Artificial surfaces (including urban and associated areas) — Area from CGLS by country
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...
Countries reporting
215
Highest
25,312 1000 ha
China
Lowest
0.02 1000 ha
Seychelles
Median
97.4 1000 ha
Years covered
5
2015–2019
Data points
1,205
What the numbers show
Artificial surfaces (including urban and associated areas) — Area from CGLS is currently reported for 215 countries. The highest value is 25,312 1000 ha in China; the lowest is 0.02 1000 ha in Seychelles.
The median across all reporting countries is 97.4 1000 ha, and the mean is 607.96 1000 ha.
Artificial surfaces (including urban and associated areas) — Area: full country ranking
| # | Country | Latest | Year | 10-year change | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | China | 25,312 1000 ha | 2019 | — | flat |
| 2 | China, mainland | 24,878 1000 ha | 2019 | — | flat |
| 2 | Viet Nam | 1,448 1000 ha | 2019 | — | flat |
| 3 | India | 6,736 1000 ha | 2019 | — | flat |
| 3 | Türkiye | 1,237 1000 ha | 2019 | — | flat |
| 4 | Russian Federation | 5,415 1000 ha | 2019 | — | flat |
| 4 | Iran (Islamic Republic of) | 1,169 1000 ha | 2019 | — | flat |
| 5 | Japan | 3,912 1000 ha | 2019 | — | flat |
| 6 | Indonesia | 3,160 1000 ha | 2019 | — | flat |
| 6 | United Republic of Tanzania | 547.08 1000 ha | 2019 | — | rising |
| 7 | Brazil | 3,075 1000 ha | 2019 | — | flat |
| 7 | Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of) | 402.58 1000 ha | 2019 | — | flat |
| 8 | Germany | 2,915 1000 ha | 2019 | — | flat |
| 8 | Democratic Republic of the Congo | 346.48 1000 ha | 2019 | — | flat |
| 9 | France | 2,708 1000 ha | 2019 | — | flat |
| 9 | Syrian Arab Republic | 309.8 1000 ha | 2019 | — | flat |
| 10 | Thailand | 2,088 1000 ha | 2019 | — | flat |
| 10 | Democratic People's Republic of Korea | 262.17 1000 ha | 2019 | — | flat |
| 11 | Italy | 2,058 1000 ha | 2019 | — | flat |
| 11 | Republic of Moldova | 165.71 1000 ha | 2019 | — | flat |
| 12 | Ukraine | 2,039 1000 ha | 2019 | — | flat |
| 12 | Bolivia (Plurinational State of) | 112.25 1000 ha | 2019 | — | flat |
| 13 | Nigeria | 1,955 1000 ha | 2019 | — | flat |
| 13 | Lao People's Democratic Republic | 97.4 1000 ha | 2019 | — | flat |
| 14 | Mexico | 1,950 1000 ha | 2019 | — | flat |
| 14 | Melanesia | 44.71 1000 ha | 2019 | — | flat |
| 15 | Canada | 1,574 1000 ha | 2019 | — | rising |
| 16 | United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland | 1,432 1000 ha | 2019 | — | flat |
| 16 | Timor-Leste | 4.23 1000 ha | 2019 | — | flat |
| 17 | Australia and New Zealand | 1,411 1000 ha | 2019 | — | flat |
| 17 | Micronesia | 0.31 1000 ha | 2019 | — | rising |
| 18 | Poland | 1,387 1000 ha | 2019 | — | flat |
