Table 7 Change in bright areas for all the countries that have been analyzed, in decreasing order from the largest absolute increase
From: Dynamics and spatial distribution of global nighttime lights
Country | 1992 | 2009 | Diff | % |
|---|---|---|---|---|
China | 42,255 | 137,649 | +95,394 | +226% |
India | 26,411 | 47,791 | +21,380 | +81% |
Brazil | 36,694 | 57,926 | +21,232 | +58% |
Egypt | 12,231 | 32,973 | +20,742 | +170% |
Italy | 41,167 | 57,662 | +16,495 | +40% |
Iran | 16,085 | 30,700 | +14,615 | +91% |
Spain | 25,768 | 40,191 | +14,423 | +56% |
Saudi Arabia | 20,230 | 31,901 | +11,671 | +58% |
South Korea | 9,173 | 20,389 | +11,216 | +122% |
Mexico | 25,726 | 34,750 | +9,024 | +35% |
Argentina | 11,607 | 19,906 | +8,299 | +71% |
Thailand | 5,320 | 12,682 | +7,362 | +138% |
Malaysia | 3,120 | 10,422 | +7,302 | +234% |
Portugal | 4,208 | 10,709 | +6,501 | +154% |
France | 35,514 | 41,569 | +6,055 | +17% |
Poland | 9,978 | 15,713 | +5,735 | +57% |
United Arab Emirates | 4,767 | 9,657 | +4,890 | +103% |
Turkey | 6,896 | 11,617 | +4,721 | +68% |
Vietnam | 417 | 4,784 | +4,367 | +1,047% |
Indonesia | 5,214 | 9,152 | +3,938 | +76% |
Ubya | 2,748 | 6,272 | +3,524 | +128% |
Israel | 4,971 | 8,026 | +3,055 | +61% |
Oman | 1,757 | 4,548 | +2,791 | +159% |
Algeria | 4,296 | 6,934 | +2,638 | +61% |
Chile | 2,664 | 5,128 | +2,464 | +92% |
Greece | 2,836 | 5,215 | +2,379 | +84% |
Taiwan | 6,749 | 8,802 | +2,053 | +30% |
Romania | 1,334 | 3,287 | +1,953 | +146% |
Croatia | 651 | 2,420 | +1,769 | +272% |
Morocco | 2,350 | 4,113 | +1,763 | +75% |
Jordan | 1,126 | 2,867 | +1,741 | +155% |
Ecuador | 1,606 | 3,230 | +1,624 | +101% |
Peru | 1,823 | 3,436 | +1,613 | +88% |
Colombia | 5,769 | 7,303 | +1,534 | +27% |
Pakistan | 8,411 | 9,825 | +1,414 | +17% |
Australia | 12,303 | 13,696 | +1,393 | +11% |
Switzerland | 4,121 | 5,468 | +1,347 | +33% |
Kuwait | 1,180 | 2,411 | +1,231 | +104% |
Syria | 2,241 | 3,389 | +1,148 | +51% |
Austria | 2,439 | 3,568 | +1,129 | +46% |
Serbia | 1,268 | 2,373 | +1,105 | +87% |
Qatar | 928 | 2,005 | +1,077 | +116% |
Venezuela | 10,770 | 11,800 | +1,030 | +10% |
Philippines | 1,464 | 2,480 | +1,016 | +69% |
Angola | 228 | 1,211 | +983 | +431% |
Trinidad and Tobago | 639 | 1,620 | +981 | +154% |
Yemen | 577 | 1,483 | +906 | +157% |
Finland | 11,059 | 11,937 | +878 | +8% |
Ireland | 1,706 | 2,493 | +787 | +46% |
Tunisia | 1,918 | 2,613 | +695 | +36% |
Bolivia | 861 | 1,547 | +686 | +80% |
Lebanon | 530 | 1,203 | +673 | +127% |
Bosnia | 11 | 639 | +628 | +5,709% |
Paraguay | 759 | 1,379 | +620 | +82% |
Sudan | 920 | 1,508 | +588 | +64% |
Cuba | 510 | 1,060 | +550 | +108% |
South Africa | 13,297 | 13,834 | +537 | +4% |
Hungary | 2,092 | 2,610 | +518 | +25% |
Slovenia | 387 | 893 | +506 | +131% |
Uruguay | 957 | 1,438 | +481 | +50% |
Guatemala | 553 | 1,014 | +461 | +83% |
Cyprus | 634 | 1,094 | +460 | +73% |
Czech Republic | 4,827 | 5,249 | +422 | +9% |
Turkmenistan | 1,091 | 1,498 | +407 | +37% |
Myanmar | 268 | 673 | +405 | +151% |
Honduras | 396 | 792 | +396 | +100% |
Estonia | 687 | 1,073 | +386 | +56% |
Ghana | 688 | 1,072 | +384 | +56% |
Mozambique | 170 | 532 | +362 | +213% |
Dominican Republic | 796 | 1,151 | +355 | +45% |
Afghanistan | 189 | 499 | +310 | +164% |
Brunei | 236 | 546 | +310 | +131% |
