Libya vs Middle East: Land cover and land cover change — Gain of artificial surfaces
Land cover and land cover change — Gain of artificial surfaces over time
- Libya
- Middle East
How they compare
Middle East currently reports 17,245 Square kilometres against 827.42 Square kilometres in Libya, a difference of 16,418 Square kilometres.
That makes Middle East's figure about 20.8 times Libya's.
Across all 5 years both countries report, Middle East has been ahead every year.
Libya ranks 56th and Middle East ranks 54th of 164 countries.
Middle East has averaged higher in every one of the 3 decades both report.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Libya | Middle East | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 193.51 Square kilometres | 2,828 Square kilometres | 2,634 Square kilometres | Middle East |
| 2010s | 396.72 Square kilometres | 7,886 Square kilometres | 7,490 Square kilometres | Middle East |
| 2020s | 757.43 Square kilometres | 15,502 Square kilometres | 14,745 Square kilometres | Middle East |
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, Libya or Middle East?
- Middle East, at 17,245 Square kilometres against 827.42 Square kilometres in Libya as of 2022.
- What is the difference in land cover and land cover change — gain of artificial surfaces between Libya and Middle East?
- 16,418 Square kilometres, with Middle East ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Libya and Middle East?
- 5 years are reported by both, from 2005 to 2022.
- How do Libya and Middle East rank globally for land cover and land cover change — gain of artificial surfaces?
- Libya ranks 56th and Middle East ranks 54th 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