Benin vs Middle Africa: Land cover and land cover change — Loss of cropland
Land cover and land cover change — Loss of cropland over time
- Benin
- Middle Africa
How they compare
Middle Africa currently reports 61,298 Square kilometres against 4,937 Square kilometres in Benin, a difference of 56,361 Square kilometres.
That makes Middle Africa's figure about 12.4 times Benin's.
Across all 5 years both countries report, Middle Africa has been ahead every year.
Benin ranks 42nd and Middle Africa ranks 39th of 169 countries.
Middle Africa has averaged higher in every one of the 3 decades both report.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Benin | Middle Africa | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 190.08 Square kilometres | 26,504 Square kilometres | 26,314 Square kilometres | Middle Africa |
| 2010s | 594.82 Square kilometres | 43,299 Square kilometres | 42,704 Square kilometres | Middle Africa |
| 2020s | 4,308 Square kilometres | 59,451 Square kilometres | 55,143 Square kilometres | Middle Africa |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher land cover and land cover change — loss of cropland, Benin or Middle Africa?
- Middle Africa, at 61,298 Square kilometres against 4,937 Square kilometres in Benin as of 2022.
- What is the difference in land cover and land cover change — loss of cropland between Benin and Middle Africa?
- 56,361 Square kilometres, with Middle Africa ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Benin and Middle Africa?
- 5 years are reported by both, from 2005 to 2022.
- How do Benin and Middle Africa rank globally for land cover and land cover change — loss of cropland?
- Benin ranks 42nd and Middle Africa ranks 39th of 169 countries.
- Where does this data come from?
- Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development, published as Land cover and land cover change — Loss of cropland. 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