Artificial surfaces (including urban and associated areas) — Area in India
India: Artificial surfaces (including urban and associated areas) — Area was 6,736 1000 ha in 2019. ▬ Flat
Artificial surfaces (including urban and associated areas) — Area in India, 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 India stood at 6,736 1000 ha. That is the highest value across all 5 years on record.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 0.2% on the previous year and up 0.9% over five years.
India ranks 3rd of 197 countries on this measure, in the top 10%.
Artificial surfaces (including urban and associated areas) — Area in India, year by year
| Year | 1000 ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2015 | 6,676 1000 ha | — |
| 2016 | 6,687 1000 ha | +0.2% |
| 2017 | 6,700 1000 ha | +0.2% |
| 2018 | 6,721 1000 ha | +0.3% |
| 2019 | 6,736 1000 ha | +0.2% |
India compared with similar countries
- India's 6,736 1000 ha is above the median for lower middle income countries, which is 103.64 1000 ha, 65.0× the median. (40 countries reporting)
- India's 6,736 1000 ha is above the median for South Asia, which is 184.88 1000 ha, 36.4× the median. (5 countries reporting)
Countries ranked near India
- 1 China 25,312 1000 ha compare
- 2 China, mainland 24,878 1000 ha compare
- 2 Viet Nam 1,448 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
- 5 Japan 3,912 1000 ha compare
- 6 Indonesia 3,160 1000 ha compare
- 6 United Republic of Tanzania 547.08 1000 ha compare
More environment data for India
- Historical exposure to drought — Land soil moisture anomaly 11.05 Percentage change (2025)
- Historical exposure to drought — Cropland soil moisture anomaly 12.52 Percentage change (2025)
- Standard Deviation, annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2025)
- Standard Deviation 0.254 °C (2025)
- Temperature change 0.954 °C (2025)
- Wood-based panels — Production, annual growth rate 17.18 % change on previous year (2024)
- Total greenhouse gas emissions excluding LULUCF (Mt CO2e), annual 3.92 % 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 1.12 % change on previous year (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is artificial surfaces (including urban and associated areas) — area in India?
- Artificial surfaces (including urban and associated areas) — area in India was 6,736 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 India?
- The highest recorded value was 6,736 1000 ha in 2019.
- What is the lowest artificial surfaces (including urban and associated areas) — area recorded in India?
- The lowest recorded value was 6,676 1000 ha in 2015.
- How does India rank for artificial surfaces (including urban and associated areas) — area?
- India ranks 3rd out of 197 countries with data for 2019.
- Where does this India 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.