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

Chile: Artificial surfaces (including urban and associated areas) — Area was 248.33 1000 ha in 2019. ▬ Flat

Latest (2019)
248.33 1000 ha
Change on year
up 1.1%
World rank
58th
of 197 countries
All-time high
248.33 1000 ha
in 2019
All-time low
241.39 1000 ha
in 2015
Years of data
5
2015–2019

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

0501001502002502015201720192015: 241.4 1000 ha2016: 241.9 1000 ha2017: 243.8 1000 ha2018: 245.7 1000 ha2019: 248.3 1000 ha

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 Chile stood at 248.33 1000 ha. That is the highest value across all 5 years on record.

Compared with earlier readings it is up 1.1% on the previous year and up 2.9% over five years.

That places Chile 58th out of 197 countries with data for 2019, putting it in the middle of the range.

Artificial surfaces (including urban and associated areas) — Area in Chile, year by year

Annual values for Artificial surfaces (including urban and associated areas) — Area from CGLS in Chile, 2015 to 2019.
Year 1000 ha Change
2015 241.39 1000 ha —
2016 241.86 1000 ha +0.2%
2017 243.77 1000 ha +0.8%
2018 245.69 1000 ha +0.8%
2019 248.33 1000 ha +1.1%

Chile compared with similar countries

  • Chile's 248.33 1000 ha is above the median for high income countries, which is 66.64 1000 ha, 3.7× the median. (67 countries reporting)
  • Chile's 248.33 1000 ha is above the median for Latin America & Caribbean, which is 48.4 1000 ha, 5.1× the median. (37 countries reporting)

Countries ranked near Chile

  1. 55 Turkmenistan 273.69 1000 ha compare
  2. 56 Denmark 270.61 1000 ha compare
  3. 57 Morocco 249.5 1000 ha compare
  4. 59 Slovakia 229.91 1000 ha compare
  5. 60 Switzerland 228.8 1000 ha compare
  6. 61 Sudan 213 1000 ha compare

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Frequently asked questions

What is artificial surfaces (including urban and associated areas) — area in Chile?
Artificial surfaces (including urban and associated areas) — area in Chile was 248.33 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 Chile?
The highest recorded value was 248.33 1000 ha in 2019.
What is the lowest artificial surfaces (including urban and associated areas) — area recorded in Chile?
The lowest recorded value was 241.39 1000 ha in 2015.
How does Chile rank for artificial surfaces (including urban and associated areas) — area?
Chile ranks 58th out of 197 countries with data for 2019.
Where does this Chile 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.