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

Equatorial Guinea ranks 176th out of 240 countries with data for 2024.

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

Over the last ten years it is up 9.0%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.

Where does this Equatorial Guinea 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 Equatorial Guinea

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

Equatorial Guinea: Artificial surfaces (including urban and associated areas) — Area was 4.36 1000 ha in 2024. ▲ Rising

Latest (2024)

4.36 1000 ha

Change on year

unchanged

World rank

176th

of 240 countries

All-time high

4.36 1000 ha

in 2020

All-time low

2.88 1000 ha

in 2001

Years of data

2001–2024

Artificial surfaces (including urban and associated areas) — Area in Equatorial Guinea, 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 Equatorial Guinea stood at 4.36 1000 ha. That is the highest value across all 24 years on record.

Compared with earlier readings it is up 9.0% over ten years.

Over the whole period, artificial surfaces (including urban and associated areas) — area in Equatorial Guinea peaked at 4.36 1000 ha in 2020 and was at its lowest, 2.88 1000 ha, in 2001.

That places Equatorial Guinea 176th out of 240 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the middle of the range.

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

Averages by decade

Decade	Average	Lowest	Highest	Years
2000s	3.03 1000 ha	2.88 1000 ha	3.33 1000 ha	9
2010s	4 1000 ha	3.42 1000 ha	4.34 1000 ha	10
2020s	4.36 1000 ha	4.36 1000 ha	4.36 1000 ha	5

Countries ranked near Equatorial Guinea

173 Martinique 4.86 1000 ha compare
174 Barbados 4.75 1000 ha compare
175 Western Sahara 4.52 1000 ha compare
177 Cabo Verde 3.68 1000 ha compare
178 New Caledonia 3.66 1000 ha compare
179 United States Virgin Islands 3.51 1000 ha compare

See the full ranking of 269 places →

More environment data for Equatorial Guinea

Land area equipped for irrigation — Share in Cropland 1.63 % (2024)
Land area equipped for irrigation — Area 1.49 1000 ha (2024)
Permanent meadows and pastures — Share in Land area 0.18 % (2024)
Permanent meadows and pastures — Share in Agricultural land 5.09 % (2024)
Permanent meadows and pastures — Area 4.92 1000 ha (2024)
Permanent crops — Share in Agricultural land 40.03 % (2024)
Permanent crops — Area 38.67 1000 ha (2024)
Arable land — Share in Agricultural land 54.87 % (2024)
Arable land — Area 53 1000 ha (2024)
Cropland — Area per capita 0.05 ha/cap (2024)

All data for Equatorial Guinea →

Frequently asked questions

What is artificial surfaces (including urban and associated areas) — area in Equatorial Guinea?: Artificial surfaces (including urban and associated areas) — area in Equatorial Guinea was 4.36 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 Equatorial Guinea?: The highest recorded value was 4.36 1000 ha in 2020.
What is the lowest artificial surfaces (including urban and associated areas) — area recorded in Equatorial Guinea?: The lowest recorded value was 2.88 1000 ha in 2001.
How does Equatorial Guinea rank for artificial surfaces (including urban and associated areas) — area?: Equatorial Guinea ranks 176th out of 240 countries with data for 2024.
Is artificial surfaces (including urban and associated areas) — area rising or falling in Equatorial Guinea?: Over the last ten years it is up 9.0%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
Where does this Equatorial Guinea 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.