Artificial surfaces (including urban and associated areas) — Area in Puerto Rico
Puerto Rico: Artificial surfaces (including urban and associated areas) — Area was 93.35 1000 ha in 2022. ▲ Rising
Artificial surfaces (including urban and associated areas) — Area in Puerto Rico, 1992–2022
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in 1000 ha.
Analysis
Puerto Rico recorded 93.35 1000 ha for artificial surfaces (including urban and associated areas) — area in 2022. That is the highest value across all 31 years on record.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 0.2% on the previous year and up 8.6% over ten years.
Over the whole period, artificial surfaces (including urban and associated areas) — area in Puerto Rico peaked at 93.35 1000 ha in 2022 and was at its lowest, 50.05 1000 ha, in 1992.
Puerto Rico ranks 69th 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 Puerto Rico, year by year
| Year | 1000 ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1992 | 50.05 1000 ha | — |
| 1993 | 51.42 1000 ha | +2.7% |
| 1994 | 53.45 1000 ha | +3.9% |
| 1995 | 55.85 1000 ha | +4.5% |
| 1996 | 58.43 1000 ha | +4.6% |
| 1997 | 60.85 1000 ha | +4.1% |
| 1998 | 63.01 1000 ha | +3.5% |
| 1999 | 65.05 1000 ha | +3.2% |
| 2000 | 67.29 1000 ha | +3.4% |
| 2001 | 67.98 1000 ha | +1.0% |
| 2002 | 69 1000 ha | +1.5% |
| 2003 | 69.72 1000 ha | +1.0% |
| 2004 | 70.34 1000 ha | +0.9% |
| 2005 | 71.94 1000 ha | +2.3% |
| 2006 | 73.58 1000 ha | +2.3% |
| 2007 | 76.12 1000 ha | +3.5% |
| 2008 | 78.22 1000 ha | +2.8% |
| 2009 | 80.05 1000 ha | +2.3% |
| 2010 | 81.89 1000 ha | +2.3% |
| 2011 | 84.06 1000 ha | +2.6% |
| 2012 | 85.99 1000 ha | +2.3% |
| 2013 | 88.02 1000 ha | +2.4% |
| 2014 | 90.41 1000 ha | +2.7% |
| 2015 | 92.4 1000 ha | +2.2% |
| 2016 | 92.4 1000 ha | +0.0% |
| 2017 | 92.54 1000 ha | +0.2% |
| 2018 | 92.56 1000 ha | +0.0% |
| 2019 | 92.81 1000 ha | +0.3% |
| 2020 | 92.81 1000 ha | +0.0% |
| 2021 | 93.12 1000 ha | +0.3% |
| 2022 | 93.35 1000 ha | +0.2% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 57.26 1000 ha | 50.05 1000 ha | 65.05 1000 ha | 8 |
| 2000s | 72.42 1000 ha | 67.29 1000 ha | 80.05 1000 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 89.31 1000 ha | 81.89 1000 ha | 92.81 1000 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 93.09 1000 ha | 92.81 1000 ha | 93.35 1000 ha | 3 |
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More environment data for Puerto Rico
- Historical exposure to drought — Cropland soil moisture anomaly -0.5906 Percentage change (2025)
- Historical exposure to drought — Land soil moisture anomaly -0.4091 Percentage change (2025)
- Standard Deviation, annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2025)
- Standard Deviation 0.268 °C (2025)
- Temperature change 1.16 °C (2025)
- Value Added (Agriculture, Forestry and Fishing) — Share of GDP 0.6901 % (2024)
- Value Added (Agriculture, Forestry and Fishing) — Value US$ 864.98 million USD (2024)
- Value Added (Agriculture, Forestry and Fishing) — Value Standard 677.16 million SLC (2024)
- Value Added (Agriculture, Forestry and Fishing) — Value US$, 2015 677.16 million USD (2024)
- Value Added (Agriculture, Forestry and Fishing) — Share of GDP US$ 0.6901 % (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is artificial surfaces (including urban and associated areas) — area in Puerto Rico?
- Artificial surfaces (including urban and associated areas) — area in Puerto Rico was 93.35 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 Puerto Rico?
- The highest recorded value was 93.35 1000 ha in 2022.
- What is the lowest artificial surfaces (including urban and associated areas) — area recorded in Puerto Rico?
- The lowest recorded value was 50.05 1000 ha in 1992.
- How does Puerto Rico rank for artificial surfaces (including urban and associated areas) — area?
- Puerto Rico ranks 69th out of 224 countries with data for 2022.
- Is artificial surfaces (including urban and associated areas) — area rising or falling in Puerto Rico?
- Over the last ten years it is up 8.6%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Puerto Rico 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.