How does Caribbean rank for artificial surfaces (including urban and associated areas) — area?

Caribbean ranks 29th out of 241 countries with data for 2022.

Is artificial surfaces (including urban and associated areas) — area rising or falling in Caribbean?

Over the last ten years it is up 18.3%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.

Where does this Caribbean 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 Caribbean

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

Caribbean: Artificial surfaces (including urban and associated areas) — Area was 348.98 1000 ha in 2022. ▲ Rising

Latest (2022)

348.98 1000 ha

Change on year

up 2.4%

World rank

29th

of 241 countries

All-time high

348.98 1000 ha

in 2022

All-time low

171.88 1000 ha

in 1992

Years of data

1992–2022

Artificial surfaces (including urban and associated areas) — Area in Caribbean, 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 Caribbean stood at 348.98 1000 ha. That is the highest value across all 31 years on record.

Compared with earlier readings it is up 2.4% on the previous year and up 18.3% over ten years.

Over the whole period, artificial surfaces (including urban and associated areas) — area in Caribbean peaked at 348.98 1000 ha in 2022 and was at its lowest, 171.88 1000 ha, in 1992.

Caribbean ranks 29th of 241 countries on this measure, in the top quarter.

The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 31 years of available data.

Averages by decade

Decade	Average	Lowest	Highest	Years
1990s	190.84 1000 ha	171.88 1000 ha	210.44 1000 ha	8
2000s	243.4 1000 ha	216.73 1000 ha	273.53 1000 ha	10
2010s	313.87 1000 ha	280.13 1000 ha	334.24 1000 ha	10
2020s	341.39 1000 ha	334.24 1000 ha	348.98 1000 ha	3

Countries ranked near Caribbean

26 Kazakhstan 388.05 1000 ha compare
27 Thailand 379.97 1000 ha compare
28 Saudi Arabia 379.94 1000 ha compare
30 Malaysia 337.85 1000 ha compare
31 Viet Nam 327.29 1000 ha compare
32 Republic of Korea 322.36 1000 ha compare

See the full ranking of 270 places →

More environment data for Caribbean

Agricultural land — Value of agricultural production (Int. $) per Area 1,207 USD_PPP/ha (2024)
Arable land — Area 5,246 1000 ha (2024)
Cropland — Area per capita 0.15 ha/cap (2024)
Cropland — Share in Land area 29.81 % (2024)
Cropland — Share in Agricultural land 57.71 % (2024)
Cropland — Area 6,641 1000 ha (2024)
Agricultural land — Area 11,507 1000 ha (2024)
Land area — Area 22,277 1000 ha (2024)
Agriculture — Area 11,108 1000 ha (2024)
Land area equipped for irrigation — Share in Cropland 17.31 % (2024)

All data for Caribbean →

Frequently asked questions

What is artificial surfaces (including urban and associated areas) — area in Caribbean?: Artificial surfaces (including urban and associated areas) — area in Caribbean was 348.98 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 Caribbean?: The highest recorded value was 348.98 1000 ha in 2022.
What is the lowest artificial surfaces (including urban and associated areas) — area recorded in Caribbean?: The lowest recorded value was 171.88 1000 ha in 1992.
How does Caribbean rank for artificial surfaces (including urban and associated areas) — area?: Caribbean ranks 29th out of 241 countries with data for 2022.
Is artificial surfaces (including urban and associated areas) — area rising or falling in Caribbean?: Over the last ten years it is up 18.3%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
Where does this Caribbean 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.