How does Caribbean rank for artificial surfaces (including urban and associated areas) — area?

Caribbean ranks 34th out of 240 countries with data for 2024.

Is artificial surfaces (including urban and associated areas) — area rising or falling in Caribbean?

Over the last ten years it is up 1.1%. The long-run trend across the full record is flat.

Where does this Caribbean 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.

Artificial surfaces (including urban and associated areas) — Area in Caribbean

Name: Artificial surfaces (including urban and associated areas) — Area in Caribbean
Creator: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations
License: CC BY-NC-SA 3.0 IGO (FAO)

Caribbean: Artificial surfaces (including urban and associated areas) — Area was 501.64 1000 ha in 2024. ▬ Flat

Latest (2024)

501.64 1000 ha

Change on year

down 0.1%

World rank

34th

of 240 countries

All-time high

502.15 1000 ha

in 2023

All-time low

484.11 1000 ha

in 2001

Years of data

2001–2024

Artificial surfaces (including urban and associated areas) — Area in Caribbean, 2001–2024

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

Analysis

Caribbean recorded 501.64 1000 ha for artificial surfaces (including urban and associated areas) — area in 2024.

The figure is down 0.1% on the previous year and up 1.1% over ten years.

Over the whole period, artificial surfaces (including urban and associated areas) — area in Caribbean peaked at 502.15 1000 ha in 2023 and was at its lowest, 484.11 1000 ha, in 2001.

Caribbean ranks 34th of 240 countries on this measure, in the top quarter.

Averages by decade

Decade	Average	Lowest	Highest	Years
2000s	490.6 1000 ha	484.11 1000 ha	493.46 1000 ha	9
2010s	496.79 1000 ha	493.96 1000 ha	500.62 1000 ha	10
2020s	501.5 1000 ha	500.62 1000 ha	502.15 1000 ha	5

Countries ranked near Caribbean

31 Peru 535.44 1000 ha compare
32 Malaysia 528.94 1000 ha compare
33 Netherlands (Kingdom of the) 503.77 1000 ha compare
35 Saudi Arabia 494.7 1000 ha compare
36 Chile 469.02 1000 ha compare
37 Colombia 433.19 1000 ha compare

See the full ranking of 269 places →

More environment data for Caribbean

Agricultural land — Value of agricultural production (Int. $) per Area 1,207 USD_PPP/ha (2024)
Arable land — Area 5,246 1000 ha (2024)
Cropland — Area per capita 0.15 ha/cap (2024)
Cropland — Share in Land area 29.81 % (2024)
Cropland — Share in Agricultural land 57.71 % (2024)
Cropland — Area 6,641 1000 ha (2024)
Agricultural land — Area 11,507 1000 ha (2024)
Land area — Area 22,277 1000 ha (2024)
Agriculture — Area 11,108 1000 ha (2024)
Land area equipped for irrigation — Share in Cropland 17.31 % (2024)

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Frequently asked questions

What is artificial surfaces (including urban and associated areas) — area in Caribbean?: Artificial surfaces (including urban and associated areas) — area in Caribbean was 501.64 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 Caribbean?: The highest recorded value was 502.15 1000 ha in 2023.
What is the lowest artificial surfaces (including urban and associated areas) — area recorded in Caribbean?: The lowest recorded value was 484.11 1000 ha in 2001.
How does Caribbean rank for artificial surfaces (including urban and associated areas) — area?: Caribbean ranks 34th out of 240 countries with data for 2024.
Is artificial surfaces (including urban and associated areas) — area rising or falling in Caribbean?: Over the last ten years it is up 1.1%. The long-run trend across the full record is flat.
Where does this Caribbean 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

Indicator: Artificial surfaces (including urban and associated areas) — 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: 12 August 2026

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.