Romania vs Switzerland: Urban area over the long-term

Romania
1,985 km² per grid cell
in 2025
Switzerland
1,802 km² per grid cell
in 2025
Romania rank
66th
Switzerland rank
69th

Urban area over the long-term over time

  • Romania
  • Switzerland
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How they compare

Romania currently reports 1,985 km² per grid cell against 1,802 km² per grid cell in Switzerland, a difference of 182.1 km² per grid cell.

That makes Romania's figure about 1.1 times Switzerland's.

The two have swapped places 4 times across 108 shared years of data; in 1000 it was Romania ahead.

Romania ranks 66th and Switzerland ranks 69th 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.