Country comparison
Argentina vs Malaysia
Averaged across every city Airleaf has measured in each country — 37 in Argentina and 56 in Malaysia — 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.
Malaysia averages more tree cover — 45.7% against 19.7%.
Argentina averages cleaner air — AQI 45 against 78.
- Tree cover gap
- 26.0 points
- Malaysia is ahead.
- Air quality gap
- 33 AQI
- Argentina is cleaner.
- Cities behind it
- 37 vs 56
- How much each average rests on.
Average tree cover
Mean across measured cities, each over the same 2 km radius.
19.7%
45.7%
Average air quality index
US EPA index. Lower is better.
45
78
Cities measured
How much each average rests on.
37
56
Trees still needed
Summed across measured cities, to reach their canopy targets. Fewer is better.
1.4M
320K
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 — 37 in Argentina and 56 in Malaysia — 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. Malaysia rests on 56 cities against 37, so its average is the steadier of the two. Both firm up as coverage grows.
Frequently asked
Argentina and Malaysia, answered
Which country has more tree cover, Argentina or Malaysia?
Malaysia, averaging 45.7% across its measured cities against 19.7% — a gap of 26.0 percentage points.
Which has cleaner air, Argentina or Malaysia?
Argentina, averaging AQI 45 against 78 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?
37 measured cities in Argentina and 56 in Malaysia. 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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