Artificial surfaces (including urban and associated areas) β€” Area in British Virgin Islands

British Virgin Islands: Artificial surfaces (including urban and associated areas) β€” Area was 0.21 1000 ha in 2024. β–Ό Falling

Latest (2024)
0.21 1000 ha
Change on year
unchanged
World rank
194th
of 218 countries
All-time high
0.24 1000 ha
in 2002
All-time low
0.17 1000 ha
in 2021
Years of data
24
2001–2024

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

00.050.10.150.20.252001201220242001: 0.21 1000 ha2002: 0.24 1000 ha2003: 0.24 1000 ha2004: 0.21 1000 ha2005: 0.21 1000 ha2006: 0.21 1000 ha2007: 0.21 1000 ha2008: 0.21 1000 ha2009: 0.24 1000 ha2010: 0.24 1000 ha2011: 0.21 1000 ha2012: 0.21 1000 ha2013: 0.21 1000 ha2014: 0.24 1000 ha2015: 0.24 1000 ha2016: 0.24 1000 ha2017: 0.24 1000 ha2018: 0.21 1000 ha2019: 0.21 1000 ha2020: 0.21 1000 ha2021: 0.17 1000 ha2022: 0.17 1000 ha2023: 0.21 1000 ha2024: 0.21 1000 ha

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

Analysis

In 2024, artificial surfaces (including urban and associated areas) β€” area in British Virgin Islands stood at 0.21 1000 ha.

That represents a change of down 12.5% over ten years.

Over the whole period, artificial surfaces (including urban and associated areas) β€” area in British Virgin Islands peaked at 0.24 1000 ha in 2002 and was at its lowest, 0.17 1000 ha, in 2021.

That places British Virgin Islands 194th out of 218 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the bottom quarter.

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

Averages by decade

DecadeAverage LowestHighest Years
2000s 0.22 1000 ha 0.21 1000 ha 0.24 1000 ha 9
2010s 0.225 1000 ha 0.21 1000 ha 0.24 1000 ha 10
2020s 0.194 1000 ha 0.17 1000 ha 0.21 1000 ha 5

Countries ranked near British Virgin Islands

  1. 191 Gibraltar 0.32 1000 ha compare
  2. 192 Comoros, Union of the 0.28 1000 ha compare
  3. 193 SΓ£o TomΓ© and PrΓ­ncipe, Democratic Republic of 0.24 1000 ha compare
  4. 194 Maldives 0.21 1000 ha compare
  5. 196 Northern Mariana Islands 0.09 1000 ha compare
  6. 197 Ascension, Saint Helena and Tristan da Cunha 0.06 1000 ha compare
  7. 197 St. Pierre and Miquelon 0.06 1000 ha compare
  8. 197 Seychelles 0.06 1000 ha compare

See the full ranking of 269 places β†’

More environment data for British Virgin Islands

All data for British Virgin Islands β†’

Frequently asked questions

What is artificial surfaces (including urban and associated areas) β€” area in British Virgin Islands?
Artificial surfaces (including urban and associated areas) β€” area in British Virgin Islands was 0.21 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 British Virgin Islands?
The highest recorded value was 0.24 1000 ha in 2002.
What is the lowest artificial surfaces (including urban and associated areas) β€” area recorded in British Virgin Islands?
The lowest recorded value was 0.17 1000 ha in 2021.
How does British Virgin Islands rank for artificial surfaces (including urban and associated areas) β€” area?
British Virgin Islands ranks 194th out of 218 countries with data for 2024.
Is artificial surfaces (including urban and associated areas) β€” area rising or falling in British Virgin Islands?
Over the last ten years it is down 12.5%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
Where does this British Virgin Islands 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
Last refreshed

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.