| 18 | Polynesia | 0.05 1000 ha | 2019 | — | flat |
| 19 | Spain | 1,279 1000 ha | 2019 | — | flat |
| 20 | Australia | 1,237 1000 ha | 2019 | — | flat |
| 21 | South Africa | 1,082 1000 ha | 2019 | — | flat |
| 22 | Pakistan | 930.49 1000 ha | 2019 | — | flat |
| 23 | Argentina | 877.16 1000 ha | 2019 | — | flat |
| 24 | Uzbekistan | 862.04 1000 ha | 2019 | — | flat |
| 24 | Caribbean | 593.28 1000 ha | 2019 | — | flat |
| 25 | Romania | 810.34 1000 ha | 2019 | — | flat |
| 25 | Côte d'Ivoire | 255.33 1000 ha | 2019 | — | flat |
| 26 | Republic of Korea | 790.4 1000 ha | 2019 | — | flat |
| 26 | Cabo Verde | 4.6 1000 ha | 2019 | — | flat |
| 27 | Bangladesh | 775.36 1000 ha | 2019 | — | flat |
| 28 | Malaysia | 704.61 1000 ha | 2019 | — | flat |
| 29 | Saudi Arabia | 617.46 1000 ha | 2019 | — | flat |
| 30 | Egypt | 585.45 1000 ha | 2019 | — | flat |
| 31 | Philippines | 566.53 1000 ha | 2019 | — | flat |
| 32 | Kazakhstan | 529.37 1000 ha | 2019 | — | flat |
| 33 | Hungary | 490.71 1000 ha | 2019 | — | flat |
| 34 | Portugal | 490.29 1000 ha | 2019 | — | flat |
| 35 | Czechia | 467.9 1000 ha | 2019 | — | flat |
| 36 | Myanmar | 457.88 1000 ha | 2019 | — | flat |
| 37 | Netherlands (Kingdom of the) | 432.04 1000 ha | 2019 | — | flat |
| 38 | Algeria | 425.32 1000 ha | 2019 | — | flat |
| 39 | Ghana | 422.49 1000 ha | 2019 | — | flat |
| 40 | China, Taiwan Province of | 415.48 1000 ha | 2019 | — | flat |
| 41 | Belgium | 414.11 1000 ha | 2019 | — | flat |
| 42 | Belarus | 411.88 1000 ha | 2019 | — | flat |
| 43 | Greece | 404.76 1000 ha | 2019 | — | flat |
| 44 | Iraq | 381.88 1000 ha | 2019 | — | flat |
| 45 | Mozambique | 355.18 1000 ha | 2019 | — | rising |
| 46 | Zambia | 350.09 1000 ha | 2019 | — | flat |
| 47 | Sweden | 347.81 1000 ha | 2019 | — | flat |
| 48 | Austria | 333.29 1000 ha | 2019 | — | flat |
| 49 | Bulgaria | 312.94 1000 ha | 2019 | — | flat |
| 50 | Mali | 312.74 1000 ha | 2019 | — | flat |
| 51 | Serbia | 302.21 1000 ha | 2019 | — | flat |
| 52 | Tunisia | 287.26 1000 ha | 2019 | — | flat |
| 53 | Colombia | 284.97 1000 ha | 2019 | — | flat |
| 54 | Azerbaijan | 279.11 1000 ha | 2019 | — | flat |
| 55 | Turkmenistan | 273.69 1000 ha | 2019 | — | rising |
| 56 | Denmark | 270.61 1000 ha | 2019 | — | flat |
| 57 | Morocco | 249.5 1000 ha | 2019 | — | flat |
| 58 | Chile | 248.33 1000 ha | 2019 | — | flat |
| 59 | Slovakia | 229.91 1000 ha | 2019 | — | flat |
| 60 | Switzerland | 228.8 1000 ha | 2019 | — | flat |
| 61 | Sudan | 213 1000 ha | 2019 | — | flat |
| 62 | Cameroon | 211.24 1000 ha | 2019 | — | flat |
| 63 | Peru | 200.55 1000 ha | 2019 | — | flat |
| 64 | Burkina Faso | 200.39 1000 ha | 2019 | — | flat |
| 65 | Malawi | 194.47 1000 ha | 2019 | — | flat |
