What is the difference in urban area over the long-term between Samoa and Saint Vincent and the Grenadines?

0.83 km² per grid cell, with Samoa ahead.

How many years of comparable data are there for Samoa and Saint Vincent and the Grenadines?

108 years are reported by both, from 1000 to 2025.

Where does this data come from?

HYDE (2025) – with minor processing by Our World in Data, published as Urban area over the long-term. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.

Samoa vs Saint Vincent and the Grenadines: Urban area over the long-term

Samoa

13.46 km² per grid cell

in 2025

Saint Vincent and the Grenadines

12.63 km² per grid cell

in 2025

Samoa rank

186th

Saint Vincent and the Grenadines rank

188th

Urban area over the long-term over time

Samoa
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines

How they compare

Samoa currently reports 13.46 km² per grid cell against 12.63 km² per grid cell in Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, a difference of 0.83 km² per grid cell.

That makes Samoa's figure about 1.1 times Saint Vincent and the Grenadines's.

The two have swapped places 3 times across 108 shared years of data; in 1000 it was Saint Vincent and the Grenadines ahead.

Samoa ranks 186th and Saint Vincent and the Grenadines ranks 188th of 202 countries.

Across the 40 decades both report, Samoa averaged higher in 11 and Saint Vincent and the Grenadines in 29.

Head to head by decade

Decade	Samoa	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines	Difference	Ahead
1000s	0 km² per grid cell	0 km² per grid cell	0 km² per grid cell	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines
1100s	0 km² per grid cell	0 km² per grid cell	0 km² per grid cell	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines
1200s	0 km² per grid cell	0 km² per grid cell	0 km² per grid cell	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines
1300s	0 km² per grid cell	0 km² per grid cell	0 km² per grid cell	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines
1400s	0 km² per grid cell	0.0001 km² per grid cell	0.0001 km² per grid cell	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines
1500s	0 km² per grid cell	0.0006 km² per grid cell	0.0006 km² per grid cell	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines
1600s	0 km² per grid cell	0.0034 km² per grid cell	0.0034 km² per grid cell	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines
1700s	0 km² per grid cell	0.0204 km² per grid cell	0.0204 km² per grid cell	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines
1710s	0.0206 km² per grid cell	0.019 km² per grid cell	0.0016 km² per grid cell	Samoa
1720s	0.0253 km² per grid cell	0.0247 km² per grid cell	0.0006 km² per grid cell	Samoa
1730s	0.0311 km² per grid cell	0.0321 km² per grid cell	0.001 km² per grid cell	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines
1740s	0.0381 km² per grid cell	0.0417 km² per grid cell	0.0035 km² per grid cell	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines
1750s	0.0468 km² per grid cell	0.0541 km² per grid cell	0.0073 km² per grid cell	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines
1760s	0.0575 km² per grid cell	0.0702 km² per grid cell	0.0127 km² per grid cell	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines
1770s	0.0707 km² per grid cell	0.0912 km² per grid cell	0.0205 km² per grid cell	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines
1780s	0.0868 km² per grid cell	0.1184 km² per grid cell	0.0316 km² per grid cell	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines
1790s	0.1066 km² per grid cell	0.1537 km² per grid cell	0.0472 km² per grid cell	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines
1800s	0.1309 km² per grid cell	0.1996 km² per grid cell	0.0687 km² per grid cell	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines
1810s	0.1607 km² per grid cell	0.2592 km² per grid cell	0.0984 km² per grid cell	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines
1820s	0.1979 km² per grid cell	0.3214 km² per grid cell	0.1234 km² per grid cell	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines
1830s	0.2437 km² per grid cell	0.3985 km² per grid cell	0.1548 km² per grid cell	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines
1840s	0.3001 km² per grid cell	0.4941 km² per grid cell	0.194 km² per grid cell	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines
1850s	0.3696 km² per grid cell	0.6127 km² per grid cell	0.2431 km² per grid cell	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines
1860s	0.4552 km² per grid cell	0.7597 km² per grid cell	0.3046 km² per grid cell	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines
1870s	0.5974 km² per grid cell	0.9431 km² per grid cell	0.3457 km² per grid cell	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines
1880s	0.784 km² per grid cell	1.17 km² per grid cell	0.3863 km² per grid cell	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines
1890s	1.03 km² per grid cell	1.45 km² per grid cell	0.4215 km² per grid cell	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines
1900s	1.34 km² per grid cell	1.78 km² per grid cell	0.4385 km² per grid cell	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines
1910s	1.13 km² per grid cell	2.12 km² per grid cell	0.9965 km² per grid cell	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines
1920s	1.64 km² per grid cell	2.29 km² per grid cell	0.6509 km² per grid cell	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines
1930s	2.18 km² per grid cell	2.29 km² per grid cell	0.1093 km² per grid cell	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines
1940s	2.66 km² per grid cell	2.29 km² per grid cell	0.3677 km² per grid cell	Samoa
1950s	4.17 km² per grid cell	2.29 km² per grid cell	1.88 km² per grid cell	Samoa
1960s	5.51 km² per grid cell	2.69 km² per grid cell	2.83 km² per grid cell	Samoa
1970s	6.9 km² per grid cell	3.94 km² per grid cell	2.96 km² per grid cell	Samoa
1980s	7.6 km² per grid cell	5.45 km² per grid cell	2.14 km² per grid cell	Samoa
1990s	8.58 km² per grid cell	7.69 km² per grid cell	0.8912 km² per grid cell	Samoa
2000s	9.9 km² per grid cell	8.97 km² per grid cell	0.9299 km² per grid cell	Samoa
2010s	11.34 km² per grid cell	10.68 km² per grid cell	0.6602 km² per grid cell	Samoa
2020s	12.81 km² per grid cell	12.15 km² per grid cell	0.657 km² per grid cell	Samoa

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher urban area over the long-term, Samoa or Saint Vincent and the Grenadines?: Samoa, at 13.46 km² per grid cell against 12.63 km² per grid cell in Saint Vincent and the Grenadines as of 2025.
What is the difference in urban area over the long-term between Samoa and Saint Vincent and the Grenadines?: 0.83 km² per grid cell, with Samoa ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Samoa and Saint Vincent and the Grenadines?: 108 years are reported by both, from 1000 to 2025.
How do Samoa and Saint Vincent and the Grenadines rank globally for urban area over the long-term?: Samoa ranks 186th and Saint Vincent and the Grenadines ranks 188th of 202 countries.
Where does this data come from?: HYDE (2025) – with minor processing by Our World in Data, published as Urban area over the long-term. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.

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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
Last refreshed: 07 August 2026

Total built-up area of a country over time.