Artificial surfaces (including urban and associated areas) — Area in Argentina
Argentina: Artificial surfaces (including urban and associated areas) — Area was 1,761 1000 ha in 2024. ▬ Flat
Artificial surfaces (including urban and associated areas) — Area in Argentina, 2001–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in 1000 ha.
Analysis
Argentina recorded 1,761 1000 ha for artificial surfaces (including urban and associated areas) — area in 2024. That is the highest value across all 24 years on record.
The figure is up 0.1% over ten years.
Over the whole period, artificial surfaces (including urban and associated areas) — area in Argentina peaked at 1,761 1000 ha in 2024 and was at its lowest, 1,747 1000 ha, in 2001.
That places Argentina 8th out of 223 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the top 10%.
Artificial surfaces (including urban and associated areas) — Area in Argentina, year by year
| Year | 1000 ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2001 | 1,747 1000 ha | — |
| 2002 | 1,752 1000 ha | +0.3% |
| 2003 | 1,754 1000 ha | +0.1% |
| 2004 | 1,756 1000 ha | +0.1% |
| 2005 | 1,756 1000 ha | +0.0% |
| 2006 | 1,756 1000 ha | +0.0% |
| 2007 | 1,756 1000 ha | -0.0% |
| 2008 | 1,757 1000 ha | +0.0% |
| 2009 | 1,758 1000 ha | +0.0% |
| 2010 | 1,758 1000 ha | +0.0% |
| 2011 | 1,758 1000 ha | +0.0% |
| 2012 | 1,759 1000 ha | +0.0% |
| 2013 | 1,759 1000 ha | +0.0% |
| 2014 | 1,759 1000 ha | +0.0% |
| 2015 | 1,759 1000 ha | -0.0% |
| 2016 | 1,758 1000 ha | -0.0% |
| 2017 | 1,758 1000 ha | +0.0% |
| 2018 | 1,759 1000 ha | +0.0% |
| 2019 | 1,759 1000 ha | +0.0% |
| 2020 | 1,759 1000 ha | +0.0% |
| 2021 | 1,760 1000 ha | +0.0% |
| 2022 | 1,760 1000 ha | +0.0% |
| 2023 | 1,761 1000 ha | +0.0% |
| 2024 | 1,761 1000 ha | +0.0% |
Argentina compared with similar countries
- Argentina's 1,761 1000 ha is above the median for upper middle income countries, which is 91.88 1000 ha, 19.2× the median. (52 countries reporting)
- Argentina's 1,761 1000 ha is above the median for Latin America & Caribbean, which is 32.81 1000 ha, 53.7× the median. (37 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 1,755 1000 ha | 1,747 1000 ha | 1,758 1000 ha | 9 |
| 2010s | 1,758 1000 ha | 1,758 1000 ha | 1,759 1000 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 1,760 1000 ha | 1,759 1000 ha | 1,761 1000 ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near Argentina
- 5 Japan 3,409 1000 ha compare
- 5 Viet Nam 576.34 1000 ha compare
- 6 Russian Federation 3,155 1000 ha compare
- 6 Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of) 555.49 1000 ha compare
- 7 Democratic Republic of the Congo 309.04 1000 ha compare
- 7 Germany 2,597 1000 ha compare
- 8 Syrian Arab Republic 307.14 1000 ha compare
- 9 Democratic People's Republic of Korea 228.47 1000 ha compare
- 9 Italy 1,587 1000 ha compare
- 10 Bolivia (Plurinational State of) 218.8 1000 ha compare
- 10 Indonesia 1,570 1000 ha compare
- 11 France 1,541 1000 ha compare
- 11 United Republic of Tanzania 126.01 1000 ha compare
More environment data for Argentina
- Historical exposure to drought — Land soil moisture anomaly -5.89 Percentage change (2025)
- Historical exposure to drought — Cropland soil moisture anomaly -4.78 Percentage change (2025)
- Standard Deviation, annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2025)
- Standard Deviation 0.306 °C (2025)
- Temperature change 1.03 °C (2025)
- Wood-based panels — Production, annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2024)
- Total greenhouse gas emissions excluding LULUCF (Mt CO2e), annual -0.8814 % change on previous year (2024)
- Total greenhouse gas emissions excluding LULUCF (Mt CO2e), per unit 0 Mt CO2e per US$ of GDP (2024)
- Total greenhouse gas emissions excluding LULUCF (Mt CO2e), per capita 0 Mt CO2e per person (2024)
- Methane (CH4) emissions from Agriculture (Mt CO2e), annual growth rate 0.8286 % change on previous year (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is artificial surfaces (including urban and associated areas) — area in Argentina?
- Artificial surfaces (including urban and associated areas) — area in Argentina was 1,761 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 Argentina?
- The highest recorded value was 1,761 1000 ha in 2024.
- What is the lowest artificial surfaces (including urban and associated areas) — area recorded in Argentina?
- The lowest recorded value was 1,747 1000 ha in 2001.
- How does Argentina rank for artificial surfaces (including urban and associated areas) — area?
- Argentina ranks 8th out of 223 countries with data for 2024.
- Is artificial surfaces (including urban and associated areas) — area rising or falling in Argentina?
- Over the last ten years it is up 0.1%. The long-run trend across the full record is flat.
- Where does this Argentina 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.