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

Pakistan ranks 22nd out of 195 countries with data for 2019.

Where does this Pakistan 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 Pakistan

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

Pakistan: Artificial surfaces (including urban and associated areas) — Area was 930.49 1000 ha in 2019. ▬ Flat

Latest (2019)

930.49 1000 ha

Change on year

down 0.1%

World rank

22nd

of 195 countries

All-time high

931.22 1000 ha

in 2018

All-time low

911.33 1000 ha

in 2015

Years of data

2015–2019

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

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

Analysis

Pakistan recorded 930.49 1000 ha for artificial surfaces (including urban and associated areas) — area in 2019.

Compared with earlier readings it is down 0.1% on the previous year and up 2.1% over five years.

Pakistan ranks 22nd of 195 countries on this measure, in the top quarter.

Countries ranked near Pakistan

19 Spain 1,279 1000 ha compare
20 Australia 1,237 1000 ha compare
21 South Africa 1,082 1000 ha compare
23 Argentina 877.16 1000 ha compare
24 Uzbekistan 862.04 1000 ha compare
25 Romania 810.34 1000 ha compare

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More environment data for Pakistan

Standard Deviation, annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2025)
Standard Deviation 0.373 °C (2025)
Temperature change 1.58 °C (2025)
Recovered paper — Production 163,000 t (2024)
Total fibre furnish — Production 615,000 t (2024)
Other paper and paperboard, not elsewhere specified — Import value 8,659 1000 USD (2024)
Other paper and paperboard, not elsewhere specified — Import quantity 3,926 t (2024)
Other paper and paperboard — Export value 49,964 1000 USD (2024)
Other paper and paperboard — Export quantity 27,092 t (2024)
Other paper and paperboard — Import value 210,432 1000 USD (2024)

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Frequently asked questions

What is artificial surfaces (including urban and associated areas) — area in Pakistan?: Artificial surfaces (including urban and associated areas) — area in Pakistan was 930.49 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 Pakistan?: The highest recorded value was 931.22 1000 ha in 2018.
What is the lowest artificial surfaces (including urban and associated areas) — area recorded in Pakistan?: The lowest recorded value was 911.33 1000 ha in 2015.
How does Pakistan rank for artificial surfaces (including urban and associated areas) — area?: Pakistan ranks 22nd out of 195 countries with data for 2019.
Where does this Pakistan 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: 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.