 Square kilometres against 24,983 Square kilometres in India, a difference of 111,889 Square kilometres.
That makes OECD's figure about 5.5 times India's.
Across all 5 years both countries report, OECD has been ahead every year.
India ranks 4th and OECD ranks 1st of 164 countries.
OECD has averaged higher in every one of the 3 decades both report.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | India | OECD | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 6,708 Square kilometres | 55,937 Square kilometres | 49,229 Square kilometres | OECD |
| 2010s | 14,401 Square kilometres | 96,820 Square kilometres | 82,419 Square kilometres | OECD |
| 2020s | 22,773 Square kilometres | 131,474 Square kilometres | 108,700 Square kilometres | OECD |
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, India or OECD?
- OECD, at 136,872 Square kilometres against 24,983 Square kilometres in India as of 2022.
- What is the difference in land cover and land cover change — gain of artificial surfaces between India and OECD?
- 111,889 Square kilometres, with OECD ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for India and OECD?
- 5 years are reported by both, from 2005 to 2022.
- How do India and OECD rank globally for land cover and land cover change — gain of artificial surfaces?
- India ranks 4th and OECD ranks 1st 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