Central America vs Japan: Land cover and land cover change — Loss of cropland
Land cover and land cover change — Loss of cropland over time
- Central America
- Japan
How they compare
Central America currently reports 33,211 Square kilometres against 13,196 Square kilometres in Japan, a difference of 20,015 Square kilometres.
That makes Central America's figure about 2.5 times Japan's.
Across all 5 years both countries report, Central America has been ahead every year.
Central America ranks 9th and Japan ranks 12th of 57 groups.
Central America has averaged higher in every one of the 3 decades both report.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Central America | Japan | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 11,994 Square kilometres | 2,496 Square kilometres | 9,497 Square kilometres | Central America |
| 2010s | 22,621 Square kilometres | 9,817 Square kilometres | 12,804 Square kilometres | Central America |
| 2020s | 31,374 Square kilometres | 12,841 Square kilometres | 18,533 Square kilometres | Central America |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher land cover and land cover change — loss of cropland, Central America or Japan?
- Central America, at 33,211 Square kilometres against 13,196 Square kilometres in Japan as of 2022.
- What is the difference in land cover and land cover change — loss of cropland between Central America and Japan?
- 20,015 Square kilometres, with Central America ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Central America and Japan?
- 5 years are reported by both, from 2005 to 2022.
- How do Central America and Japan rank globally for land cover and land cover change — loss of cropland?
- Central America ranks 9th and Japan ranks 12th of 57 groups.
- 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