How does Asia rank for artificial surfaces (including urban and associated areas) — area?

Asia ranks 2nd out of 28 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.

Artificial surfaces (including urban and associated areas) — Area in Asia

Name: Artificial surfaces (including urban and associated areas) — Area in Asia
Creator: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations
License: CC BY-NC-SA 3.0 IGO (FAO)

Asia: Artificial surfaces (including urban and associated areas) — Area was 54,991 1000 ha in 2019. ▬ Flat

Latest (2019)

54,991 1000 ha

Change on year

up 0.2%

Rank

2nd

of 28 groups

All-time high

54,991 1000 ha

in 2019

All-time low

54,218 1000 ha

in 2015

Years of data

2015–2019

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.

Asia ranks 2nd of 28 groups on this measure, in the top 10%.

Countries ranked near Asia

1 China 25,312 1000 ha compare
2 China, mainland 24,878 1000 ha compare
3 India 6,736 1000 ha compare
4 Russian Federation 5,415 1000 ha compare
5 Japan 3,912 1000 ha compare

See the full ranking of 241 places →

More environment data for Asia

Temperature change 1.83 °C (2025)
Standard Deviation 0.229 °C (2025)
Value Added (Agriculture, Forestry and Fishing) — Value US$ 2.91 million million USD (2024)
Industrial roundwood — Export quantity 2.65 million m3 (2024)
Industrial roundwood — Export value 389,605 1000 USD (2024)
Industrial roundwood, non-coniferous — Production 400.22 million m3 (2024)
Sawlogs and veneer logs — Production 257.46 million m3 (2024)
Wood charcoal — Production 10.14 million t (2024)
Other industrial roundwood, non-coniferous (production) — Production 66.09 million m3 (2024)
Sawlogs and veneer logs, non-coniferous — Production 213.39 million m3 (2024)

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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 2nd out of 28 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

Indicator: Artificial surfaces (including urban and associated areas) — Area from CGLS
Unit: 1000 ha
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations
Licence: CC BY-NC-SA 3.0 IGO (FAO)
Coverage: 241 places, 1,205 data points, 2015–2019
Last refreshed: 12 August 2026

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.