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Angola vs Argentina

Averaged across every city Airleaf has measured in each country — 35 in Angola and 37 in Argentina — each read the same way: Sentinel-2 imagery at 10 m detail over a 2 km radius, and the live US EPA air quality index.

Argentina averages more tree cover — 19.7% against 15.3%.

Argentina averages cleaner air — AQI 45 against 65.

Tree cover gap
4.4 points
Argentina is ahead.
Air quality gap
20 AQI
Argentina is cleaner.
Cities behind it
35 vs 37
How much each average rests on.
Angola

35 cities measured

Argentina

37 cities measured

Average tree cover

Mean across measured cities, each over the same 2 km radius.

15.3%

19.7%

Average air quality index

US EPA index. Lower is better.

65

45

Cities measured

How much each average rests on.

35

37

Trees standing

Summed across every measured city in each country.

1.6M

2.2M

Cities below their target

Share of measured cities short of the canopy target. Lower is better.

89% (31)

89% (33)

Trees still needed

Summed across measured cities, to reach their canopy targets. Fewer is better.

1.8M

1.4M

Behind the averages

The extremes in each country

An average says nothing about how far apart the best and worst places are. These are the measured cities at each end.

Angola

Greenest measured city
Chitato98.6% tree cover
Worst air right now
UígeAQI 141

Argentina

Greenest measured city
Ituzaingó70.5% tree cover
Worst air right now
RawsonAQI 153

Reading these numbers

What a country average is, and is not

It is a mean of cities

Not a national statistic. Each figure is the average across the cities Airleaf has measured in that country — 35 in Angola and 37 in Argentina — each read over the same 2 km radius. Rural land, forest and everywhere unmeasured are not in it, so this compares urban areas rather than territories.

Coverage shapes the number

A country measured mostly in its capital reads differently from one measured across dozens of towns. Argentina rests on 37 cities against 35, so its average is the steadier of the two. Both firm up as coverage grows.

Frequently asked

Angola and Argentina, answered

Which country has more tree cover, Angola or Argentina?

Argentina, averaging 19.7% across its measured cities against 15.3% — a gap of 4.4 percentage points.

Which has cleaner air, Angola or Argentina?

Argentina, averaging AQI 45 against 65 on the US EPA index. These are live readings averaged across cities, so the gap moves with the weather.

How many cities is each figure based on?

35 measured cities in Angola and 37 in Argentina. Every one was read the same way, so the two averages are directly comparable — but a country with more measured cities has the more settled figure.

Is this the whole country?

No. It is the cities Airleaf has measured, each over a 2 km radius from its centre. Forest, farmland and unmeasured towns are not included, so treat this as a comparison of urban tree cover and urban air rather than of national land cover.

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