Israel vs Sweden: Land cover and land cover change — Gain of artificial surfaces

Israel
722.92 Square kilometres
in 2022
Sweden
769.25 Square kilometres
in 2022
Israel rank
63rd
Sweden rank
61st

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

  • Israel
  • Sweden
200400600800200520132022

How they compare

Sweden currently reports 769.25 Square kilometres against 722.92 Square kilometres in Israel, a difference of 46.33 Square kilometres.

That makes Sweden's figure about 1.1 times Israel's.

The two have swapped places 2 times across 5 shared years of data; in 2005 it was Sweden ahead.

Israel ranks 63rd and Sweden ranks 61st of 164 countries.

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

Head to head by decade

Decade Israel Sweden Difference Ahead
2000s 199.11 Square kilometres 405.73 Square kilometres 206.61 Square kilometres Sweden
2010s 386.16 Square kilometres 500.18 Square kilometres 114.02 Square kilometres Sweden
2020s 669.15 Square kilometres 672.4 Square kilometres 3.25 Square kilometres Sweden

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, Israel or Sweden?
Sweden, at 769.25 Square kilometres against 722.92 Square kilometres in Israel as of 2022.
What is the difference in land cover and land cover change — gain of artificial surfaces between Israel and Sweden?
46.33 Square kilometres, with Sweden ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Israel and Sweden?
5 years are reported by both, from 2005 to 2022.
How do Israel and Sweden rank globally for land cover and land cover change — gain of artificial surfaces?
Israel ranks 63rd and Sweden ranks 61st 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

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