Artificial surfaces (including urban and associated areas) — Area in Cayman Islands
Cayman Islands: Artificial surfaces (including urban and associated areas) — Area was 1.69 1000 ha in 2024. ▬ Flat
Artificial surfaces (including urban and associated areas) — Area in Cayman Islands, 2001–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in 1000 ha.
Analysis
Cayman Islands recorded 1.69 1000 ha for artificial surfaces (including urban and associated areas) — area in 2024.
Compared with earlier readings it is down 2.3% on the previous year and down 6.1% over ten years.
Over the whole period, artificial surfaces (including urban and associated areas) — area in Cayman Islands peaked at 1.93 1000 ha in 2006 and was at its lowest, 1.67 1000 ha, in 2001.
Cayman Islands ranks 175th of 223 countries on this measure, in the bottom quarter.
Artificial surfaces (including urban and associated areas) — Area in Cayman Islands, year by year
| Year | 1000 ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2001 | 1.67 1000 ha | — |
| 2002 | 1.73 1000 ha | +3.6% |
| 2003 | 1.75 1000 ha | +1.2% |
| 2004 | 1.82 1000 ha | +4.0% |
| 2005 | 1.88 1000 ha | +3.3% |
| 2006 | 1.93 1000 ha | +2.7% |
| 2007 | 1.9 1000 ha | -1.6% |
| 2008 | 1.93 1000 ha | +1.6% |
| 2009 | 1.93 1000 ha | +0.0% |
| 2010 | 1.93 1000 ha | +0.0% |
| 2011 | 1.88 1000 ha | -2.6% |
| 2012 | 1.88 1000 ha | +0.0% |
| 2013 | 1.88 1000 ha | +0.0% |
| 2014 | 1.8 1000 ha | -4.3% |
| 2015 | 1.8 1000 ha | +0.0% |
| 2016 | 1.8 1000 ha | +0.0% |
| 2017 | 1.82 1000 ha | +1.1% |
| 2018 | 1.82 1000 ha | +0.0% |
| 2019 | 1.84 1000 ha | +1.1% |
| 2020 | 1.84 1000 ha | +0.0% |
| 2021 | 1.82 1000 ha | -1.1% |
| 2022 | 1.8 1000 ha | -1.1% |
| 2023 | 1.73 1000 ha | -3.9% |
| 2024 | 1.69 1000 ha | -2.3% |
Cayman Islands compared with similar countries
- Cayman Islands's 1.69 1000 ha is below the median for high income countries, which is 38.62 1000 ha, 4% of the median. (73 countries reporting)
- Cayman Islands's 1.69 1000 ha is below the median for Latin America & Caribbean, which is 32.81 1000 ha, 5% of the median. (37 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 1.84 1000 ha | 1.67 1000 ha | 1.93 1000 ha | 9 |
| 2010s | 1.84 1000 ha | 1.8 1000 ha | 1.93 1000 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 1.78 1000 ha | 1.69 1000 ha | 1.84 1000 ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near Cayman Islands
- 172 Bhutan 2.06 1000 ha compare
- 173 Solomon Islands 2.01 1000 ha compare
- 174 Antigua and Barbuda 1.73 1000 ha compare
- 176 Saint Lucia 1.56 1000 ha compare
- 177 Andorra 1.55 1000 ha compare
- 178 French Southern Territories 1.49 1000 ha compare
More environment data for Cayman Islands
- Historical exposure to drought — Land soil moisture anomaly -26.41 Percentage change (2025)
- Temperature change 1.64 °C (2025)
- Plywood and LVL — Import quantity 3,023 m3 (2024)
- Wood-based panels — Import value 3,045 1000 USD (2024)
- Roundwood — Export value 0 1000 USD (2024)
- Roundwood — Export quantity 0 m3 (2024)
- Roundwood — Import value 270 1000 USD (2024)
- Roundwood — Import quantity 2,591 m3 (2024)
- Primary wood and paper products (export/import) — Export value 94 1000 USD (2024)
- Primary wood and paper products (export/import) — Import value 15,653 1000 USD (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is artificial surfaces (including urban and associated areas) — area in Cayman Islands?
- Artificial surfaces (including urban and associated areas) — area in Cayman Islands was 1.69 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 Cayman Islands?
- The highest recorded value was 1.93 1000 ha in 2006.
- What is the lowest artificial surfaces (including urban and associated areas) — area recorded in Cayman Islands?
- The lowest recorded value was 1.67 1000 ha in 2001.
- How does Cayman Islands rank for artificial surfaces (including urban and associated areas) — area?
- Cayman Islands ranks 175th out of 223 countries with data for 2024.
- Is artificial surfaces (including urban and associated areas) — area rising or falling in Cayman Islands?
- Over the last ten years it is down 6.1%. The long-run trend across the full record is flat.
- Where does this Cayman 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) — 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.