Artificial surfaces (including urban and associated areas) — Area in British Virgin Islands
British Virgin Islands: Artificial surfaces (including urban and associated areas) — Area was 1.45 1000 ha in 2022. ▲ Rising
Artificial surfaces (including urban and associated areas) — Area in British Virgin Islands, 1992–2022
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in 1000 ha.
Analysis
In 2022, artificial surfaces (including urban and associated areas) — area in British Virgin Islands stood at 1.45 1000 ha. That is the highest value across all 31 years on record.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 29.5% over ten years.
Over the whole period, artificial surfaces (including urban and associated areas) — area in British Virgin Islands peaked at 1.45 1000 ha in 2021 and was at its lowest, 0.53 1000 ha, in 1992.
That places British Virgin Islands 174th out of 224 countries with data for 2022, putting it in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 31 years of available data.
Artificial surfaces (including urban and associated areas) — Area in British Virgin Islands, year by year
| Year | 1000 ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1992 | 0.53 1000 ha | — |
| 1993 | 0.55 1000 ha | +3.8% |
| 1994 | 0.57 1000 ha | +3.6% |
| 1995 | 0.57 1000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1996 | 0.61 1000 ha | +7.0% |
| 1997 | 0.62 1000 ha | +1.6% |
| 1998 | 0.68 1000 ha | +9.7% |
| 1999 | 0.7 1000 ha | +2.9% |
| 2000 | 0.72 1000 ha | +2.9% |
| 2001 | 0.73 1000 ha | +1.4% |
| 2002 | 0.73 1000 ha | +0.0% |
| 2003 | 0.74 1000 ha | +1.4% |
| 2004 | 0.76 1000 ha | +2.7% |
| 2005 | 0.8 1000 ha | +5.3% |
| 2006 | 0.83 1000 ha | +3.7% |
| 2007 | 0.87 1000 ha | +4.8% |
| 2008 | 0.89 1000 ha | +2.3% |
| 2009 | 0.92 1000 ha | +3.4% |
| 2010 | 0.97 1000 ha | +5.4% |
| 2011 | 1.04 1000 ha | +7.2% |
| 2012 | 1.12 1000 ha | +7.7% |
| 2013 | 1.23 1000 ha | +9.8% |
| 2014 | 1.32 1000 ha | +7.3% |
| 2015 | 1.44 1000 ha | +9.1% |
| 2016 | 1.44 1000 ha | +0.0% |
| 2017 | 1.44 1000 ha | +0.0% |
| 2018 | 1.44 1000 ha | +0.0% |
| 2019 | 1.44 1000 ha | +0.0% |
| 2020 | 1.44 1000 ha | +0.0% |
| 2021 | 1.45 1000 ha | +0.7% |
| 2022 | 1.45 1000 ha | +0.0% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 0.6038 1000 ha | 0.53 1000 ha | 0.7 1000 ha | 8 |
| 2000s | 0.799 1000 ha | 0.72 1000 ha | 0.92 1000 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 1.29 1000 ha | 0.97 1000 ha | 1.44 1000 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 1.45 1000 ha | 1.44 1000 ha | 1.45 1000 ha | 3 |
Countries ranked near British Virgin Islands
- 171 Comoros 2.53 1000 ha compare
- 172 Djibouti 1.99 1000 ha compare
- 173 Ascension, Saint Helena and Tristan da Cunha 1.68 1000 ha compare
- 175 Cayman Islands 1.3 1000 ha compare
- 176 Isle of Man 1.27 1000 ha compare
- 177 Sao Tome and Principe 1.21 1000 ha compare
More environment data for British Virgin Islands
- Standard Deviation, annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2025)
- Standard Deviation 0.265 °C (2025)
- Temperature change 1.15 °C (2025)
- Roundwood, non-coniferous — Production 1,824 m3 (2024)
- Roundwood — Production 1,824 m3 (2024)
- Roundwood — Import quantity 3,597 m3 (2024)
- Roundwood — Import value 688 1000 USD (2024)
- Roundwood — Export quantity 0 m3 (2024)
- Roundwood — Export value 0 1000 USD (2024)
- Wood fuel, coniferous — Production 0 m3 (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is artificial surfaces (including urban and associated areas) — area in British Virgin Islands?
- Artificial surfaces (including urban and associated areas) — area in British Virgin Islands was 1.45 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 British Virgin Islands?
- The highest recorded value was 1.45 1000 ha in 2021.
- What is the lowest artificial surfaces (including urban and associated areas) — area recorded in British Virgin Islands?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.53 1000 ha in 1992.
- How does British Virgin Islands rank for artificial surfaces (including urban and associated areas) — area?
- British Virgin Islands ranks 174th out of 224 countries with data for 2022.
- Is artificial surfaces (including urban and associated areas) — area rising or falling in British Virgin Islands?
- Over the last ten years it is up 29.5%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this British Virgin Islands 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.