Artificial surfaces (including urban and associated areas) β Area in Afghanistan
Afghanistan: Artificial surfaces (including urban and associated areas) β Area was 119.96 1000 ha in 2024. β¬ Flat
Artificial surfaces (including urban and associated areas) β Area in Afghanistan, 2001β2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in 1000 ha.
Analysis
The most recent figure for artificial surfaces (including urban and associated areas) β area in Afghanistan is 119.96 1000 ha, measured in 2024. That is the highest value across all 24 years on record.
That represents a change of up 0.5% over ten years.
Over the whole period, artificial surfaces (including urban and associated areas) β area in Afghanistan peaked at 119.96 1000 ha in 2024 and was at its lowest, 118.63 1000 ha, in 2001.
That places Afghanistan 70th out of 218 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the middle of the range.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 118.7 1000 ha | 118.63 1000 ha | 118.76 1000 ha | 9 |
| 2010s | 119.3 1000 ha | 118.82 1000 ha | 119.53 1000 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 119.82 1000 ha | 119.66 1000 ha | 119.96 1000 ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near Afghanistan
- 67 New Zealand 131.44 1000 ha compare
- 68 Israel 129.42 1000 ha compare
- 69 Puerto Rico 129.31 1000 ha compare
- 71 Somalia 117.87 1000 ha compare
- 72 Yemen 116.56 1000 ha compare
- 73 Bangladesh 116.53 1000 ha compare
More environment data for Afghanistan
- Standard Deviation, annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2025)
- Standard Deviation 0.547 Β°C (2025)
- Temperature change 1.96 Β°C (2025)
- Other paper and paperboard, not elsewhere specified β Import value 4 1000 USD (2024)
- Other paper and paperboard, not elsewhere specified β Import quantity 1 t (2024)
- Other paper and paperboard β Export value 30 1000 USD (2024)
- Other paper and paperboard β Export quantity 18 t (2024)
- Other paper and paperboard β Import value 15,287 1000 USD (2024)
- Other paper and paperboard β Import quantity 12,694 t (2024)
- Printing and writing papers β Import value 1,828 1000 USD (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is artificial surfaces (including urban and associated areas) β area in Afghanistan?
- Artificial surfaces (including urban and associated areas) β area in Afghanistan was 119.96 1000 ha in 2024, 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 Afghanistan?
- The highest recorded value was 119.96 1000 ha in 2024.
- What is the lowest artificial surfaces (including urban and associated areas) β area recorded in Afghanistan?
- The lowest recorded value was 118.63 1000 ha in 2001.
- How does Afghanistan rank for artificial surfaces (including urban and associated areas) β area?
- Afghanistan ranks 70th out of 218 countries with data for 2024.
- Is artificial surfaces (including urban and associated areas) β area rising or falling in Afghanistan?
- Over the last ten years it is up 0.5%. The long-run trend across the full record is flat.
- Where does this Afghanistan 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 MODIS. 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 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.