Artificial surfaces (including urban and associated areas) — Area in Eastern Asia
Eastern Asia: Artificial surfaces (including urban and associated areas) — Area was 20,579 1000 ha in 2024. ▲ Rising
Artificial surfaces (including urban and associated areas) — Area in Eastern Asia, 2001–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in 1000 ha.
Analysis
The most recent figure for artificial surfaces (including urban and associated areas) — area in Eastern Asia is 20,579 1000 ha, measured in 2024. That is the highest value across all 24 years on record.
The figure is up 0.1% on the previous year and up 5.4% over ten years.
Over the whole period, artificial surfaces (including urban and associated areas) — area in Eastern Asia peaked at 20,579 1000 ha in 2024 and was at its lowest, 17,813 1000 ha, in 2001.
Eastern Asia ranks 3rd of 26 groups on this measure, in the top 10%.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 24 years of available data.
Artificial surfaces (including urban and associated areas) — Area in Eastern Asia, year by year
| Year | 1000 ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2001 | 17,813 1000 ha | — |
| 2002 | 17,964 1000 ha | +0.8% |
| 2003 | 18,099 1000 ha | +0.7% |
| 2004 | 18,222 1000 ha | +0.7% |
| 2005 | 18,320 1000 ha | +0.5% |
| 2006 | 18,450 1000 ha | +0.7% |
| 2007 | 18,568 1000 ha | +0.6% |
| 2008 | 18,660 1000 ha | +0.5% |
| 2009 | 18,819 1000 ha | +0.9% |
| 2010 | 18,937 1000 ha | +0.6% |
| 2011 | 19,082 1000 ha | +0.8% |
| 2012 | 19,205 1000 ha | +0.6% |
| 2013 | 19,346 1000 ha | +0.7% |
| 2014 | 19,520 1000 ha | +0.9% |
| 2015 | 19,679 1000 ha | +0.8% |
| 2016 | 19,790 1000 ha | +0.6% |
| 2017 | 19,910 1000 ha | +0.6% |
| 2018 | 20,024 1000 ha | +0.6% |
| 2019 | 20,187 1000 ha | +0.8% |
| 2020 | 20,338 1000 ha | +0.7% |
| 2021 | 20,444 1000 ha | +0.5% |
| 2022 | 20,507 1000 ha | +0.3% |
| 2023 | 20,560 1000 ha | +0.3% |
| 2024 | 20,579 1000 ha | +0.1% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 18,324 1000 ha | 17,813 1000 ha | 18,819 1000 ha | 9 |
| 2010s | 19,568 1000 ha | 18,937 1000 ha | 20,187 1000 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 20,485 1000 ha | 20,338 1000 ha | 20,579 1000 ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near Eastern Asia
- 1 China 16,225 1000 ha compare
- 2 China, mainland 15,855 1000 ha compare
- 2 Türkiye 1,027 1000 ha compare
- 3 Brazil 4,060 1000 ha compare
- 3 Iran (Islamic Republic of) 928.32 1000 ha compare
- 4 India 3,952 1000 ha compare
- 5 Japan 3,409 1000 ha compare
- 5 Viet Nam 576.34 1000 ha compare
- 6 Russian Federation 3,155 1000 ha compare
- 6 Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of) 555.49 1000 ha compare
More environment data for Eastern Asia
- Standard Deviation, annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2025)
- Historical exposure to drought — Land soil moisture anomaly -2.3 Percentage change (2025)
- Historical exposure to drought — Cropland soil moisture anomaly -2 Percentage change (2025)
- Standard Deviation 0.309 °C (2025)
- Temperature change 1.98 °C (2025)
- Total fibre furnish — Production 137.56 million t (2024)
- Recovered paper — Production 98.06 million t (2024)
- Paper and paperboard — Production 173.25 million t (2024)
- Other paper and paperboard — Production 137.00 million t (2024)
- Nutrient phosphate P2O5 (total) — Use per area of cropland 68.03 kg/ha (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is artificial surfaces (including urban and associated areas) — area in Eastern Asia?
- Artificial surfaces (including urban and associated areas) — area in Eastern Asia was 20,579 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 Eastern Asia?
- The highest recorded value was 20,579 1000 ha in 2024.
- What is the lowest artificial surfaces (including urban and associated areas) — area recorded in Eastern Asia?
- The lowest recorded value was 17,813 1000 ha in 2001.
- How does Eastern Asia rank for artificial surfaces (including urban and associated areas) — area?
- Eastern Asia ranks 3rd out of 26 groups with data for 2024.
- Is artificial surfaces (including urban and associated areas) — area rising or falling in Eastern Asia?
- Over the last ten years it is up 5.4%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Eastern Asia 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.