Artificial surfaces (including urban and associated areas) — Area in French Guiana
French Guiana: Artificial surfaces (including urban and associated areas) — Area was 9.65 1000 ha in 2022. ▲ Rising
Artificial surfaces (including urban and associated areas) — Area in French Guiana, 1992–2022
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in 1000 ha.
Analysis
French Guiana recorded 9.65 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 0.6% on the previous year and up 4.6% over ten years.
Over the whole period, artificial surfaces (including urban and associated areas) — area in French Guiana peaked at 9.65 1000 ha in 2022 and was at its lowest, 3.76 1000 ha, in 1992.
French Guiana ranks 153rd 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 French Guiana, year by year
| Year | 1000 ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1992 | 3.76 1000 ha | — |
| 1993 | 4 1000 ha | +6.4% |
| 1994 | 4.03 1000 ha | +0.8% |
| 1995 | 4.29 1000 ha | +6.5% |
| 1996 | 4.51 1000 ha | +5.1% |
| 1997 | 4.65 1000 ha | +3.1% |
| 1998 | 4.82 1000 ha | +3.7% |
| 1999 | 5.04 1000 ha | +4.6% |
| 2000 | 5.28 1000 ha | +4.8% |
| 2001 | 5.47 1000 ha | +3.6% |
| 2002 | 5.52 1000 ha | +0.9% |
| 2003 | 5.6 1000 ha | +1.4% |
| 2004 | 8.56 1000 ha | +52.9% |
| 2005 | 8.75 1000 ha | +2.2% |
| 2006 | 8.89 1000 ha | +1.6% |
| 2007 | 8.99 1000 ha | +1.1% |
| 2008 | 9.04 1000 ha | +0.6% |
| 2009 | 9.1 1000 ha | +0.7% |
| 2010 | 9.16 1000 ha | +0.7% |
| 2011 | 9.21 1000 ha | +0.5% |
| 2012 | 9.23 1000 ha | +0.2% |
| 2013 | 9.26 1000 ha | +0.3% |
| 2014 | 9.29 1000 ha | +0.3% |
| 2015 | 9.3 1000 ha | +0.1% |
| 2016 | 9.3 1000 ha | +0.0% |
| 2017 | 9.42 1000 ha | +1.3% |
| 2018 | 9.45 1000 ha | +0.3% |
| 2019 | 9.51 1000 ha | +0.6% |
| 2020 | 9.51 1000 ha | +0.0% |
| 2021 | 9.59 1000 ha | +0.8% |
| 2022 | 9.65 1000 ha | +0.6% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 4.39 1000 ha | 3.76 1000 ha | 5.04 1000 ha | 8 |
| 2000s | 7.52 1000 ha | 5.28 1000 ha | 9.1 1000 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 9.31 1000 ha | 9.16 1000 ha | 9.51 1000 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 9.58 1000 ha | 9.51 1000 ha | 9.65 1000 ha | 3 |
Countries ranked near French Guiana
- 150 Mauritius 10.9 1000 ha compare
- 151 Lesotho 10.71 1000 ha compare
- 152 Bahamas 9.93 1000 ha compare
- 154 Brunei Darussalam 8.63 1000 ha compare
- 155 Montenegro 8.01 1000 ha compare
- 156 Netherlands Antilles (former) 7.99 1000 ha compare
More environment data for French Guiana
- Standard Deviation, annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2025)
- Historical exposure to drought — Cropland soil moisture anomaly 3.05 Percentage change (2025)
- Historical exposure to drought — Land soil moisture anomaly 1.45 Percentage change (2025)
- Standard Deviation 0.218 °C (2025)
- Temperature change 1.71 °C (2025)
- Nutrient nitrogen N (total) — Use per capita 3.44 kg/cap (2024)
- Nutrient potash K2O (total) — Agricultural Use 935 t (2024)
- Nutrient nitrogen N (total) — Use per value of agricultural production 16.64 g/Int$ (2005)
- Nutrient phosphate P2O5 (total) — Import quantity 400 t (2001)
- Nutrient phosphate P2O5 (total) — Agricultural Use 823 t (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is artificial surfaces (including urban and associated areas) — area in French Guiana?
- Artificial surfaces (including urban and associated areas) — area in French Guiana was 9.65 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 French Guiana?
- The highest recorded value was 9.65 1000 ha in 2022.
- What is the lowest artificial surfaces (including urban and associated areas) — area recorded in French Guiana?
- The lowest recorded value was 3.76 1000 ha in 1992.
- How does French Guiana rank for artificial surfaces (including urban and associated areas) — area?
- French Guiana ranks 153rd out of 224 countries with data for 2022.
- Is artificial surfaces (including urban and associated areas) — area rising or falling in French Guiana?
- Over the last ten years it is up 4.6%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this French Guiana 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.