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

Cayman Islands: Artificial surfaces (including urban and associated areas) — Area was 3.51 1000 ha in 2019. ▬ Flat

Latest (2019)
3.51 1000 ha
Change on year
unchanged
World rank
169th
of 195 countries
All-time high
3.51 1000 ha
in 2016
All-time low
3.5 1000 ha
in 2015
Years of data
5
2015–2019

Artificial surfaces (including urban and associated areas) — Area in Cayman Islands, 2015–2019

012342015201720192015: 3.5 1000 ha2016: 3.5 1000 ha2017: 3.5 1000 ha2018: 3.5 1000 ha2019: 3.5 1000 ha

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 Cayman Islands is 3.51 1000 ha, measured in 2019. That is the highest value across all 5 years on record.

That represents a change of up 0.3% over five years.

Cayman Islands ranks 169th of 195 countries on this measure, in the bottom quarter.

Countries ranked near Cayman Islands

  1. 166 Aruba 4.08 1000 ha compare
  2. 167 Djibouti 3.82 1000 ha compare
  3. 168 Réunion 3.79 1000 ha compare
  4. 170 Mauritius 3.4 1000 ha compare
  5. 171 Grenada 2.66 1000 ha compare
  6. 172 St. Vincent and the Grenadines 2.64 1000 ha compare
  7. 172 Western Sahara 2.64 1000 ha compare

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Frequently asked questions

What is artificial surfaces (including urban and associated areas) — area in Cayman Islands?
Artificial surfaces (including urban and associated areas) — area in Cayman Islands was 3.51 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 Cayman Islands?
The highest recorded value was 3.51 1000 ha in 2016.
What is the lowest artificial surfaces (including urban and associated areas) — area recorded in Cayman Islands?
The lowest recorded value was 3.5 1000 ha in 2015.
How does Cayman Islands rank for artificial surfaces (including urban and associated areas) — area?
Cayman Islands ranks 169th out of 195 countries with data for 2019.
Where does this Cayman 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 CGLS. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.

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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

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.