Afghanistan vs Eastern Africa: Land cover and land cover change — Grassland
Land cover and land cover change — Grassland over time
- Afghanistan
- Eastern Africa
How they compare
Eastern Africa currently reports 642,519 Square kilometres against 236,752 Square kilometres in Afghanistan, a difference of 405,767 Square kilometres.
That makes Eastern Africa's figure about 2.7 times Afghanistan's.
Across all 6 years both countries report, Eastern Africa has been ahead every year.
Afghanistan ranks 12th and Eastern Africa ranks 15th of 207 countries.
Eastern Africa has averaged higher in every one of the 3 decades both report.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Afghanistan | Eastern Africa | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 236,200 Square kilometres | 659,066 Square kilometres | 422,866 Square kilometres | Eastern Africa |
| 2010s | 239,779 Square kilometres | 652,986 Square kilometres | 413,207 Square kilometres | Eastern Africa |
| 2020s | 237,827 Square kilometres | 643,644 Square kilometres | 405,816 Square kilometres | Eastern Africa |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher land cover and land cover change — grassland, Afghanistan or Eastern Africa?
- Eastern Africa, at 642,519 Square kilometres against 236,752 Square kilometres in Afghanistan as of 2022.
- What is the difference in land cover and land cover change — grassland between Afghanistan and Eastern Africa?
- 405,767 Square kilometres, with Eastern Africa ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Afghanistan and Eastern Africa?
- 6 years are reported by both, from 2000 to 2022.
- How do Afghanistan and Eastern Africa rank globally for land cover and land cover change — grassland?
- Afghanistan ranks 12th and Eastern Africa ranks 15th of 207 countries.
- Where does this data come from?
- Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development, published as Land cover and land cover change — Grassland. 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