Artificial surfaces (including urban and associated areas) — Area in French Guiana

French Guiana: Artificial surfaces (including urban and associated areas) — Area was 7.61 1000 ha in 2024. ▬ Flat

Latest (2024)
7.61 1000 ha
Change on year
unchanged
World rank
156th
of 218 countries
All-time high
7.67 1000 ha
in 2008
All-time low
7.46 1000 ha
in 2001
Years of data
24
2001–2024

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

024682001201220242001: 7.5 1000 ha2002: 7.5 1000 ha2003: 7.6 1000 ha2004: 7.6 1000 ha2005: 7.6 1000 ha2006: 7.7 1000 ha2007: 7.7 1000 ha2008: 7.7 1000 ha2009: 7.7 1000 ha2010: 7.7 1000 ha2011: 7.7 1000 ha2012: 7.6 1000 ha2013: 7.6 1000 ha2014: 7.6 1000 ha2015: 7.6 1000 ha2016: 7.6 1000 ha2017: 7.6 1000 ha2018: 7.6 1000 ha2019: 7.6 1000 ha2020: 7.6 1000 ha2021: 7.6 1000 ha2022: 7.6 1000 ha2023: 7.6 1000 ha2024: 7.6 1000 ha

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 French Guiana stood at 7.61 1000 ha.

That represents a change of up 0.3% over ten years.

Over the whole period, artificial surfaces (including urban and associated areas) — area in French Guiana peaked at 7.67 1000 ha in 2008 and was at its lowest, 7.46 1000 ha, in 2001.

That places French Guiana 156th out of 218 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the middle of the range.

Averages by decade

DecadeAverage LowestHighest Years
2000s 7.61 1000 ha 7.46 1000 ha 7.67 1000 ha 9
2010s 7.6 1000 ha 7.57 1000 ha 7.65 1000 ha 10
2020s 7.6 1000 ha 7.59 1000 ha 7.61 1000 ha 5

Countries ranked near French Guiana

  1. 153 Burundi 9.66 1000 ha compare
  2. 154 Réunion 9.4 1000 ha compare
  3. 155 South Sudan 9.21 1000 ha compare
  4. 157 Guadeloupe 6.93 1000 ha compare
  5. 158 Iceland 6.05 1000 ha compare
  6. 159 Guinea-Bissau 5.43 1000 ha compare

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Frequently asked questions

What is artificial surfaces (including urban and associated areas) — area in French Guiana?
Artificial surfaces (including urban and associated areas) — area in French Guiana was 7.61 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 French Guiana?
The highest recorded value was 7.67 1000 ha in 2008.
What is the lowest artificial surfaces (including urban and associated areas) — area recorded in French Guiana?
The lowest recorded value was 7.46 1000 ha in 2001.
How does French Guiana rank for artificial surfaces (including urban and associated areas) — area?
French Guiana ranks 156th out of 218 countries with data for 2024.
Is artificial surfaces (including urban and associated areas) — area rising or falling in French Guiana?
Over the last ten years it is up 0.3%. The long-run trend across the full record is flat.
Where does this French Guiana 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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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
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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.