Artificial surfaces (including urban and associated areas) — Area in Aruba
Aruba: Artificial surfaces (including urban and associated areas) — Area was 3.5 1000 ha in 2022. ◆ Volatile
Artificial surfaces (including urban and associated areas) — Area in Aruba, 1992–2022
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in 1000 ha.
Analysis
Aruba recorded 3.5 1000 ha for artificial surfaces (including urban and associated areas) — area in 2022. That is the highest value across all 31 years on record.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 19.0% on the previous year and up 677.8% over ten years.
Over the whole period, artificial surfaces (including urban and associated areas) — area in Aruba peaked at 3.5 1000 ha in 2022 and was at its lowest, 0.17 1000 ha, in 1992.
That places Aruba 168th out of 224 countries with data for 2022, putting it in the middle of the range.
The series is highly variable year to year, so single readings are best treated with caution.
Artificial surfaces (including urban and associated areas) — Area in Aruba, year by year
| Year | 1000 ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1992 | 0.17 1000 ha | — |
| 1993 | 0.17 1000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1994 | 0.17 1000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1995 | 0.17 1000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1996 | 0.17 1000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1997 | 0.18 1000 ha | +5.9% |
| 1998 | 0.2 1000 ha | +11.1% |
| 1999 | 0.2 1000 ha | +0.0% |
| 2000 | 0.21 1000 ha | +5.0% |
| 2001 | 0.21 1000 ha | +0.0% |
| 2002 | 0.21 1000 ha | +0.0% |
| 2003 | 0.21 1000 ha | +0.0% |
| 2004 | 0.21 1000 ha | +0.0% |
| 2005 | 0.21 1000 ha | +0.0% |
| 2006 | 0.22 1000 ha | +4.8% |
| 2007 | 0.22 1000 ha | +0.0% |
| 2008 | 0.24 1000 ha | +9.1% |
| 2009 | 0.28 1000 ha | +16.7% |
| 2010 | 0.3 1000 ha | +7.1% |
| 2011 | 0.36 1000 ha | +20.0% |
| 2012 | 0.45 1000 ha | +25.0% |
| 2013 | 0.83 1000 ha | +84.4% |
| 2014 | 1.53 1000 ha | +84.3% |
| 2015 | 1.63 1000 ha | +6.5% |
| 2016 | 1.63 1000 ha | +0.0% |
| 2017 | 2.17 1000 ha | +33.1% |
| 2018 | 2.33 1000 ha | +7.4% |
| 2019 | 2.39 1000 ha | +2.6% |
| 2020 | 2.39 1000 ha | +0.0% |
| 2021 | 2.94 1000 ha | +23.0% |
| 2022 | 3.5 1000 ha | +19.0% |
Aruba compared with similar countries
- Aruba's 3.5 1000 ha is below the median for high income countries, which is 31.86 1000 ha, 11% of the median. (73 countries reporting)
- Aruba's 3.5 1000 ha is below the median for Latin America & Caribbean, which is 23.41 1000 ha, 15% of the median. (37 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Artificial surfaces (including urban and associated areas) — Area in Aruba changed far more than this series normally does. A large move can be a real event or a change in how the figure was measured — the source note below says who published it.
| Year | Change | From | To |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2013 | +84.4% | 0.45 1000 ha | 0.83 1000 ha |
| 2014 | +84.3% | 0.83 1000 ha | 1.53 1000 ha |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 0.1788 1000 ha | 0.17 1000 ha | 0.2 1000 ha | 8 |
| 2000s | 0.222 1000 ha | 0.21 1000 ha | 0.28 1000 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 1.36 1000 ha | 0.3 1000 ha | 2.39 1000 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 2.94 1000 ha | 2.39 1000 ha | 3.5 1000 ha | 3 |
Countries ranked near Aruba
More environment data for Aruba
- Historical exposure to drought — Land soil moisture anomaly -16.08 Percentage change (2025)
- Standard Deviation, annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2020)
- Standard Deviation 0.339 °C (2020)
- Temperature change 1.63 °C (2020)
- Nutrient nitrogen N (total) — Use per area of cropland 0 kg/ha (2024)
- Nutrient nitrogen N (total) — Export quantity 0 t (2024)
- Nutrient nitrogen N (total) — Use per capita 0 kg/cap (2024)
- Nutrient phosphate P2O5 (total) — Import quantity 0 t (2024)
- Nutrient phosphate P2O5 (total) — Agricultural Use 0 t (2024)
- Nutrient potash K2O (total) — Import quantity 0 t (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is artificial surfaces (including urban and associated areas) — area in Aruba?
- Artificial surfaces (including urban and associated areas) — area in Aruba was 3.5 1000 ha in 2022, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest artificial surfaces (including urban and associated areas) — area recorded in Aruba?
- The highest recorded value was 3.5 1000 ha in 2022.
- What is the lowest artificial surfaces (including urban and associated areas) — area recorded in Aruba?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.17 1000 ha in 1992.
- How does Aruba rank for artificial surfaces (including urban and associated areas) — area?
- Aruba ranks 168th out of 224 countries with data for 2022.
- Is artificial surfaces (including urban and associated areas) — area rising or falling in Aruba?
- Over the last ten years it is up 677.8%. The long-run trend across the full record is volatile.
- Where does this Aruba data come from?
- The figures come from Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as part of Artificial surfaces (including urban and associated areas) — Area from CCI_LC. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
The FAOSTAT domain on Land Cover data under the Agri-Environmental Indicators section contains land cover information organized by the land cover classes of the international standard system for Environmental and Economic Accounting Central Framework (SEEA CF). The land cover information is compiled from publicly available Global Land Cover (GLC) maps: a) MODIS land cover types based on the Land Cover Classification System, LCCS; b) The European Spatial Agency (ESA) Climate Change Initiative (CCI) annual land cover maps produced by the Université catholique de Louvain (UCL)-Geomatics and now under the European Copernicus Program; c) The annual land cover maps which were produced under the European Copernicus Global Land Service (CGLS) (CGLS land cover, containing discrete land cover categorization), with spatial resolution 100m; and d) the WorldCover maps of the European Space Agency, produced at 10m resolution.