Artificial surfaces (including urban and associated areas) — Area in South-Eastern Asia
South-Eastern Asia: Artificial surfaces (including urban and associated areas) — Area was 2,839 1000 ha in 2022. ▲ Rising
Artificial surfaces (including urban and associated areas) — Area in South-Eastern Asia, 1992–2022
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in 1000 ha.
Analysis
The most recent figure for artificial surfaces (including urban and associated areas) — area in South-Eastern Asia is 2,839 1000 ha, measured in 2022. That is the highest value across all 31 years on record.
That represents a change of up 5.6% on the previous year and up 39.1% over ten years.
Over the whole period, artificial surfaces (including urban and associated areas) — area in South-Eastern Asia peaked at 2,839 1000 ha in 2022 and was at its lowest, 1,132 1000 ha, in 1992.
That places South-Eastern Asia 13th out of 26 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 South-Eastern Asia, year by year
| Year | 1000 ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1992 | 1,132 1000 ha | — |
| 1993 | 1,164 1000 ha | +2.9% |
| 1994 | 1,195 1000 ha | +2.7% |
| 1995 | 1,229 1000 ha | +2.9% |
| 1996 | 1,261 1000 ha | +2.6% |
| 1997 | 1,292 1000 ha | +2.4% |
| 1998 | 1,324 1000 ha | +2.5% |
| 1999 | 1,353 1000 ha | +2.2% |
| 2000 | 1,386 1000 ha | +2.4% |
| 2001 | 1,455 1000 ha | +5.0% |
| 2002 | 1,500 1000 ha | +3.1% |
| 2003 | 1,536 1000 ha | +2.4% |
| 2004 | 1,567 1000 ha | +2.0% |
| 2005 | 1,629 1000 ha | +4.0% |
| 2006 | 1,683 1000 ha | +3.3% |
| 2007 | 1,737 1000 ha | +3.2% |
| 2008 | 1,789 1000 ha | +3.0% |
| 2009 | 1,843 1000 ha | +3.0% |
| 2010 | 1,898 1000 ha | +3.0% |
| 2011 | 1,958 1000 ha | +3.1% |
| 2012 | 2,040 1000 ha | +4.2% |
| 2013 | 2,197 1000 ha | +7.7% |
| 2014 | 2,359 1000 ha | +7.4% |
| 2015 | 2,441 1000 ha | +3.4% |
| 2016 | 2,471 1000 ha | +1.3% |
| 2017 | 2,511 1000 ha | +1.6% |
| 2018 | 2,538 1000 ha | +1.1% |
| 2019 | 2,552 1000 ha | +0.5% |
| 2020 | 2,606 1000 ha | +2.1% |
| 2021 | 2,687 1000 ha | +3.1% |
| 2022 | 2,839 1000 ha | +5.6% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 1,244 1000 ha | 1,132 1000 ha | 1,353 1000 ha | 8 |
| 2000s | 1,613 1000 ha | 1,386 1000 ha | 1,843 1000 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 2,297 1000 ha | 1,898 1000 ha | 2,552 1000 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 2,711 1000 ha | 2,606 1000 ha | 2,839 1000 ha | 3 |
Countries ranked near South-Eastern Asia
More environment data for South-Eastern Asia
- Historical exposure to drought — Cropland soil moisture anomaly 1.59 Percentage change (2025)
- Standard Deviation, annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2025)
- Historical exposure to drought — Land soil moisture anomaly 1.01 Percentage change (2025)
- Standard Deviation 0.195 °C (2025)
- Temperature change 1.1 °C (2025)
- Recovered paper — Production 10.49 million t (2024)
- Total fibre furnish — Production 22.16 million t (2024)
- Cropland — Share in Agricultural land 87.34 % (2024)
- Nutrient potash K2O (total) — Use per value of agricultural production 14.29 g/Int$ (2024)
- Country area — Area 450,768 1000 ha (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is artificial surfaces (including urban and associated areas) — area in South-Eastern Asia?
- Artificial surfaces (including urban and associated areas) — area in South-Eastern Asia was 2,839 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 South-Eastern Asia?
- The highest recorded value was 2,839 1000 ha in 2022.
- What is the lowest artificial surfaces (including urban and associated areas) — area recorded in South-Eastern Asia?
- The lowest recorded value was 1,132 1000 ha in 1992.
- How does South-Eastern Asia rank for artificial surfaces (including urban and associated areas) — area?
- South-Eastern Asia ranks 13th out of 26 groups with data for 2022.
- Is artificial surfaces (including urban and associated areas) — area rising or falling in South-Eastern Asia?
- Over the last ten years it is up 39.1%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this South-Eastern Asia 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.