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.

Artificial surfaces (including urban and associated areas) — Area in Aruba

Name: Artificial surfaces (including urban and associated areas) — Area in Aruba
Creator: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations
License: CC BY-NC-SA 3.0 IGO (FAO)

Aruba: Artificial surfaces (including urban and associated areas) — Area was 3.5 1000 ha in 2022. ◆ Volatile

Latest (2022)

3.5 1000 ha

Change on year

up 19.0%

World rank

181st

of 241 countries

All-time high

3.5 1000 ha

in 2022

All-time low

0.17 1000 ha

in 1992

Years of data

1992–2022

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 181st out of 241 countries with data for 2022, putting it in the bottom quarter.

The series is highly variable year to year, so single readings are best treated with caution.

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

178 Eswatini 3.71 1000 ha compare
179 Belize 3.56 1000 ha compare
179 Fiji 3.56 1000 ha compare
182 Micronesia (Federated States of) 3.4 1000 ha compare
183 Channel Islands 3.38 1000 ha compare
184 Iceland 3.24 1000 ha compare

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More environment data for Aruba

Cropland — Share in Agricultural land 100 % (2024)
Nutrient potash K2O (total) — Use per capita 0 kg/cap (2024)
Country area — Area 18 1000 ha (2024)
Land area — Area 18 1000 ha (2024)
Agriculture — Area 2 1000 ha (2024)
Agricultural land — Area 2 1000 ha (2024)
Agricultural land — Share in Land area 11.11 % (2024)
Cropland — Area 2 1000 ha (2024)
Capture fisheries production 175 metric tons (2024)
Total fisheries production 176.5 metric tons (2024)

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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 181st out of 241 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

Indicator: Artificial surfaces (including urban and associated areas) — Area from CCI_LC
Unit: 1000 ha
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations
Licence: CC BY-NC-SA 3.0 IGO (FAO)
Coverage: 270 places, 8,231 data points, 1992–2022
Last refreshed: 12 August 2026

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.