Artificial surfaces (including urban and associated areas) — Area in Americas
Americas: Artificial surfaces (including urban and associated areas) — Area was 26,302 1000 ha in 2024. ▬ Flat
Artificial surfaces (including urban and associated areas) — Area in Americas, 2001–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in 1000 ha.
Analysis
In 2024, artificial surfaces (including urban and associated areas) — area in Americas stood at 26,302 1000 ha. That is the highest value across all 24 years on record.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 0.1% on the previous year and up 1.2% over ten years.
Over the whole period, artificial surfaces (including urban and associated areas) — area in Americas peaked at 26,302 1000 ha in 2024 and was at its lowest, 25,468 1000 ha, in 2001.
Americas ranks 2nd of 26 groups on this measure, in the top 10%.
Artificial surfaces (including urban and associated areas) — Area in Americas, year by year
| Year | 1000 ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2001 | 25,468 1000 ha | — |
| 2002 | 25,564 1000 ha | +0.4% |
| 2003 | 25,597 1000 ha | +0.1% |
| 2004 | 25,629 1000 ha | +0.1% |
| 2005 | 25,678 1000 ha | +0.2% |
| 2006 | 25,729 1000 ha | +0.2% |
| 2007 | 25,772 1000 ha | +0.2% |
| 2008 | 25,808 1000 ha | +0.1% |
| 2009 | 25,836 1000 ha | +0.1% |
| 2010 | 25,872 1000 ha | +0.1% |
| 2011 | 25,906 1000 ha | +0.1% |
| 2012 | 25,937 1000 ha | +0.1% |
| 2013 | 25,954 1000 ha | +0.1% |
| 2014 | 25,983 1000 ha | +0.1% |
| 2015 | 26,022 1000 ha | +0.1% |
| 2016 | 26,048 1000 ha | +0.1% |
| 2017 | 26,074 1000 ha | +0.1% |
| 2018 | 26,106 1000 ha | +0.1% |
| 2019 | 26,142 1000 ha | +0.1% |
| 2020 | 26,172 1000 ha | +0.1% |
| 2021 | 26,205 1000 ha | +0.1% |
| 2022 | 26,241 1000 ha | +0.1% |
| 2023 | 26,278 1000 ha | +0.1% |
| 2024 | 26,302 1000 ha | +0.1% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 25,676 1000 ha | 25,468 1000 ha | 25,836 1000 ha | 9 |
| 2010s | 26,004 1000 ha | 25,872 1000 ha | 26,142 1000 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 26,239 1000 ha | 26,172 1000 ha | 26,302 1000 ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near Americas
More environment data for Americas
- Standard Deviation, annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2025)
- Temperature change 1.95 °C (2025)
- Standard Deviation 0.303 °C (2025)
- Value Added (Agriculture, Forestry and Fishing) — Annual growth US$ 2.72 % (2024)
- Wood fuel, coniferous — Production 78.58 million m3 (2024)
- Wood fuel, non-coniferous — Production 263.00 million m3 (2024)
- Value Added (Agriculture, Forestry and Fishing) — Share of GDP US$ 1.73 % (2024)
- Value Added (Agriculture, Forestry and Fishing) — Value US$, 2015 525,862 million USD (2024)
- Value Added (Agriculture, Forestry and Fishing) — Share of GDP US$ 1.74 % (2024)
- Wood fuel — Production 341.57 million m3 (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is artificial surfaces (including urban and associated areas) — area in Americas?
- Artificial surfaces (including urban and associated areas) — area in Americas was 26,302 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) — area recorded in Americas?
- The highest recorded value was 26,302 1000 ha in 2024.
- What is the lowest artificial surfaces (including urban and associated areas) — area recorded in Americas?
- The lowest recorded value was 25,468 1000 ha in 2001.
- How does Americas rank for artificial surfaces (including urban and associated areas) — area?
- Americas ranks 2nd out of 26 groups with data for 2024.
- Is artificial surfaces (including urban and associated areas) — area rising or falling in Americas?
- Over the last ten years it is up 1.2%. The long-run trend across the full record is flat.
- Where does this Americas 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 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 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.