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Morocco vs United Kingdom

Averaged across every city Airleaf has measured in each country — 37 in Morocco and 92 in United Kingdom — 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.

United Kingdom averages more tree cover — 38.9% against 5.3%.

United Kingdom averages cleaner air — AQI 24 against 41.

Tree cover gap
33.6 points
United Kingdom is ahead.
Air quality gap
17 AQI
United Kingdom is cleaner.
Cities behind it
37 vs 92
How much each average rests on.
Morocco

37 cities measured

United Kingdom

92 cities measured

Average tree cover

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

5.3%

38.9%

Average air quality index

US EPA index. Lower is better.

41

24

Cities measured

How much each average rests on.

37

92

Trees standing

Summed across every measured city in each country.

584K

10.8M

Cities below their target

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

100% (37)

26% (24)

Trees still needed

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

2.7M

510K

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.

Morocco

Greenest measured city
Rabat17.7% tree cover
Worst air right now
NadorAQI 56

United Kingdom

Greenest measured city
Solihull69.5% tree cover
Worst air right now
SwindonAQI 333

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 Morocco and 92 in United Kingdom — 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. United Kingdom rests on 92 cities against 37, so its average is the steadier of the two. Both firm up as coverage grows.

Frequently asked

Morocco and United Kingdom, answered

Which country has more tree cover, Morocco or United Kingdom?

United Kingdom, averaging 38.9% across its measured cities against 5.3% — a gap of 33.6 percentage points.

Which has cleaner air, Morocco or United Kingdom?

United Kingdom, averaging AQI 24 against 41 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 Morocco and 92 in United Kingdom. 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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