Artificial surfaces (including urban and associated areas) — Area in Papua New Guinea
Papua New Guinea: Artificial surfaces (including urban and associated areas) — Area was 23.93 1000 ha in 2022. ▲ Rising
Artificial surfaces (including urban and associated areas) — Area in Papua New Guinea, 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 Papua New Guinea stood at 23.93 1000 ha. That is the highest value across all 31 years on record.
That represents a change of up 1.9% on the previous year and up 14.9% over ten years.
Over the whole period, artificial surfaces (including urban and associated areas) — area in Papua New Guinea peaked at 23.93 1000 ha in 2022 and was at its lowest, 15.53 1000 ha, in 1992.
Papua New Guinea ranks 131st 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 Papua New Guinea, year by year
| Year | 1000 ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1992 | 15.53 1000 ha | — |
| 1993 | 15.71 1000 ha | +1.2% |
| 1994 | 15.93 1000 ha | +1.4% |
| 1995 | 16.17 1000 ha | +1.5% |
| 1996 | 16.59 1000 ha | +2.6% |
| 1997 | 17.09 1000 ha | +3.0% |
| 1998 | 17.77 1000 ha | +4.0% |
| 1999 | 18.56 1000 ha | +4.4% |
| 2000 | 19.53 1000 ha | +5.2% |
| 2001 | 19.54 1000 ha | +0.1% |
| 2002 | 19.7 1000 ha | +0.8% |
| 2003 | 19.96 1000 ha | +1.3% |
| 2004 | 20.13 1000 ha | +0.9% |
| 2005 | 20.22 1000 ha | +0.4% |
| 2006 | 20.3 1000 ha | +0.4% |
| 2007 | 20.42 1000 ha | +0.6% |
| 2008 | 20.48 1000 ha | +0.3% |
| 2009 | 20.54 1000 ha | +0.3% |
| 2010 | 20.61 1000 ha | +0.3% |
| 2011 | 20.7 1000 ha | +0.4% |
| 2012 | 20.82 1000 ha | +0.6% |
| 2013 | 20.93 1000 ha | +0.5% |
| 2014 | 21.06 1000 ha | +0.6% |
| 2015 | 21.53 1000 ha | +2.2% |
| 2016 | 21.87 1000 ha | +1.6% |
| 2017 | 21.96 1000 ha | +0.4% |
| 2018 | 22 1000 ha | +0.2% |
| 2019 | 22.06 1000 ha | +0.3% |
| 2020 | 23.03 1000 ha | +4.4% |
| 2021 | 23.48 1000 ha | +2.0% |
| 2022 | 23.93 1000 ha | +1.9% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 16.67 1000 ha | 15.53 1000 ha | 18.56 1000 ha | 8 |
| 2000s | 20.08 1000 ha | 19.53 1000 ha | 20.54 1000 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 21.35 1000 ha | 20.61 1000 ha | 22.06 1000 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 23.48 1000 ha | 23.03 1000 ha | 23.93 1000 ha | 3 |
Countries ranked near Papua New Guinea
More environment data for Papua New Guinea
- Historical exposure to drought — Land soil moisture anomaly 1.56 Percentage change (2025)
- Historical exposure to drought — Cropland soil moisture anomaly 2.24 Percentage change (2025)
- Standard Deviation, annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2025)
- Standard Deviation 0.183 °C (2025)
- Temperature change 0.834 °C (2025)
- Graphic papers — Import quantity, annual growth rate 2.2 % change on previous year (2024)
- Graphic papers — Import quantity, per unit of GDP 0 t per US$ of GDP (2024)
- Graphic papers — Import quantity, per capita 0.0008 t per person (2024)
- Graphic papers — Import value, annual growth rate -11.46 % change on previous year (2024)
- Graphic papers — Import value, per unit of GDP 0 1000 USD per US$ of GDP (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is artificial surfaces (including urban and associated areas) — area in Papua New Guinea?
- Artificial surfaces (including urban and associated areas) — area in Papua New Guinea was 23.93 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 Papua New Guinea?
- The highest recorded value was 23.93 1000 ha in 2022.
- What is the lowest artificial surfaces (including urban and associated areas) — area recorded in Papua New Guinea?
- The lowest recorded value was 15.53 1000 ha in 1992.
- How does Papua New Guinea rank for artificial surfaces (including urban and associated areas) — area?
- Papua New Guinea ranks 131st out of 224 countries with data for 2022.
- Is artificial surfaces (including urban and associated areas) — area rising or falling in Papua New Guinea?
- Over the last ten years it is up 14.9%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Papua New Guinea 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.