Artificial surfaces (including urban and associated areas) — Area in Greenland
Greenland: Artificial surfaces (including urban and associated areas) — Area was 1.11 1000 ha in 2019. ▬ Flat
Artificial surfaces (including urban and associated areas) — Area in Greenland, 2015–2019
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 Greenland stood at 1.11 1000 ha. That is the highest value across all 5 years on record.
The figure is up 0.9% over five years.
That places Greenland 181st out of 197 countries with data for 2019, putting it in the bottom quarter.
Artificial surfaces (including urban and associated areas) — Area in Greenland, year by year
| Year | 1000 ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2015 | 1.1 1000 ha | — |
| 2016 | 1.1 1000 ha | +0.0% |
| 2017 | 1.1 1000 ha | +0.0% |
| 2018 | 1.11 1000 ha | +0.9% |
| 2019 | 1.11 1000 ha | +0.0% |
Greenland compared with similar countries
- Greenland's 1.11 1000 ha is below the median for high income countries, which is 66.64 1000 ha, 2% of the median. (67 countries reporting)
- Greenland's 1.11 1000 ha is below the median for Europe & Central Asia, which is 177.71 1000 ha, 1% of the median. (50 countries reporting)
Countries ranked near Greenland
- 178 Bhutan 1.58 1000 ha compare
- 178 Dominica 1.58 1000 ha compare
- 180 Liechtenstein 1.43 1000 ha compare
- 182 British Virgin Islands 0.9 1000 ha compare
- 183 Mayotte 0.87 1000 ha compare
- 184 San Marino 0.78 1000 ha compare
More environment data for Greenland
- Historical exposure to drought — Land soil moisture anomaly 0.3961 Percentage change (2025)
- Standard Deviation, annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2025)
- Standard Deviation 0.605 °C (2025)
- Temperature change 2.17 °C (2025)
- Nutrient potash K2O (total) — Agricultural Use 1 t (2024)
- Value Added (Agriculture, Forestry and Fishing) — Annual growth US$ 1.82 % (2024)
- Nutrient potash K2O (total) — Use per capita 0.02 kg/cap (2024)
- Country area — Area 41,045 1000 ha (2024)
- Value Added (Agriculture, Forestry and Fishing) — Share of GDP 24.29 % (2024)
- Value Added (Agriculture, Forestry and Fishing) — Share of GDP 17.66 % (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is artificial surfaces (including urban and associated areas) — area in Greenland?
- Artificial surfaces (including urban and associated areas) — area in Greenland was 1.11 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 Greenland?
- The highest recorded value was 1.11 1000 ha in 2018.
- What is the lowest artificial surfaces (including urban and associated areas) — area recorded in Greenland?
- The lowest recorded value was 1.1 1000 ha in 2015.
- How does Greenland rank for artificial surfaces (including urban and associated areas) — area?
- Greenland ranks 181st out of 197 countries with data for 2019.
- Where does this Greenland 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.