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

Comoros ranks 174th out of 213 countries with data for 2019.

Where does this Comoros 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 Comoros

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

Comoros: Artificial surfaces (including urban and associated areas) — Area was 5.88 1000 ha in 2019. ▬ Flat

Latest (2019)

5.88 1000 ha

Change on year

unchanged

World rank

174th

of 213 countries

All-time high

5.88 1000 ha

in 2018

All-time low

5.83 1000 ha

in 2015

Years of data

2015–2019

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

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

Analysis

Comoros recorded 5.88 1000 ha for artificial surfaces (including urban and associated areas) — area in 2019. That is the highest value across all 5 years on record.

That represents a change of up 0.9% over five years.

Comoros ranks 174th of 213 countries on this measure, in the bottom quarter.

Countries ranked near Comoros

171 Belize 7.76 1000 ha compare
172 New Caledonia 6.83 1000 ha compare
173 United States Virgin Islands 6.02 1000 ha compare
175 Channel Islands 5.87 1000 ha compare
176 French Guiana 5.81 1000 ha compare
177 Saint Lucia 4.61 1000 ha compare

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More environment data for Comoros

Land area equipped for irrigation — Share in Cropland 0.1 % (2024)
Land area equipped for irrigation — Area 0.13 1000 ha (2024)
Permanent meadows and pastures — Share in Land area 8.02 % (2024)
Permanent meadows and pastures — Share in Agricultural land 10.17 % (2024)
Permanent meadows and pastures — Area 15 1000 ha (2024)
Permanent crops — Share in Agricultural land 52.32 % (2024)
Permanent crops — Area 77.19 1000 ha (2024)
Arable land — Share in Agricultural land 37.52 % (2024)
Arable land — Area 55.35 1000 ha (2024)
Cropland — Area per capita 0.15 ha/cap (2024)

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Frequently asked questions

What is artificial surfaces (including urban and associated areas) — area in Comoros?: Artificial surfaces (including urban and associated areas) — area in Comoros was 5.88 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 Comoros?: The highest recorded value was 5.88 1000 ha in 2018.
What is the lowest artificial surfaces (including urban and associated areas) — area recorded in Comoros?: The lowest recorded value was 5.83 1000 ha in 2015.
How does Comoros rank for artificial surfaces (including urban and associated areas) — area?: Comoros ranks 174th out of 213 countries with data for 2019.
Where does this Comoros 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.