Artificial surfaces (including urban and associated areas) β Area in Bhutan
Bhutan: Artificial surfaces (including urban and associated areas) β Area was 0.32 1000 ha in 2022. β Volatile
Artificial surfaces (including urban and associated areas) β Area in Bhutan, 1992β2022
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in 1000 ha.
Analysis
Bhutan recorded 0.32 1000 ha for artificial surfaces (including urban and associated areas) β area in 2022. That is the highest value across all 31 years on record.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 6.7% on the previous year and up 146.2% over ten years.
Over the whole period, artificial surfaces (including urban and associated areas) β area in Bhutan peaked at 0.32 1000 ha in 2022 and was at its lowest, 0.02 1000 ha, in 1992.
Bhutan ranks 195th of 219 countries on this measure, 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 | 0.0262 1000 ha | 0.02 1000 ha | 0.04 1000 ha | 8 |
| 2000s | 0.065 1000 ha | 0.04 1000 ha | 0.13 1000 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 0.196 1000 ha | 0.13 1000 ha | 0.25 1000 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 0.3033 1000 ha | 0.29 1000 ha | 0.32 1000 ha | 3 |
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- Standard Deviation, annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2025)
- Standard Deviation 0.257 Β°C (2025)
- Temperature change 2.08 Β°C (2025)
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- Other paper and paperboard, not elsewhere specified β Import quantity 26 t (2024)
- Other paper and paperboard β Export value 594 1000 USD (2024)
- Other paper and paperboard β Export quantity 608 t (2024)
- Other paper and paperboard β Import value 2,829 1000 USD (2024)
- Other paper and paperboard β Import quantity 1,964 t (2024)
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Frequently asked questions
- What is artificial surfaces (including urban and associated areas) β area in Bhutan?
- Artificial surfaces (including urban and associated areas) β area in Bhutan was 0.32 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 Bhutan?
- The highest recorded value was 0.32 1000 ha in 2022.
- What is the lowest artificial surfaces (including urban and associated areas) β area recorded in Bhutan?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.02 1000 ha in 1992.
- How does Bhutan rank for artificial surfaces (including urban and associated areas) β area?
- Bhutan ranks 195th out of 219 countries with data for 2022.
- Is artificial surfaces (including urban and associated areas) β area rising or falling in Bhutan?
- Over the last ten years it is up 146.2%. The long-run trend across the full record is volatile.
- Where does this Bhutan 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.