Somalia vs Sri Lanka: Land cover and land cover change — Loss of cropland
Land cover and land cover change — Loss of cropland over time
- Somalia
- Sri Lanka
How they compare
Somalia currently reports 2,160 Square kilometres against 1,884 Square kilometres in Sri Lanka, a difference of 276 Square kilometres.
That makes Somalia's figure about 1.1 times Sri Lanka's.
The two have swapped places 2 times across 5 shared years of data; in 2005 it was Somalia ahead.
Somalia ranks 76th and Sri Lanka ranks 79th of 169 countries.
Across the 3 decades both report, Somalia averaged higher in 2 and Sri Lanka in 1.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Somalia | Sri Lanka | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 420.22 Square kilometres | 152.99 Square kilometres | 267.22 Square kilometres | Somalia |
| 2010s | 627.48 Square kilometres | 670.05 Square kilometres | 42.57 Square kilometres | Sri Lanka |
| 2020s | 2,091 Square kilometres | 1,824 Square kilometres | 266.93 Square kilometres | Somalia |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher land cover and land cover change — loss of cropland, Somalia or Sri Lanka?
- Somalia, at 2,160 Square kilometres against 1,884 Square kilometres in Sri Lanka as of 2022.
- What is the difference in land cover and land cover change — loss of cropland between Somalia and Sri Lanka?
- 276 Square kilometres, with Somalia ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Somalia and Sri Lanka?
- 5 years are reported by both, from 2005 to 2022.
- How do Somalia and Sri Lanka rank globally for land cover and land cover change — loss of cropland?
- Somalia ranks 76th and Sri Lanka ranks 79th 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