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

Sri Lanka ranks 67th out of 195 countries with data for 2019.

Where does this Sri Lanka 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 Sri Lanka

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

Sri Lanka: Artificial surfaces (including urban and associated areas) — Area was 184.88 1000 ha in 2019. ▬ Flat

Latest (2019)

184.88 1000 ha

Change on year

up 0.9%

World rank

67th

of 195 countries

All-time high

184.88 1000 ha

in 2019

All-time low

180.46 1000 ha

in 2015

Years of data

2015–2019

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

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

Analysis

Sri Lanka recorded 184.88 1000 ha for artificial surfaces (including urban and associated areas) — area in 2019. That is the highest value across all 5 years on record.

Compared with earlier readings it is up 0.9% on the previous year and up 2.4% over five years.

Sri Lanka ranks 67th of 195 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.

Countries ranked near Sri Lanka

64 Burkina Faso 200.39 1000 ha compare
65 Malawi 194.47 1000 ha compare
66 Kenya 190.86 1000 ha compare
68 Croatia, Republic of 179.4 1000 ha compare
69 Uganda 177.43 1000 ha compare
70 Tajikistan, Republic of 176.02 1000 ha compare

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More environment data for Sri Lanka

Standard Deviation, annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2025)
Standard Deviation 0.207 °C (2025)
Temperature change 0.849 °C (2025)
Recovered paper — Production 170,000 t (2024)
Total fibre furnish — Production 191,100 t (2024)
Other paper and paperboard, not elsewhere specified — Import value 6,821 1000 USD (2024)
Other paper and paperboard, not elsewhere specified — Import quantity 1,347 t (2024)
Other paper and paperboard — Export value 8,527 1000 USD (2024)
Other paper and paperboard — Export quantity 18,186 t (2024)
Other paper and paperboard — Import value 170,769 1000 USD (2024)

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Frequently asked questions

What is artificial surfaces (including urban and associated areas) — area in Sri Lanka?: Artificial surfaces (including urban and associated areas) — area in Sri Lanka was 184.88 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 Sri Lanka?: The highest recorded value was 184.88 1000 ha in 2019.
What is the lowest artificial surfaces (including urban and associated areas) — area recorded in Sri Lanka?: The lowest recorded value was 180.46 1000 ha in 2015.
How does Sri Lanka rank for artificial surfaces (including urban and associated areas) — area?: Sri Lanka ranks 67th out of 195 countries with data for 2019.
Where does this Sri Lanka 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.