Artificial surfaces (including urban and associated areas) — Area in China
China: Artificial surfaces (including urban and associated areas) — Area was 25,312 1000 ha in 2019. ▬ Flat
Artificial surfaces (including urban and associated areas) — Area in China, 2015–2019
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 China is 25,312 1000 ha, measured in 2019. That is the highest value across all 5 years on record.
That represents a change of up 0.2% on the previous year and up 1.2% over five years.
China ranks 1st of 197 countries on this measure, in the top 10%.
Artificial surfaces (including urban and associated areas) — Area in China, year by year
| Year | 1000 ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2015 | 25,013 1000 ha | — |
| 2016 | 25,074 1000 ha | +0.2% |
| 2017 | 25,170 1000 ha | +0.4% |
| 2018 | 25,251 1000 ha | +0.3% |
| 2019 | 25,312 1000 ha | +0.2% |
China compared with similar countries
- China's 25,312 1000 ha is above the median for upper middle income countries, which is 132.87 1000 ha, 190.5× the median. (48 countries reporting)
- China's 25,312 1000 ha is above the median for East Asia & Pacific, which is 171.26 1000 ha, 147.8× the median. (19 countries reporting)
Countries ranked near China
- 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 China
- Standard Deviation, annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2025)
- Standard Deviation 0.279 °C (2025)
- Temperature change 1.92 °C (2025)
- Wood-based panels — Production, annual growth rate 5.29 % change on previous year (2024)
- Total greenhouse gas emissions excluding LULUCF (Mt CO2e), annual 0.8065 % change on previous year (2024)
- Total greenhouse gas emissions excluding LULUCF (Mt CO2e), per unit 0 Mt CO2e per US$ of GDP (2024)
- Total greenhouse gas emissions excluding LULUCF (Mt CO2e), per capita 0 Mt CO2e per person (2024)
- Methane (CH4) emissions from Agriculture (Mt CO2e), annual growth rate -0.2517 % change on previous year (2024)
- Methane (CH4) emissions from Agriculture (Mt CO2e), per unit of GDP 0 Mt CO2e per US$ of GDP (2024)
- Methane (CH4) emissions from Agriculture (Mt CO2e), per capita 0 Mt CO2e per person (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is artificial surfaces (including urban and associated areas) — area in China?
- Artificial surfaces (including urban and associated areas) — area in China was 25,312 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 China?
- The highest recorded value was 25,312 1000 ha in 2019.
- What is the lowest artificial surfaces (including urban and associated areas) — area recorded in China?
- The lowest recorded value was 25,013 1000 ha in 2015.
- How does China rank for artificial surfaces (including urban and associated areas) — area?
- China ranks 1st out of 197 countries with data for 2019.
- Where does this China 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.