Eastern Africa vs South Africa: Land cover and land cover change — Grassland
Land cover and land cover change — Grassland over time
- Eastern Africa
- South Africa
How they compare
Eastern Africa currently reports 642,519 Square kilometres against 218,130 Square kilometres in South Africa, a difference of 424,389 Square kilometres.
That makes Eastern Africa's figure about 2.9 times South Africa's.
Across all 6 years both countries report, Eastern Africa has been ahead every year.
Eastern Africa ranks 15th and South Africa ranks 13th of 71 groups.
Eastern Africa has averaged higher in every one of the 3 decades both report.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Eastern Africa | South Africa | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 659,066 Square kilometres | 221,188 Square kilometres | 437,878 Square kilometres | Eastern Africa |
| 2010s | 652,986 Square kilometres | 220,382 Square kilometres | 432,604 Square kilometres | Eastern Africa |
| 2020s | 643,644 Square kilometres | 218,408 Square kilometres | 425,235 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, Eastern Africa or South Africa?
- Eastern Africa, at 642,519 Square kilometres against 218,130 Square kilometres in South Africa as of 2022.
- What is the difference in land cover and land cover change — grassland between Eastern Africa and South Africa?
- 424,389 Square kilometres, with Eastern Africa ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Eastern Africa and South Africa?
- 6 years are reported by both, from 2000 to 2022.
- How do Eastern Africa and South Africa rank globally for land cover and land cover change — grassland?
- Eastern Africa ranks 15th and South Africa ranks 13th of 71 groups.
- 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