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

Bangladesh: Artificial surfaces (including urban and associated areas) β€” Area was 116.53 1000 ha in 2024. β–² Rising

Latest (2024)
116.53 1000 ha
Change on year
up 0.9%
World rank
73rd
of 218 countries
All-time high
116.53 1000 ha
in 2024
All-time low
101.22 1000 ha
in 2001
Years of data
24
2001–2024

Artificial surfaces (including urban and associated areas) β€” Area in Bangladesh, 2001–2024

02550751001252001201220242001: 101.2 1000 ha2002: 101.9 1000 ha2003: 102.2 1000 ha2004: 102.7 1000 ha2005: 102.9 1000 ha2006: 103.3 1000 ha2007: 103.8 1000 ha2008: 104.2 1000 ha2009: 104.7 1000 ha2010: 105.3 1000 ha2011: 105.7 1000 ha2012: 106.3 1000 ha2013: 106.6 1000 ha2014: 107.1 1000 ha2015: 107.5 1000 ha2016: 107.9 1000 ha2017: 108.7 1000 ha2018: 109.7 1000 ha2019: 110.8 1000 ha2020: 111.6 1000 ha2021: 112.5 1000 ha2022: 113.2 1000 ha2023: 115.5 1000 ha2024: 116.5 1000 ha

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

Analysis

Bangladesh recorded 116.53 1000 ha for artificial surfaces (including urban and associated areas) β€” area in 2024. That is the highest value across all 24 years on record.

Compared with earlier readings it is up 0.9% on the previous year and up 8.8% over ten years.

Over the whole period, artificial surfaces (including urban and associated areas) β€” area in Bangladesh peaked at 116.53 1000 ha in 2024 and was at its lowest, 101.22 1000 ha, in 2001.

That places Bangladesh 73rd out of 218 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the middle of the range.

The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 24 years of available data.

Averages by decade

DecadeAverage LowestHighest Years
2000s 102.99 1000 ha 101.22 1000 ha 104.67 1000 ha 9
2010s 107.56 1000 ha 105.33 1000 ha 110.81 1000 ha 10
2020s 113.86 1000 ha 111.59 1000 ha 116.53 1000 ha 5

Countries ranked near Bangladesh

  1. 70 Afghanistan, Islamic Republic of 119.96 1000 ha compare
  2. 71 Somalia 117.87 1000 ha compare
  3. 72 Yemen, Republic of 116.56 1000 ha compare
  4. 74 Uruguay 111.55 1000 ha compare
  5. 75 Angola 110.76 1000 ha compare
  6. 76 Denmark 109.11 1000 ha compare

See the full ranking of 269 places β†’

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Frequently asked questions

What is artificial surfaces (including urban and associated areas) β€” area in Bangladesh?
Artificial surfaces (including urban and associated areas) β€” area in Bangladesh was 116.53 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 Bangladesh?
The highest recorded value was 116.53 1000 ha in 2024.
What is the lowest artificial surfaces (including urban and associated areas) β€” area recorded in Bangladesh?
The lowest recorded value was 101.22 1000 ha in 2001.
How does Bangladesh rank for artificial surfaces (including urban and associated areas) β€” area?
Bangladesh ranks 73rd out of 218 countries with data for 2024.
Is artificial surfaces (including urban and associated areas) β€” area rising or falling in Bangladesh?
Over the last ten years it is up 8.8%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
Where does this Bangladesh 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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Indicator
Artificial surfaces (including urban and associated areas) β€” Area from MODIS
Unit
1000 ha
Source
Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations
Licence
CC BY-NC-SA 3.0 IGO (FAO)
Coverage
269 places, 6,390 data points, 2001–2024
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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.