Artificial surfaces (including urban and associated areas) β€” Area in Singapore

Singapore: Artificial surfaces (including urban and associated areas) β€” Area was 29.88 1000 ha in 2019. β–¬ Flat

Latest (2019)
29.88 1000 ha
Change on year
up 0.4%
World rank
131st
of 195 countries
All-time high
29.88 1000 ha
in 2019
All-time low
29.43 1000 ha
in 2015
Years of data
5
2015–2019

Artificial surfaces (including urban and associated areas) β€” Area in Singapore, 2015–2019

01020302015201720192015: 29.4 1000 ha2016: 29.6 1000 ha2017: 29.7 1000 ha2018: 29.8 1000 ha2019: 29.9 1000 ha

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

Analysis

In 2019, artificial surfaces (including urban and associated areas) β€” area in Singapore stood at 29.88 1000 ha. That is the highest value across all 5 years on record.

That represents a change of up 0.4% on the previous year and up 1.5% over five years.

Singapore ranks 131st of 195 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.

Countries ranked near Singapore

  1. 128 Qatar 42.12 1000 ha compare
  2. 129 Trinidad and Tobago 38.97 1000 ha compare
  3. 130 Gabon 34.93 1000 ha compare
  4. 132 Mauritania, Islamic Republic of 29.67 1000 ha compare
  5. 133 Somalia 28.37 1000 ha compare
  6. 134 Gambia, The 27 1000 ha compare

See the full ranking of 241 places β†’

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Frequently asked questions

What is artificial surfaces (including urban and associated areas) β€” area in Singapore?
Artificial surfaces (including urban and associated areas) β€” area in Singapore was 29.88 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) β€” area recorded in Singapore?
The highest recorded value was 29.88 1000 ha in 2019.
What is the lowest artificial surfaces (including urban and associated areas) β€” area recorded in Singapore?
The lowest recorded value was 29.43 1000 ha in 2015.
How does Singapore rank for artificial surfaces (including urban and associated areas) β€” area?
Singapore ranks 131st out of 195 countries with data for 2019.
Where does this Singapore 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) β€” Area from CGLS. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.

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Indicator
Artificial surfaces (including urban and associated areas) β€” 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

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 UniversitΓ© 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.