Artificial surfaces (including urban and associated areas) β Area in Asia
Asia: Artificial surfaces (including urban and associated areas) β Area was 24,567 1000 ha in 2022. β² Rising
Artificial surfaces (including urban and associated areas) β Area in Asia, 1992β2022
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in 1000 ha.
Analysis
In 2022, artificial surfaces (including urban and associated areas) β area in Asia stood at 24,567 1000 ha. That is the highest value across all 31 years on record.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 5.5% on the previous year and up 46.1% over ten years.
Over the whole period, artificial surfaces (including urban and associated areas) β area in Asia peaked at 24,567 1000 ha in 2022 and was at its lowest, 6,865 1000 ha, in 1992.
Asia ranks 1st of 44 regions on this measure, in the top 10%.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 31 years of available data.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 7,597 1000 ha | 6,865 1000 ha | 8,291 1000 ha | 8 |
| 2000s | 11,613 1000 ha | 8,490 1000 ha | 14,730 1000 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 18,869 1000 ha | 15,415 1000 ha | 22,013 1000 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 23,424 1000 ha | 22,408 1000 ha | 24,567 1000 ha | 3 |
Countries ranked near Asia
- 1 China (Peopleβs Republic of) 12,058 1000 ha compare
- 2 China, mainland 11,872 1000 ha compare
- 3 Russian Federation 2,839 1000 ha compare
- 4 India 2,567 1000 ha compare
More environment data for Asia
- Standard Deviation, annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2025)
- Temperature change 1.83 Β°C (2025)
- Standard Deviation 0.229 Β°C (2025)
- Value Added (Agriculture, Forestry and Fishing) β Value US$ 2.91 million million USD (2024)
- Industrial roundwood β Export quantity 2.65 million m3 (2024)
- Industrial roundwood β Export value 389,605 1000 USD (2024)
- Industrial roundwood, non-coniferous β Production 400.22 million m3 (2024)
- Sawlogs and veneer logs β Production 257.46 million m3 (2024)
- Wood charcoal β Production 10.14 million t (2024)
- Other industrial roundwood, non-coniferous (production) β Production 66.09 million m3 (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is artificial surfaces (including urban and associated areas) β area in Asia?
- Artificial surfaces (including urban and associated areas) β area in Asia was 24,567 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) β area recorded in Asia?
- The highest recorded value was 24,567 1000 ha in 2022.
- What is the lowest artificial surfaces (including urban and associated areas) β area recorded in Asia?
- The lowest recorded value was 6,865 1000 ha in 1992.
- How does Asia rank for artificial surfaces (including urban and associated areas) β area?
- Asia ranks 1st out of 44 regions with data for 2022.
- Is artificial surfaces (including urban and associated areas) β area rising or falling in Asia?
- Over the last ten years it is up 46.1%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Asia 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) β 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 UniversitΓ© 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.