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

Central America: Artificial surfaces (including urban and associated areas) — Area was 2,355 1000 ha in 2019. ▬ Flat

Latest (2019)
2,355 1000 ha
Change on year
up 0.2%
Rank
13th
of 39 regions
All-time high
2,355 1000 ha
in 2019
All-time low
2,328 1000 ha
in 2015
Years of data
5
2015–2019

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

05001.0k1.5k2.0k2.5k2015201720192015: 2.3k 1000 ha2016: 2.3k 1000 ha2017: 2.3k 1000 ha2018: 2.3k 1000 ha2019: 2.4k 1000 ha

Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in 1000 ha.

Analysis

Central America recorded 2,355 1000 ha for artificial surfaces (including urban and associated areas) — area in 2019. That is the highest value across all 5 years on record.

The figure is up 0.2% on the previous year and up 1.1% over five years.

Central America ranks 13th of 39 regions on this measure, in the middle of the range.

Countries ranked near Central America

  1. 10 Thailand 2,088 1000 ha compare
  2. 11 Italy 2,058 1000 ha compare
  3. 12 Ukraine 2,039 1000 ha compare
  4. 13 Nigeria 1,955 1000 ha compare
  5. 14 Mexico 1,950 1000 ha compare
  6. 15 Canada 1,574 1000 ha compare
  7. 16 United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland 1,432 1000 ha compare

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Frequently asked questions

What is artificial surfaces (including urban and associated areas) — area in Central America?
Artificial surfaces (including urban and associated areas) — area in Central America was 2,355 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 Central America?
The highest recorded value was 2,355 1000 ha in 2019.
What is the lowest artificial surfaces (including urban and associated areas) — area recorded in Central America?
The lowest recorded value was 2,328 1000 ha in 2015.
How does Central America rank for artificial surfaces (including urban and associated areas) — area?
Central America ranks 13th out of 39 regions with data for 2019.
Where does this Central America 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.