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

Lao People's Democratic Republic
146.16 Square kilometres
in 2022
Lower Saxony
1,056 Square kilometres
in 2022
Lao People's Democratic Republic rank
125th
Lower Saxony rank
128th

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

  • Lao People's Democratic Republic
  • Lower Saxony
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How they compare

Lower Saxony currently reports 1,056 Square kilometres against 146.16 Square kilometres in Lao People's Democratic Republic, a difference of 909.84 Square kilometres.

That makes Lower Saxony's figure about 7.2 times Lao People's Democratic Republic's.

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

Lao People's Democratic Republic ranks 125th and Lower Saxony ranks 128th of 164 countries.

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

Head to head by decade

Decade Lao People's Democratic Republic Lower Saxony Difference Ahead
2000s 26.66 Square kilometres 965.93 Square kilometres 939.27 Square kilometres Lower Saxony
2010s 80.67 Square kilometres 981.33 Square kilometres 900.66 Square kilometres Lower Saxony
2020s 128.58 Square kilometres 1,023 Square kilometres 894.76 Square kilometres Lower Saxony

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, Lao People's Democratic Republic or Lower Saxony?
Lower Saxony, at 1,056 Square kilometres against 146.16 Square kilometres in Lao People's Democratic Republic as of 2022.
What is the difference in land cover and land cover change — gain of artificial surfaces between Lao People's Democratic Republic and Lower Saxony?
909.84 Square kilometres, with Lower Saxony ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Lao People's Democratic Republic and Lower Saxony?
5 years are reported by both, from 2005 to 2022.
How do Lao People's Democratic Republic and Lower Saxony rank globally for land cover and land cover change — gain of artificial surfaces?
Lao People's Democratic Republic ranks 125th and Lower Saxony ranks 128th 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
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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