Artificial surfaces (including urban and associated areas) — Area in Republic of Moldova
Republic of Moldova: Artificial surfaces (including urban and associated areas) — Area was 161.7 1000 ha in 2022. ▲ Rising
Artificial surfaces (including urban and associated areas) — Area in Republic of Moldova, 1992–2022
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in 1000 ha.
Analysis
Republic of Moldova recorded 161.7 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 0.3% on the previous year and up 1.4% over ten years.
Over the whole period, artificial surfaces (including urban and associated areas) — area in Republic of Moldova peaked at 161.7 1000 ha in 2022 and was at its lowest, 72.86 1000 ha, in 1992.
That places Republic of Moldova 8th out of 20 groups with data for 2022, putting it 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 Republic of Moldova, year by year
| Year | 1000 ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1992 | 72.86 1000 ha | — |
| 1993 | 74.09 1000 ha | +1.7% |
| 1994 | 76.22 1000 ha | +2.9% |
| 1995 | 78.63 1000 ha | +3.2% |
| 1996 | 81.19 1000 ha | +3.3% |
| 1997 | 84.05 1000 ha | +3.5% |
| 1998 | 87.21 1000 ha | +3.8% |
| 1999 | 90.41 1000 ha | +3.7% |
| 2000 | 93.37 1000 ha | +3.3% |
| 2001 | 98.24 1000 ha | +5.2% |
| 2002 | 116.95 1000 ha | +19.0% |
| 2003 | 136.53 1000 ha | +16.7% |
| 2004 | 157.51 1000 ha | +15.4% |
| 2005 | 157.53 1000 ha | +0.0% |
| 2006 | 157.55 1000 ha | +0.0% |
| 2007 | 157.58 1000 ha | +0.0% |
| 2008 | 158.95 1000 ha | +0.9% |
| 2009 | 158.99 1000 ha | +0.0% |
| 2010 | 159.04 1000 ha | +0.0% |
| 2011 | 159.09 1000 ha | +0.0% |
| 2012 | 159.51 1000 ha | +0.3% |
| 2013 | 159.66 1000 ha | +0.1% |
| 2014 | 159.84 1000 ha | +0.1% |
| 2015 | 159.95 1000 ha | +0.1% |
| 2016 | 159.98 1000 ha | +0.0% |
| 2017 | 159.98 1000 ha | +0.0% |
| 2018 | 159.99 1000 ha | +0.0% |
| 2019 | 160.03 1000 ha | +0.0% |
| 2020 | 160.03 1000 ha | +0.0% |
| 2021 | 161.25 1000 ha | +0.8% |
| 2022 | 161.7 1000 ha | +0.3% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 80.58 1000 ha | 72.86 1000 ha | 90.41 1000 ha | 8 |
| 2000s | 139.32 1000 ha | 93.37 1000 ha | 158.99 1000 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 159.71 1000 ha | 159.04 1000 ha | 160.03 1000 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 160.99 1000 ha | 160.03 1000 ha | 161.7 1000 ha | 3 |
Countries ranked near Republic of Moldova
- 5 Brazil 2,207 1000 ha compare
- 5 Viet Nam 327.29 1000 ha compare
- 6 Ukraine 1,917 1000 ha compare
- 7 Democratic Republic of the Congo 251.93 1000 ha compare
- 7 Japan 1,881 1000 ha compare
- 8 Germany 1,877 1000 ha compare
- 9 Indonesia 1,396 1000 ha compare
- 10 France 1,394 1000 ha compare
- 11 Mexico 1,324 1000 ha compare
More environment data for Republic of Moldova
- Standard Deviation, annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2025)
- Standard Deviation 0.733 °C (2025)
- Temperature change 1.95 °C (2025)
- Land area — Area 3,293 1000 ha (2024)
- Nutrient nitrogen N (total) — Import quantity 57,457 t (2024)
- Agricultural land — Area 2,411 1000 ha (2024)
- Nutrient potash K2O (total) — Import quantity 6,771 t (2024)
- Agricultural land — Share in Land area 73.23 % (2024)
- Inland waters — Area 94.3 1000 ha (2024)
- Nutrient potash K2O (total) — Agricultural Use 6,770 t (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is artificial surfaces (including urban and associated areas) — area in Republic of Moldova?
- Artificial surfaces (including urban and associated areas) — area in Republic of Moldova was 161.7 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 Republic of Moldova?
- The highest recorded value was 161.7 1000 ha in 2022.
- What is the lowest artificial surfaces (including urban and associated areas) — area recorded in Republic of Moldova?
- The lowest recorded value was 72.86 1000 ha in 1992.
- How does Republic of Moldova rank for artificial surfaces (including urban and associated areas) — area?
- Republic of Moldova ranks 8th out of 20 groups with data for 2022.
- Is artificial surfaces (including urban and associated areas) — area rising or falling in Republic of Moldova?
- Over the last ten years it is up 1.4%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Republic of Moldova 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.