Artificial surfaces (including urban and associated areas) — Area in Sudan
Sudan: Artificial surfaces (including urban and associated areas) — Area was 172.36 1000 ha in 2022. ▲ Rising
Artificial surfaces (including urban and associated areas) — Area in Sudan, 2012–2022
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 Sudan is 172.36 1000 ha, measured in 2022. That is the highest value across all 11 years on record.
The figure is up 1.9% on the previous year and up 83.8% over ten years.
Over the whole period, artificial surfaces (including urban and associated areas) — area in Sudan peaked at 172.36 1000 ha in 2022 and was at its lowest, 93.78 1000 ha, in 2012.
That places Sudan 55th out of 241 countries with data for 2022, putting it in the top quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 11 years of available data.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2010s | 114.56 1000 ha | 93.78 1000 ha | 146.13 1000 ha | 8 |
| 2020s | 166.51 1000 ha | 157.98 1000 ha | 172.36 1000 ha | 3 |
Countries ranked near Sudan
More environment data for Sudan
- Land area equipped for irrigation — Share in Cropland 8.73 % (2024)
- Land area equipped for irrigation — Area 1,852 1000 ha (2024)
- Inland waters — Area 1,000 1000 ha (2024)
- Permanent meadows and pastures — Share in Land area 48.96 % (2024)
- Permanent meadows and pastures — Share in Agricultural land 81.17 % (2024)
- Permanent meadows and pastures — Area 91,454 1000 ha (2024)
- Permanent crops — Share in Agricultural land 0.19 % (2024)
- Permanent crops — Area 216 1000 ha (2024)
- Arable land — Share in Agricultural land 18.63 % (2024)
- Arable land — Area 20,995 1000 ha (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is artificial surfaces (including urban and associated areas) — area in Sudan?
- Artificial surfaces (including urban and associated areas) — area in Sudan was 172.36 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 Sudan?
- The highest recorded value was 172.36 1000 ha in 2022.
- What is the lowest artificial surfaces (including urban and associated areas) — area recorded in Sudan?
- The lowest recorded value was 93.78 1000 ha in 2012.
- How does Sudan rank for artificial surfaces (including urban and associated areas) — area?
- Sudan ranks 55th out of 241 countries with data for 2022.
- Is artificial surfaces (including urban and associated areas) — area rising or falling in Sudan?
- Over the last ten years it is up 83.8%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Sudan 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.