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

Over the last ten years it is up 72.2%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.

Where does this Fiji 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 Fiji

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

Fiji: Artificial surfaces (including urban and associated areas) — Area was 0.62 1000 ha in 2024. ▲ Rising

Latest (2024)

0.62 1000 ha

Change on year

unchanged

World rank

200th

of 240 countries

All-time high

0.62 1000 ha

in 2021

All-time low

0.3 1000 ha

in 2001

Years of data

2001–2024

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

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

Analysis

Fiji recorded 0.62 1000 ha for artificial surfaces (including urban and associated areas) — area in 2024. That is the highest value across all 24 years on record.

That represents a change of up 72.2% over ten years.

Over the whole period, artificial surfaces (including urban and associated areas) — area in Fiji peaked at 0.62 1000 ha in 2021 and was at its lowest, 0.3 1000 ha, in 2001.

That places Fiji 200th out of 240 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the bottom quarter.

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

Averages by decade

Decade	Average	Lowest	Highest	Years
2000s	0.3067 1000 ha	0.3 1000 ha	0.34 1000 ha	9
2010s	0.413 1000 ha	0.34 1000 ha	0.58 1000 ha	10
2020s	0.616 1000 ha	0.6 1000 ha	0.62 1000 ha	5

Countries ranked near Fiji

197 Grenada 0.88 1000 ha compare
198 Isle of Man 0.78 1000 ha compare
199 Saint Kitts and Nevis 0.68 1000 ha compare
200 Dominica 0.62 1000 ha compare
202 Anguilla 0.51 1000 ha compare
203 Montserrat 0.49 1000 ha compare

See the full ranking of 269 places →

More environment data for Fiji

Land area equipped for irrigation — Share in Cropland 2.89 % (2024)
Land area equipped for irrigation — Area 4 1000 ha (2024)
Permanent meadows and pastures — Share in Land area 9.44 % (2024)
Permanent meadows and pastures — Share in Agricultural land 55.52 % (2024)
Permanent meadows and pastures — Area 173 1000 ha (2024)
Permanent crops — Share in Agricultural land 19.83 % (2024)
Permanent crops — Area 61.8 1000 ha (2024)
Arable land — Share in Agricultural land 24.65 % (2024)
Arable land — Area 76.8 1000 ha (2024)
Cropland — Area per capita 0.15 ha/cap (2024)

All data for Fiji →

Frequently asked questions

What is artificial surfaces (including urban and associated areas) — area in Fiji?: Artificial surfaces (including urban and associated areas) — area in Fiji was 0.62 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 Fiji?: The highest recorded value was 0.62 1000 ha in 2021.
What is the lowest artificial surfaces (including urban and associated areas) — area recorded in Fiji?: The lowest recorded value was 0.3 1000 ha in 2001.
How does Fiji rank for artificial surfaces (including urban and associated areas) — area?: Fiji ranks 200th out of 240 countries with data for 2024.
Is artificial surfaces (including urban and associated areas) — area rising or falling in Fiji?: Over the last ten years it is up 72.2%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
Where does this Fiji 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.