Artificial surfaces (including urban and associated areas) — Area in Caribbean
Caribbean: Artificial surfaces (including urban and associated areas) — Area was 348.98 1000 ha in 2022. ▲ Rising
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 24th of 26 countries on this measure, 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 Caribbean, year by year
| Year | 1000 ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1992 | 171.88 1000 ha | — |
| 1993 | 176.98 1000 ha | +3.0% |
| 1994 | 182.25 1000 ha | +3.0% |
| 1995 | 187.79 1000 ha | +3.0% |
| 1996 | 193.5 1000 ha | +3.0% |
| 1997 | 199.04 1000 ha | +2.9% |
| 1998 | 204.8 1000 ha | +2.9% |
| 1999 | 210.44 1000 ha | +2.8% |
| 2000 | 216.73 1000 ha | +3.0% |
| 2001 | 222.61 1000 ha | +2.7% |
| 2002 | 228.81 1000 ha | +2.8% |
| 2003 | 233.23 1000 ha | +1.9% |
| 2004 | 236.75 1000 ha | +1.5% |
| 2005 | 243.93 1000 ha | +3.0% |
| 2006 | 251.66 1000 ha | +3.2% |
| 2007 | 259.86 1000 ha | +3.3% |
| 2008 | 266.87 1000 ha | +2.7% |
| 2009 | 273.53 1000 ha | +2.5% |
| 2010 | 280.13 1000 ha | +2.4% |
| 2011 | 287.23 1000 ha | +2.5% |
| 2012 | 294.98 1000 ha | +2.7% |
| 2013 | 306.08 1000 ha | +3.8% |
| 2014 | 319.26 1000 ha | +4.3% |
| 2015 | 327.31 1000 ha | +2.5% |
| 2016 | 327.35 1000 ha | +0.0% |
| 2017 | 330.15 1000 ha | +0.9% |
| 2018 | 331.94 1000 ha | +0.5% |
| 2019 | 334.24 1000 ha | +0.7% |
| 2020 | 334.24 1000 ha | +0.0% |
| 2021 | 340.95 1000 ha | +2.0% |
| 2022 | 348.98 1000 ha | +2.4% |
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
- 21 Poland 598.94 1000 ha compare
- 22 Argentina 587.46 1000 ha compare
- 23 Uzbekistan 430.44 1000 ha compare
- 24 Pakistan 415.9 1000 ha compare
- 25 Côte d'Ivoire 175.81 1000 ha compare
- 25 Kazakhstan 388.05 1000 ha compare
- 26 Cabo Verde 2.56 1000 ha compare
- 26 Thailand 379.97 1000 ha compare
- 27 Saudi Arabia 379.94 1000 ha compare
More environment data for Caribbean
- Standard Deviation, annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2025)
- Historical exposure to drought — Land soil moisture anomaly -4.29 Percentage change (2025)
- Historical exposure to drought — Cropland soil moisture anomaly -4.76 Percentage change (2025)
- Temperature change 1.29 °C (2025)
- Standard Deviation 0.233 °C (2025)
- Roundwood — Import quantity 152,566 m3 (2024)
- Primary wood and paper products (export/import) — Export value 152,436 1000 USD (2024)
- Roundwood — Production 6.26 million m3 (2024)
- Sawlogs and veneer logs, coniferous — Production 355,073 m3 (2024)
- Wood fuel, non-coniferous — Production 4.77 million m3 (2024)
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 24th out of 26 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
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.