Puerto Rico vs Punjab: Land cover and land cover change — Gain of artificial surfaces
Land cover and land cover change — Gain of artificial surfaces over time
- Puerto Rico
- Punjab
How they compare
Punjab currently reports 1,692 Square kilometres against 341.42 Square kilometres in Puerto Rico, a difference of 1,351 Square kilometres.
That makes Punjab's figure about 5.0 times Puerto Rico's.
Across all 5 years both countries report, Punjab has been ahead every year.
Puerto Rico ranks 96th and Punjab ranks 98th of 164 countries.
Punjab has averaged higher in every one of the 3 decades both report.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Puerto Rico | Punjab | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 61.64 Square kilometres | 885.59 Square kilometres | 823.94 Square kilometres | Punjab |
| 2010s | 260.2 Square kilometres | 1,281 Square kilometres | 1,020 Square kilometres | Punjab |
| 2020s | 337.88 Square kilometres | 1,574 Square kilometres | 1,236 Square kilometres | Punjab |
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, Puerto Rico or Punjab?
- Punjab, at 1,692 Square kilometres against 341.42 Square kilometres in Puerto Rico as of 2022.
- What is the difference in land cover and land cover change — gain of artificial surfaces between Puerto Rico and Punjab?
- 1,351 Square kilometres, with Punjab ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Puerto Rico and Punjab?
- 5 years are reported by both, from 2005 to 2022.
- How do Puerto Rico and Punjab rank globally for land cover and land cover change — gain of artificial surfaces?
- Puerto Rico ranks 96th and Punjab ranks 98th 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