Albania | 16 | 291 | +275 | +1,719% |
Panama | 520 | 788 | +268 | +52% |
Sri Lanka | 517 | 758 | +241 | +47% |
Norway | 7,671 | 7,903 | +232 | +3% |
Senegal | 186 | 396 | +210 | +113% |
Cote d,lvoire | 400 | 605 | +205 | +51% |
El Salvador | 427 | 632 | +205 | +48% |
Cambodia | 33 | 209 | +176 | +533% |
Nigeria | 2,978 | 3,173 | +195 | +7% |
Laos | 60 | 239 | +179 | +298% |
Macedonia | 250 | 422 | +172 | +69% |
Ethiopia | 151 | 301 | +150 | +99% |
Iraq | 4,531 | 4,680 | +149 | +3% |
Nicaragua | 295 | 441 | +146 | +49% |
Burkina Faso | 118 | 256 | +138 | +117% |
Botswana | 158 | 295 | +137 | +87% |
Armenia | 204 | 338 | +134 | +66% |
Mali | 121 | 254 | +133 | +110% |
Bulgaria | 1,213 | 1,339 | +126 | +10% |
Benin | 86 | 194 | +108 | +126% |
Costa Rica | 923 | 1,027 | +104 | +11% |
Kosovo | 90 | 194 | +104 | +116% |
Zambia | 592 | 695 | +103 | +17% |
Malawi | 186 | 285 | +99 | +53% |
Montenegro | 87 | 180 | +93 | +107% |
Mauritania | 60 | 150 | +90 | +150% |
Suriname | 112 | 196 | +84 | +75% |
Uganda | 97 | 178 | +81 | +84% |
Swaziland | 67 | 142 | +75 | +112% |
Mongolia | 245 | 311 | +66 | +27% |
Lesotho | 34 | 92 | +58 | +171% |
Namibia | 235 | 287 | +52 | +22% |
Guinea | 54 | 104 | +50 | +93% |
Tanzania | 297 | 345 | +48 | +16% |
Cameroon | 291 | 337 | +46 | +16% |
Gabon | 169 | 215 | +46 | +27% |
The Gambia | 21 | 63 | +42 | +200% |
Bahamas | 221 | 262 | +41 | +19% |
Belize | 32 | 70 | +38 | +119% |
Haiti | 68 | 97 | +29 | +43% |
Madagascar | 72 | 98 | +26 | +36% |
Chad | 39 | 63 | +24 | +62% |
Togo | 118 | 138 | +20 | +17% |
Djibouti | 14 | 32 | +18 | +129% |
Sierra Leone | 10 | 25 | +15 | +150% |
Guyana | 34 | 47 | +13 | +38% |
Timor Leste | 3 | 16 | +13 | +433% |
Niger | 106 | 118 | +12 | +11% |
Eritrea | 33 | 41 | +8 | +24% |
Vanuatu | 9 | 14 | +5 | +56% |
Congo | 247 | 249 | +2 | +1% |
Fiji | 26 | 24 | −2 | −8% |
Guinea-Bissau | 7 | 0 | −7 | −100% |
New Zealand | 1,975 | 1,966 | −9 | −1% |
Rwanda | 70 | 61 | −9 | −13% |
Burundi | 44 | 34 | −10 | −23% |
Georgia | 478 | 467 | −11 | −2% |
Latvia | 542 | 525 | −17 | −3% |
Central African | 33 | 14 | −19 | −58% |
Nepal | 146 | 126 | −20 | −14% |
North Korea | 95 | 66 | −29 | −31% |
Kenya | 467 | 437 | −30 | −6% |
Jamaica | 564 | 518 | −46 | −8% |
Papua New | 183 | 123 | −60 | −33% |
Congo, DRC | 557 | 479 | −78 | −14% |
Lithuania | 807 | 723 | −84 | −10% |
Kyrgyzstan | 559 | 419 | −140 | −25% |
Netherlands | 11,250 | 11,046 | −204 | −2% |
Iceland | 616 | 397 | −219 | −36% |
Bangladesh | 1,2S 4 | 1,012 | −242 | −19% |
Azerbaijan | 1,306 | 1,009 | −297 | −23% |
Zimbabwe | 868 | 494 | −374 | −43% |
Tajikistan | 634 | 149 | −485 | −76% |
Belarus | 3,052 | 2,541 | −511 | −17% |
Moldova | 784 | 174 | −610 | −78% |
Germany | 34,373 | 33,505 | −868 | −3% |
Denmark | 3,170 | 1,901 | −1,269 | −40% |
Slovakia | 2,684 | 1,256 | −1,428 | −53% |
Kazakhstan | 6,811 | 5,366 | −1,445 | −21% |
Japan | 59,241 | 57,409 | −1,832 | −3% |
Belgium | 14,195 | 12,166 | −2,029 | −14% |
Uzbekistan | 5,603 | 2,606 | −2,997 | −53% |
Sweden | 14,654 | 9,020 | −5,634 | −38% |
United States | 438,324 | 432,008 | −6,316 | −1% |
United Kingdom | 43,746 | 36,220 | −7,526 | −17% |
Ukraine | 15,745 | 5,846 | −9,899 | −63% |
Russia | 101,529 | 76,298 | −25,231 | −25% |
Canada | 79,571 | 52,176 | −27,395 | −34% |