| 66 | Kenya | 190.86 1000 ha | 2019 | — | flat |
| 67 | Sri Lanka | 184.88 1000 ha | 2019 | — | flat |
| 68 | Croatia | 179.4 1000 ha | 2019 | — | flat |
| 69 | Uganda | 177.43 1000 ha | 2019 | — | flat |
| 70 | Tajikistan | 176.02 1000 ha | 2019 | — | flat |
| 71 | New Zealand | 174.41 1000 ha | 2019 | — | flat |
| 72 | Finland | 174.19 1000 ha | 2019 | — | flat |
| 73 | Ethiopia | 174.05 1000 ha | 2019 | — | flat |
| 74 | Cambodia | 171.26 1000 ha | 2019 | — | flat |
| 75 | Benin | 169.59 1000 ha | 2019 | — | flat |
| 76 | United Arab Emirates | 166.43 1000 ha | 2019 | — | flat |
| 77 | Kyrgyzstan | 161.41 1000 ha | 2019 | — | flat |
| 78 | Israel | 154.44 1000 ha | 2019 | — | flat |
| 79 | Libya | 154.4 1000 ha | 2019 | — | flat |
| 80 | Ecuador | 152.71 1000 ha | 2019 | — | flat |
| 81 | Botswana | 149.61 1000 ha | 2019 | — | flat |
| 82 | Angola | 147.57 1000 ha | 2019 | — | flat |
| 83 | Cuba | 141.91 1000 ha | 2019 | — | flat |
| 84 | Norway | 138.22 1000 ha | 2019 | — | flat |
| 85 | Guinea | 137.03 1000 ha | 2019 | — | flat |
| 86 | Madagascar | 136.22 1000 ha | 2019 | — | flat |
| 87 | Lithuania | 134.74 1000 ha | 2019 | — | flat |
| 88 | Ireland | 125.3 1000 ha | 2019 | — | flat |
| 89 | Georgia | 123.82 1000 ha | 2019 | — | flat |
| 90 | Guatemala | 115.31 1000 ha | 2019 | — | flat |
| 91 | Puerto Rico | 109.86 1000 ha | 2019 | — | flat |
| 92 | Afghanistan | 108.5 1000 ha | 2019 | — | rising |
| 93 | Dominican Republic | 107.34 1000 ha | 2019 | — | flat |
| 94 | Lebanon | 104.49 1000 ha | 2019 | — | flat |
| 95 | Senegal | 102.79 1000 ha | 2019 | — | flat |
| 96 | Nepal | 97.03 1000 ha | 2019 | — | rising |
| 97 | Zimbabwe | 95.22 1000 ha | 2019 | — | flat |
| 98 | Jordan | 88.23 1000 ha | 2019 | — | flat |
| 99 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 87.34 1000 ha | 2019 | — | flat |
| 100 | Armenia | 87.3 1000 ha | 2019 | — | rising |
| 101 | Paraguay | 85.9 1000 ha | 2019 | — | flat |
| 102 | Oman | 80.66 1000 ha | 2019 | — | flat |
| 103 | Yemen | 71.75 1000 ha | 2019 | — | flat |
| 104 | Honduras | 70.78 1000 ha | 2019 | — | rising |
| 105 | Uruguay | 67.82 1000 ha | 2019 | — | flat |
| 106 | Slovenia | 66.64 1000 ha | 2019 | — | flat |
| 107 | Costa Rica | 65.55 1000 ha | 2019 | — | flat |
| 108 | Togo | 62.08 1000 ha | 2019 | — | flat |
| 109 | Albania | 61.21 1000 ha | 2019 | — | flat |
| 110 | Palestine | 61.13 1000 ha | 2019 | — | flat |
| 111 | Latvia | 60.16 1000 ha | 2019 | — | flat |
| 112 | Cyprus | 59.29 1000 ha | 2019 | — | flat |
| 113 | Sierra Leone | 54.42 1000 ha | 2019 | — | flat |
| 114 | Kuwait | 52.7 1000 ha | 2019 | — | flat |
| 115 | Panama | 52.24 1000 ha | 2019 | — | flat |
| 116 | Jamaica | 52.14 1000 ha | 2019 | — | flat |
