Namibia vs South America: Land cover and land cover change — Grassland
Land cover and land cover change — Grassland over time
- Namibia
- South America
How they compare
South America currently reports 1.25 million Square kilometres against 380,253 Square kilometres in Namibia, a difference of 873,837 Square kilometres.
That makes South America's figure about 3.3 times Namibia's.
Across all 6 years both countries report, South America has been ahead every year.
Namibia ranks 9th and South America ranks 11th of 207 countries.
South America has averaged higher in every one of the 3 decades both report.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Namibia | South America | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 371,987 Square kilometres | 1.27 million Square kilometres | 900,548 Square kilometres | South America |
| 2010s | 382,518 Square kilometres | 1.28 million Square kilometres | 896,862 Square kilometres | South America |
| 2020s | 381,888 Square kilometres | 1.26 million Square kilometres | 879,128 Square kilometres | South America |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher land cover and land cover change — grassland, Namibia or South America?
- South America, at 1.25 million Square kilometres against 380,253 Square kilometres in Namibia as of 2022.
- What is the difference in land cover and land cover change — grassland between Namibia and South America?
- 873,837 Square kilometres, with South America ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Namibia and South America?
- 6 years are reported by both, from 2000 to 2022.
- How do Namibia and South America rank globally for land cover and land cover change — grassland?
- Namibia ranks 9th and South America ranks 11th 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