Artificial surfaces (including urban and associated areas) — Area in United States Virgin Islands
United States Virgin Islands: Artificial surfaces (including urban and associated areas) — Area was 5.49 1000 ha in 2022. ▲ Rising
Artificial surfaces (including urban and associated areas) — Area in United States Virgin Islands, 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 United States Virgin Islands is 5.49 1000 ha, measured in 2022. That is the highest value across all 31 years on record.
The figure is up 3.0% on the previous year and up 13.4% over ten years.
Over the whole period, artificial surfaces (including urban and associated areas) — area in United States Virgin Islands peaked at 5.49 1000 ha in 2022 and was at its lowest, 1.95 1000 ha, in 1992.
That places United States Virgin Islands 160th out of 224 countries 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 United States Virgin Islands, year by year
| Year | 1000 ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1992 | 1.95 1000 ha | — |
| 1993 | 2.23 1000 ha | +14.4% |
| 1994 | 2.49 1000 ha | +11.7% |
| 1995 | 2.79 1000 ha | +12.0% |
| 1996 | 3.17 1000 ha | +13.6% |
| 1997 | 3.37 1000 ha | +6.3% |
| 1998 | 3.71 1000 ha | +10.1% |
| 1999 | 3.87 1000 ha | +4.3% |
| 2000 | 4.01 1000 ha | +3.6% |
| 2001 | 4.09 1000 ha | +2.0% |
| 2002 | 4.24 1000 ha | +3.7% |
| 2003 | 4.27 1000 ha | +0.7% |
| 2004 | 4.31 1000 ha | +0.9% |
| 2005 | 4.37 1000 ha | +1.4% |
| 2006 | 4.43 1000 ha | +1.4% |
| 2007 | 4.52 1000 ha | +2.0% |
| 2008 | 4.62 1000 ha | +2.2% |
| 2009 | 4.68 1000 ha | +1.3% |
| 2010 | 4.76 1000 ha | +1.7% |
| 2011 | 4.81 1000 ha | +1.1% |
| 2012 | 4.84 1000 ha | +0.6% |
| 2013 | 4.93 1000 ha | +1.9% |
| 2014 | 5.14 1000 ha | +4.3% |
| 2015 | 5.17 1000 ha | +0.6% |
| 2016 | 5.17 1000 ha | +0.0% |
| 2017 | 5.22 1000 ha | +1.0% |
| 2018 | 5.26 1000 ha | +0.8% |
| 2019 | 5.26 1000 ha | +0.0% |
| 2020 | 5.26 1000 ha | +0.0% |
| 2021 | 5.33 1000 ha | +1.3% |
| 2022 | 5.49 1000 ha | +3.0% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 2.95 1000 ha | 1.95 1000 ha | 3.87 1000 ha | 8 |
| 2000s | 4.35 1000 ha | 4.01 1000 ha | 4.68 1000 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 5.06 1000 ha | 4.76 1000 ha | 5.26 1000 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 5.36 1000 ha | 5.26 1000 ha | 5.49 1000 ha | 3 |
Countries ranked near United States Virgin Islands
- 157 Equatorial Guinea 7.68 1000 ha compare
- 158 Malta 6.41 1000 ha compare
- 159 Barbados 6.01 1000 ha compare
- 161 Guinea-Bissau 5.2 1000 ha compare
- 162 Guadeloupe 4.82 1000 ha compare
- 163 New Caledonia 4.04 1000 ha compare
More environment data for United States Virgin Islands
- Standard Deviation, annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2025)
- Temperature change 1.11 °C (2025)
- Standard Deviation 0.267 °C (2025)
- Permanent meadows and pastures — Area 1.93 1000 ha (2024)
- Cropland — Area per capita 0.01 ha/cap (2024)
- Arable land — Area 0.75 1000 ha (2024)
- Permanent crops — Area 0.2 1000 ha (2024)
- Permanent crops — Share in Agricultural land 6.94 % (2024)
- Permanent meadows and pastures — Share in Land area 5.54 % (2024)
- Capture fisheries production 493.84 metric tons (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is artificial surfaces (including urban and associated areas) — area in United States Virgin Islands?
- Artificial surfaces (including urban and associated areas) — area in United States Virgin Islands was 5.49 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 United States Virgin Islands?
- The highest recorded value was 5.49 1000 ha in 2022.
- What is the lowest artificial surfaces (including urban and associated areas) — area recorded in United States Virgin Islands?
- The lowest recorded value was 1.95 1000 ha in 1992.
- How does United States Virgin Islands rank for artificial surfaces (including urban and associated areas) — area?
- United States Virgin Islands ranks 160th out of 224 countries with data for 2022.
- Is artificial surfaces (including urban and associated areas) — area rising or falling in United States Virgin Islands?
- Over the last ten years it is up 13.4%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this United States Virgin Islands 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.