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

Greenland ranks 218th out of 240 countries with data for 2024.

Where does this Greenland 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 Greenland

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

Greenland: Artificial surfaces (including urban and associated areas) — Area was 0 1000 ha in 2024. ▬ Flat

Latest (2024)

0 1000 ha

World rank

218th

of 240 countries

All-time high

0 1000 ha

in 2001

All-time low

0 1000 ha

in 2001

Years of data

2001–2024

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

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

Analysis

Greenland recorded 0 1000 ha for artificial surfaces (including urban and associated areas) — area in 2024. That is the highest value across all 24 years on record.

Over the whole period, artificial surfaces (including urban and associated areas) — area in Greenland peaked at 0 1000 ha in 2001 and was at its lowest, 0 1000 ha, in 2001.

Greenland ranks 218th of 240 countries on this measure, in the bottom quarter.

Averages by decade

Decade	Average	Lowest	Highest	Years
2000s	0 1000 ha	0 1000 ha	0 1000 ha	9
2010s	0 1000 ha	0 1000 ha	0 1000 ha	10
2020s	0 1000 ha	0 1000 ha	0 1000 ha	5

Countries ranked near Greenland

217 Monaco 0.04 1000 ha compare
218 Antarctica 0 1000 ha compare
218 Bermuda 0 1000 ha compare
218 Cook Islands 0 1000 ha compare
218 Falkland Islands (Malvinas) 0 1000 ha compare
218 French Polynesia 0 1000 ha compare
218 Heard Island and McDonald Islands 0 1000 ha compare
218 Kiribati 0 1000 ha compare
218 Marshall Islands 0 1000 ha compare
218 Micronesia (Federated States of) 0 1000 ha compare
218 Naoero 0 1000 ha compare
218 Niue 0 1000 ha compare
218 Norfolk Island 0 1000 ha compare
218 Palau 0 1000 ha compare
218 Pitcairn 0 1000 ha compare
218 Samoa 0 1000 ha compare
218 South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands 0 1000 ha compare
218 Tokelau 0 1000 ha compare
218 Tonga 0 1000 ha compare
218 Tuvalu 0 1000 ha compare
218 United States Minor Outlying Islands 0 1000 ha compare
218 Wallis and Futuna Islands 0 1000 ha compare
218 Polynesia 0 1000 ha compare

See the full ranking of 269 places →

More environment data for Greenland

Capture fisheries production 331,285 metric tons (2024)
Agricultural land — Share in Land area 0.59 % (2024)
Permanent meadows and pastures — Area 243.11 1000 ha (2024)
Permanent meadows and pastures — Share in Agricultural land 100 % (2024)
Permanent meadows and pastures — Share in Land area 0.59 % (2024)
Nutrient nitrogen N (total) — Import quantity 22 t (2024)
Total fisheries production 331,315 metric tons (2024)
Nitrous oxide (N2O) emissions (total) excluding LULUCF 0.0075 Mt CO2e (2024)
Nitrous oxide (N2O) emissions from Transport (Energy) 0.0008 Mt CO2e (2024)
Nitrous oxide (N2O) emissions from Waste 0.001 Mt CO2e (2024)

All data for Greenland →

Frequently asked questions

What is artificial surfaces (including urban and associated areas) — area in Greenland?: Artificial surfaces (including urban and associated areas) — area in Greenland was 0 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 Greenland?: The highest recorded value was 0 1000 ha in 2001.
What is the lowest artificial surfaces (including urban and associated areas) — area recorded in Greenland?: The lowest recorded value was 0 1000 ha in 2001.
How does Greenland rank for artificial surfaces (including urban and associated areas) — area?: Greenland ranks 218th out of 240 countries with data for 2024.
Where does this Greenland 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.