Artificial surfaces (including urban and associated areas) — Area in China, Hong Kong SAR
China, Hong Kong SAR: Artificial surfaces (including urban and associated areas) — Area was 16.29 1000 ha in 2022. ▲ Rising
Artificial surfaces (including urban and associated areas) — Area in China, Hong Kong SAR, 1992–2022
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in 1000 ha.
Analysis
China, Hong Kong SAR recorded 16.29 1000 ha for artificial surfaces (including urban and associated areas) — area in 2022. That is the highest value across all 31 years on record.
That represents a change of up 0.4% on the previous year and up 9.3% over ten years.
Over the whole period, artificial surfaces (including urban and associated areas) — area in China, Hong Kong SAR peaked at 16.29 1000 ha in 2022 and was at its lowest, 10.53 1000 ha, in 1992.
China, Hong Kong SAR ranks 142nd of 224 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 31 years of available data.
Artificial surfaces (including urban and associated areas) — Area in China, Hong Kong SAR, year by year
| Year | 1000 ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1992 | 10.53 1000 ha | — |
| 1993 | 10.67 1000 ha | +1.3% |
| 1994 | 10.85 1000 ha | +1.7% |
| 1995 | 11.04 1000 ha | +1.8% |
| 1996 | 11.18 1000 ha | +1.3% |
| 1997 | 11.33 1000 ha | +1.3% |
| 1998 | 11.51 1000 ha | +1.6% |
| 1999 | 11.69 1000 ha | +1.6% |
| 2000 | 11.89 1000 ha | +1.7% |
| 2001 | 12.4 1000 ha | +4.3% |
| 2002 | 12.73 1000 ha | +2.7% |
| 2003 | 12.9 1000 ha | +1.3% |
| 2004 | 13.06 1000 ha | +1.2% |
| 2005 | 13.32 1000 ha | +2.0% |
| 2006 | 13.57 1000 ha | +1.9% |
| 2007 | 13.77 1000 ha | +1.5% |
| 2008 | 14.09 1000 ha | +2.3% |
| 2009 | 14.33 1000 ha | +1.7% |
| 2010 | 14.53 1000 ha | +1.4% |
| 2011 | 14.72 1000 ha | +1.3% |
| 2012 | 14.9 1000 ha | +1.2% |
| 2013 | 15.11 1000 ha | +1.4% |
| 2014 | 15.37 1000 ha | +1.7% |
| 2015 | 15.49 1000 ha | +0.8% |
| 2016 | 15.49 1000 ha | +0.0% |
| 2017 | 15.64 1000 ha | +1.0% |
| 2018 | 15.71 1000 ha | +0.4% |
| 2019 | 15.72 1000 ha | +0.1% |
| 2020 | 16.21 1000 ha | +3.1% |
| 2021 | 16.22 1000 ha | +0.1% |
| 2022 | 16.29 1000 ha | +0.4% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 11.1 1000 ha | 10.53 1000 ha | 11.69 1000 ha | 8 |
| 2000s | 13.21 1000 ha | 11.89 1000 ha | 14.33 1000 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 15.27 1000 ha | 14.53 1000 ha | 15.72 1000 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 16.24 1000 ha | 16.21 1000 ha | 16.29 1000 ha | 3 |
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More environment data for China, Hong Kong SAR
- Standard Deviation, annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2025)
- Standard Deviation 0.361 °C (2025)
- Temperature change 1.01 °C (2025)
- Nutrient phosphate P2O5 (total) — Import quantity 261 t (2024)
- Nutrient phosphate P2O5 (total) — Use per value of agricultural 1.57 g/Int$ (2024)
- Nutrient phosphate P2O5 (total) — Use per capita 0.03 kg/cap (2024)
- Nutrient phosphate P2O5 (total) — Use per area of cropland 73 kg/ha (2024)
- Nutrient phosphate P2O5 (total) — Agricultural Use 219 t (2024)
- Nutrient nitrogen N (total) — Export quantity 824 t (2024)
- Nutrient nitrogen N (total) — Agricultural Use 545 t (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is artificial surfaces (including urban and associated areas) — area in China, Hong Kong SAR?
- Artificial surfaces (including urban and associated areas) — area in China, Hong Kong SAR was 16.29 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 China, Hong Kong SAR?
- The highest recorded value was 16.29 1000 ha in 2022.
- What is the lowest artificial surfaces (including urban and associated areas) — area recorded in China, Hong Kong SAR?
- The lowest recorded value was 10.53 1000 ha in 1992.
- How does China, Hong Kong SAR rank for artificial surfaces (including urban and associated areas) — area?
- China, Hong Kong SAR ranks 142nd out of 224 countries with data for 2022.
- Is artificial surfaces (including urban and associated areas) — area rising or falling in China, Hong Kong SAR?
- Over the last ten years it is up 9.3%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this China, Hong Kong SAR 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.