Artificial surfaces (including urban and associated areas) — Area in China, Taiwan Province of
China, Taiwan Province of: Artificial surfaces (including urban and associated areas) — Area was 168.21 1000 ha in 2022. ▲ Rising
Artificial surfaces (including urban and associated areas) — Area in China, Taiwan Province of, 1992–2022
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in 1000 ha.
Analysis
China, Taiwan Province of recorded 168.21 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 1.7% on the previous year and up 44.3% over ten years.
Over the whole period, artificial surfaces (including urban and associated areas) — area in China, Taiwan Province of peaked at 168.21 1000 ha in 2022 and was at its lowest, 48.32 1000 ha, in 1992.
China, Taiwan Province of ranks 50th of 224 countries on this measure, in the top 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 China, Taiwan Province of, year by year
| Year | 1000 ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1992 | 48.32 1000 ha | — |
| 1993 | 49.27 1000 ha | +2.0% |
| 1994 | 50.39 1000 ha | +2.3% |
| 1995 | 51.55 1000 ha | +2.3% |
| 1996 | 52.58 1000 ha | +2.0% |
| 1997 | 53.48 1000 ha | +1.7% |
| 1998 | 54.2 1000 ha | +1.3% |
| 1999 | 55.14 1000 ha | +1.7% |
| 2000 | 55.89 1000 ha | +1.4% |
| 2001 | 61.94 1000 ha | +10.8% |
| 2002 | 67.53 1000 ha | +9.0% |
| 2003 | 73.04 1000 ha | +8.2% |
| 2004 | 77.15 1000 ha | +5.6% |
| 2005 | 82.05 1000 ha | +6.4% |
| 2006 | 86.8 1000 ha | +5.8% |
| 2007 | 91.39 1000 ha | +5.3% |
| 2008 | 96.32 1000 ha | +5.4% |
| 2009 | 100.89 1000 ha | +4.7% |
| 2010 | 105.7 1000 ha | +4.8% |
| 2011 | 110.66 1000 ha | +4.7% |
| 2012 | 116.59 1000 ha | +5.4% |
| 2013 | 127.36 1000 ha | +9.2% |
| 2014 | 135.74 1000 ha | +6.6% |
| 2015 | 142.09 1000 ha | +4.7% |
| 2016 | 145.68 1000 ha | +2.5% |
| 2017 | 149.54 1000 ha | +2.6% |
| 2018 | 153.84 1000 ha | +2.9% |
| 2019 | 157.97 1000 ha | +2.7% |
| 2020 | 164.29 1000 ha | +4.0% |
| 2021 | 165.46 1000 ha | +0.7% |
| 2022 | 168.21 1000 ha | +1.7% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 51.87 1000 ha | 48.32 1000 ha | 55.14 1000 ha | 8 |
| 2000s | 79.3 1000 ha | 55.89 1000 ha | 100.89 1000 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 134.52 1000 ha | 105.7 1000 ha | 157.97 1000 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 165.99 1000 ha | 164.29 1000 ha | 168.21 1000 ha | 3 |
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More environment data for China, Taiwan Province of
- Standard Deviation, annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2025)
- Standard Deviation 0.342 °C (2025)
- Temperature change 1.31 °C (2025)
- Cropland — Share in Agricultural land 100 % (2024)
- Cropland — Share in Land area 21.94 % (2024)
- Cropland — Area 776.9 1000 ha (2024)
- Agricultural land — Value of agricultural production (Int. $) per Area 9,017 USD_PPP/ha (2024)
- Agricultural land — Share in Land area 21.94 % (2024)
- Land area — Area 3,541 1000 ha (2024)
- Country area — Area 3,596 1000 ha (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is artificial surfaces (including urban and associated areas) — area in China, Taiwan Province of?
- Artificial surfaces (including urban and associated areas) — area in China, Taiwan Province of was 168.21 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, Taiwan Province of?
- The highest recorded value was 168.21 1000 ha in 2022.
- What is the lowest artificial surfaces (including urban and associated areas) — area recorded in China, Taiwan Province of?
- The lowest recorded value was 48.32 1000 ha in 1992.
- How does China, Taiwan Province of rank for artificial surfaces (including urban and associated areas) — area?
- China, Taiwan Province of ranks 50th out of 224 countries with data for 2022.
- Is artificial surfaces (including urban and associated areas) — area rising or falling in China, Taiwan Province of?
- Over the last ten years it is up 44.3%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this China, Taiwan Province of 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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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.