Artificial surfaces (including urban and associated areas) — Area in Comoros
Comoros: Artificial surfaces (including urban and associated areas) — Area was 0.28 1000 ha in 2024. ◆ Volatile
Artificial surfaces (including urban and associated areas) — Area in Comoros, 2001–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in 1000 ha.
Analysis
In 2024, artificial surfaces (including urban and associated areas) — area in Comoros stood at 0.28 1000 ha. That is the highest value across all 24 years on record.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 154.5% over ten years.
Over the whole period, artificial surfaces (including urban and associated areas) — area in Comoros peaked at 0.28 1000 ha in 2023 and was at its lowest, 0.06 1000 ha, in 2001.
Comoros ranks 193rd of 223 countries on this measure, in the bottom quarter.
The series is highly variable year to year, so single readings are best treated with caution.
Artificial surfaces (including urban and associated areas) — Area in Comoros, year by year
| Year | 1000 ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2001 | 0.06 1000 ha | — |
| 2002 | 0.06 1000 ha | +0.0% |
| 2003 | 0.06 1000 ha | +0.0% |
| 2004 | 0.06 1000 ha | +0.0% |
| 2005 | 0.06 1000 ha | +0.0% |
| 2006 | 0.06 1000 ha | +0.0% |
| 2007 | 0.06 1000 ha | +0.0% |
| 2008 | 0.06 1000 ha | +0.0% |
| 2009 | 0.06 1000 ha | +0.0% |
| 2010 | 0.09 1000 ha | +50.0% |
| 2011 | 0.09 1000 ha | +0.0% |
| 2012 | 0.09 1000 ha | +0.0% |
| 2013 | 0.09 1000 ha | +0.0% |
| 2014 | 0.11 1000 ha | +22.2% |
| 2015 | 0.13 1000 ha | +18.2% |
| 2016 | 0.13 1000 ha | +0.0% |
| 2017 | 0.13 1000 ha | +0.0% |
| 2018 | 0.13 1000 ha | +0.0% |
| 2019 | 0.13 1000 ha | +0.0% |
| 2020 | 0.17 1000 ha | +30.8% |
| 2021 | 0.19 1000 ha | +11.8% |
| 2022 | 0.21 1000 ha | +10.5% |
| 2023 | 0.28 1000 ha | +33.3% |
| 2024 | 0.28 1000 ha | +0.0% |
Comoros compared with similar countries
- Comoros's 0.28 1000 ha is below the median for lower middle income countries, which is 52.62 1000 ha, 1% of the median. (41 countries reporting)
- Comoros's 0.28 1000 ha is below the median for Sub-Saharan Africa, which is 37.07 1000 ha, 1% of the median. (44 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 0.06 1000 ha | 0.06 1000 ha | 0.06 1000 ha | 9 |
| 2010s | 0.112 1000 ha | 0.09 1000 ha | 0.13 1000 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 0.226 1000 ha | 0.17 1000 ha | 0.28 1000 ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near Comoros
- 190 Vanuatu 0.41 1000 ha compare
- 191 Turks and Caicos Islands 0.36 1000 ha compare
- 192 Gibraltar 0.32 1000 ha compare
- 194 Mayotte 0.24 1000 ha compare
- 194 Sao Tome and Principe 0.24 1000 ha compare
- 196 British Virgin Islands 0.21 1000 ha compare
- 196 Maldives 0.21 1000 ha compare
More environment data for Comoros
- Historical exposure to drought — Land soil moisture anomaly -9.29 Percentage change (2025)
- Historical exposure to drought — Cropland soil moisture anomaly -6.9 Percentage change (2025)
- Standard Deviation, annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2025)
- Standard Deviation 0.264 °C (2025)
- Temperature change 1.59 °C (2025)
- Total greenhouse gas emissions excluding LULUCF (Mt CO2e), annual 1.33 % 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 % change on previous year (2024)
- Methane (CH4) emissions from Agriculture (Mt CO2e), per unit of GDP 0 Mt CO2e per US$ of GDP (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is artificial surfaces (including urban and associated areas) — area in Comoros?
- Artificial surfaces (including urban and associated areas) — area in Comoros was 0.28 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 Comoros?
- The highest recorded value was 0.28 1000 ha in 2023.
- What is the lowest artificial surfaces (including urban and associated areas) — area recorded in Comoros?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.06 1000 ha in 2001.
- How does Comoros rank for artificial surfaces (including urban and associated areas) — area?
- Comoros ranks 193rd out of 223 countries with data for 2024.
- Is artificial surfaces (including urban and associated areas) — area rising or falling in Comoros?
- Over the last ten years it is up 154.5%. The long-run trend across the full record is volatile.
- Where does this Comoros 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.