Philippines vs Southern Africa: Land cover and land cover change — Loss of cropland
Land cover and land cover change — Loss of cropland over time
- Philippines
- Southern Africa
How they compare
Philippines currently reports 9,297 Square kilometres against 5,646 Square kilometres in Southern Africa, a difference of 3,651 Square kilometres.
That makes Philippines's figure about 1.6 times Southern Africa's.
Across all 5 years both countries report, Philippines has been ahead every year.
Philippines ranks 27th and Southern Africa ranks 26th of 169 countries.
Philippines has averaged higher in every one of the 3 decades both report.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Philippines | Southern Africa | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 2,065 Square kilometres | 1,758 Square kilometres | 306.23 Square kilometres | Philippines |
| 2010s | 6,001 Square kilometres | 3,093 Square kilometres | 2,909 Square kilometres | Philippines |
| 2020s | 8,731 Square kilometres | 5,152 Square kilometres | 3,579 Square kilometres | Philippines |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher land cover and land cover change — loss of cropland, Philippines or Southern Africa?
- Philippines, at 9,297 Square kilometres against 5,646 Square kilometres in Southern Africa as of 2022.
- What is the difference in land cover and land cover change — loss of cropland between Philippines and Southern Africa?
- 3,651 Square kilometres, with Philippines ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Philippines and Southern Africa?
- 5 years are reported by both, from 2005 to 2022.
- How do Philippines and Southern Africa rank globally for land cover and land cover change — loss of cropland?
- Philippines ranks 27th and Southern Africa ranks 26th 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