| 117 | Niger | 49.58 1000 ha | 2019 | — | flat |
| 118 | El Salvador | 49.32 1000 ha | 2019 | — | flat |
| 119 | Haiti | 48.4 1000 ha | 2019 | — | flat |
| 120 | North Macedonia | 47.67 1000 ha | 2019 | — | flat |
| 121 | Chad | 46.95 1000 ha | 2019 | — | flat |
| 122 | Liberia | 45.95 1000 ha | 2019 | — | flat |
| 123 | Rwanda | 45.12 1000 ha | 2019 | — | flat |
| 124 | Estonia | 44.14 1000 ha | 2019 | — | flat |
| 125 | Nicaragua | 43.46 1000 ha | 2019 | — | flat |
| 126 | Central African Republic | 43.36 1000 ha | 2019 | — | flat |
| 127 | Congo | 43.05 1000 ha | 2019 | — | flat |
| 128 | Qatar | 42.12 1000 ha | 2019 | — | rising |
| 129 | Trinidad and Tobago | 38.97 1000 ha | 2019 | — | flat |
| 130 | Gabon | 34.93 1000 ha | 2019 | — | flat |
| 131 | Singapore | 29.88 1000 ha | 2019 | — | flat |
| 132 | Mauritania | 29.67 1000 ha | 2019 | — | flat |
| 133 | Somalia | 28.37 1000 ha | 2019 | — | flat |
| 134 | Gambia | 27 1000 ha | 2019 | — | flat |
| 135 | Burundi | 26.35 1000 ha | 2019 | — | flat |
| 136 | Namibia | 24.93 1000 ha | 2019 | — | flat |
| 137 | Mongolia | 23.63 1000 ha | 2019 | — | flat |
| 138 | Guadeloupe | 22.5 1000 ha | 2019 | — | flat |
| 139 | Brunei Darussalam | 22.24 1000 ha | 2019 | — | flat |
| 140 | Luxembourg | 19.69 1000 ha | 2019 | — | flat |
| 141 | Guyana | 18.9 1000 ha | 2019 | — | flat |
| 142 | South Sudan | 18.77 1000 ha | 2019 | — | rising |
| 143 | Suriname | 18.6 1000 ha | 2019 | — | flat |
| 144 | Fiji | 18.59 1000 ha | 2019 | — | flat |
| 145 | Bahrain | 18.16 1000 ha | 2019 | — | flat |
| 146 | China, Hong Kong SAR | 17.52 1000 ha | 2019 | — | flat |
| 147 | Montenegro | 17.09 1000 ha | 2019 | — | flat |
| 148 | Equatorial Guinea | 16.75 1000 ha | 2019 | — | flat |
| 149 | Guinea-Bissau | 16.44 1000 ha | 2019 | — | flat |
| 150 | Martinique | 15.77 1000 ha | 2019 | — | flat |
| 151 | Papua New Guinea | 15.32 1000 ha | 2019 | — | flat |
| 152 | Bahamas | 15.21 1000 ha | 2019 | — | flat |
| 153 | Lesotho | 14.12 1000 ha | 2019 | — | rising |
| 154 | Malta | 10.69 1000 ha | 2019 | — | flat |
| 155 | Barbados | 10.14 1000 ha | 2019 | — | flat |
| 156 | Iceland | 9.68 1000 ha | 2019 | — | flat |
| 157 | Eritrea | 9.38 1000 ha | 2019 | — | flat |
| 158 | Eswatini | 9.22 1000 ha | 2019 | — | flat |
| 159 | Belize | 7.76 1000 ha | 2019 | — | rising |
| 160 | New Caledonia | 6.83 1000 ha | 2019 | — | flat |
| 161 | United States Virgin Islands | 6.02 1000 ha | 2019 | — | flat |
| 162 | Comoros | 5.88 1000 ha | 2019 | — | flat |
| 163 | French Guiana | 5.81 1000 ha | 2019 | — | flat |
| 164 | Saint Lucia | 4.61 1000 ha | 2019 | — | flat |
| 165 | Aruba | 4.08 1000 ha | 2019 | — | rising |
| 166 | Djibouti | 3.82 1000 ha | 2019 | — | flat |
| 167 | Réunion | 3.79 1000 ha | 2019 | — | rising |
