Artificial surfaces (including urban and associated areas) — Area in Asia
Asia: Artificial surfaces (including urban and associated areas) — Area was 54,991 1000 ha in 2019. ▬ Flat
Artificial surfaces (including urban and associated areas) — Area in Asia, 2015–2019
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in 1000 ha.
Analysis
In 2019, artificial surfaces (including urban and associated areas) — area in Asia stood at 54,991 1000 ha. That is the highest value across all 5 years on record.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 0.2% on the previous year and up 1.4% over five years.
Artificial surfaces (including urban and associated areas) — Area in Asia, year by year
| Year | 1000 ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2015 | 54,218 1000 ha | — |
| 2016 | 54,348 1000 ha | +0.2% |
| 2017 | 54,711 1000 ha | +0.7% |
| 2018 | 54,859 1000 ha | +0.3% |
| 2019 | 54,991 1000 ha | +0.2% |
Countries ranked near Asia
- 1 China 25,312 1000 ha compare
- 2 China, mainland 24,878 1000 ha compare
- 2 Viet Nam 1,448 1000 ha compare
- 3 India 6,736 1000 ha compare
- 3 Türkiye 1,237 1000 ha compare
- 4 Iran (Islamic Republic of) 1,169 1000 ha compare
- 4 Russian Federation 5,415 1000 ha compare
More environment data for Asia
- Historical exposure to drought — Cropland soil moisture anomaly 0.4646 Percentage change (2025)
- Historical exposure to drought — Land soil moisture anomaly -2.4 Percentage change (2025)
- Standard Deviation, annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2025)
- Temperature change 1.83 °C (2025)
- Standard Deviation 0.229 °C (2025)
- Sawlogs and veneer logs, coniferous — Production 44.07 million m3 (2024)
- Industrial roundwood, coniferous — Production 80.29 million m3 (2024)
- Industrial roundwood, non-coniferous — Production 400.22 million m3 (2024)
- Wood charcoal — Production 10.14 million t (2024)
- Other industrial roundwood, non-coniferous (production) — Production 66.09 million m3 (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is artificial surfaces (including urban and associated areas) — area in Asia?
- Artificial surfaces (including urban and associated areas) — area in Asia was 54,991 1000 ha in 2019, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest artificial surfaces (including urban and associated areas) — area recorded in Asia?
- The highest recorded value was 54,991 1000 ha in 2019.
- What is the lowest artificial surfaces (including urban and associated areas) — area recorded in Asia?
- The lowest recorded value was 54,218 1000 ha in 2015.
- How does Asia rank for artificial surfaces (including urban and associated areas) — area?
- Asia ranks 1st out of 18 groups with data for 2019.
- Where does this 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 CGLS. 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.