Greenland vs Samoa: Urban area over the long-term

Greenland
30.16 km² per grid cell
in 2025
Samoa
13.46 km² per grid cell
in 2025
Greenland rank
183rd
Samoa rank
186th

Urban area over the long-term over time

  • Greenland
  • Samoa
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How they compare

Greenland currently reports 30.16 km² per grid cell against 13.46 km² per grid cell in Samoa, a difference of 16.7 km² per grid cell.

That makes Greenland's figure about 2.2 times Samoa's.

The two have swapped places 2 times across 108 shared years of data; in 1000 it was Greenland ahead.

Greenland ranks 183rd and Samoa ranks 186th of 202 countries.

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About this data

Indicator
Urban area over the long-term
Unit
km² per grid cell
Source
HYDE (2025) – with minor processing by Our World in Data
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (Our World in Data)
Coverage
202 places, 21,816 data points, 1000–2025
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Total built-up area of a country over time.