| 168 | Cayman Islands | 3.51 1000 ha | 2019 | — | flat |
| 169 | Mauritius | 3.4 1000 ha | 2019 | — | rising |
| 170 | Grenada | 2.66 1000 ha | 2019 | — | flat |
| 171 | Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 2.64 1000 ha | 2019 | — | flat |
| 171 | Western Sahara | 2.64 1000 ha | 2019 | — | rising |
| 173 | Antigua and Barbuda | 2.25 1000 ha | 2019 | — | rising |
| 173 | Isle of Man | 2.25 1000 ha | 2019 | — | flat |
| 175 | Solomon Islands | 2.14 1000 ha | 2019 | — | flat |
| 176 | Saint Kitts and Nevis | 1.96 1000 ha | 2019 | — | rising |
| 177 | Vanuatu | 1.83 1000 ha | 2019 | — | flat |
| 178 | Bhutan | 1.58 1000 ha | 2019 | — | rising |
| 178 | Dominica | 1.58 1000 ha | 2019 | — | flat |
| 180 | Liechtenstein | 1.43 1000 ha | 2019 | — | flat |
| 181 | Greenland | 1.11 1000 ha | 2019 | — | flat |
| 182 | British Virgin Islands | 0.9 1000 ha | 2019 | — | rising |
| 183 | Mayotte | 0.87 1000 ha | 2019 | — | rising |
| 184 | San Marino | 0.78 1000 ha | 2019 | — | flat |
| 185 | China, Macao SAR | 0.77 1000 ha | 2019 | — | flat |
| 186 | Andorra | 0.54 1000 ha | 2019 | — | rising |
| 187 | Anguilla | 0.42 1000 ha | 2019 | — | flat |
| 188 | Turks and Caicos Islands | 0.38 1000 ha | 2019 | — | rising |
| 189 | Palau | 0.31 1000 ha | 2019 | — | rising |
| 190 | Gibraltar | 0.29 1000 ha | 2019 | — | flat |
| 191 | Falkland Islands (Malvinas) | 0.22 1000 ha | 2019 | — | flat |
| 192 | Saint Pierre and Miquelon | 0.18 1000 ha | 2019 | — | rising |
| 193 | Tonga | 0.05 1000 ha | 2019 | — | flat |
| 193 | Montserrat | 0.05 1000 ha | 2019 | — | rising |
| 195 | Sao Tome and Principe | 0.03 1000 ha | 2019 | — | flat |
| 196 | Monaco | 0.02 1000 ha | 2019 | — | flat |
| 196 | Seychelles | 0.02 1000 ha | 2019 | — | flat |
Regions and income groups
Aggregates are excluded from the country ranking above so that a region can never outrank a country.
- World 117,725 1000 ha
- Asia 54,991 1000 ha
- Eastern Asia 30,300 1000 ha
- Europe 26,534 1000 ha
- Americas 24,443 1000 ha
- European Union (27) 16,226 1000 ha
- Middle Africa 890.36 1000 ha
- Northern America 15,944 1000 ha
- United States of America 14,369 1000 ha
- Eastern Europe 11,731 1000 ha
- Africa 10,300 1000 ha
- Southern Asia 10,003 1000 ha
- South-Eastern Asia 8,750 1000 ha
- Western Europe 7,052 1000 ha
- South America 5,551 1000 ha
- Southern Europe 5,006 1000 ha
- Western Asia 3,936 1000 ha
- Chagai 5.87 1000 ha
- Western Africa 3,845 1000 ha
- Northern Europe 2,745 1000 ha
- Eastern Africa 2,366 1000 ha
- Central America 2,355 1000 ha
- Central Asia 2,003 1000 ha
- Northern Africa 1,918 1000 ha
- Oceania 1,456 1000 ha
- Southern Africa 1,280 1000 ha
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.