Artificial surfaces (including urban and associated areas) — Area in India
India: Artificial surfaces (including urban and associated areas) — Area was 3,952 1000 ha in 2024. ▬ Flat
Artificial surfaces (including urban and associated areas) — Area in India, 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 India stood at 3,952 1000 ha. That is the highest value across all 24 years on record.
The figure is up 0.2% on the previous year and up 2.7% over ten years.
Over the whole period, artificial surfaces (including urban and associated areas) — area in India peaked at 3,952 1000 ha in 2024 and was at its lowest, 3,759 1000 ha, in 2001.
That places India 4th out of 240 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the top 10%.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 3,785 1000 ha | 3,759 1000 ha | 3,807 1000 ha | 9 |
| 2010s | 3,851 1000 ha | 3,812 1000 ha | 3,891 1000 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 3,926 1000 ha | 3,904 1000 ha | 3,952 1000 ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near India
More environment data for India
- Land area equipped for irrigation — Share in Cropland 44.94 % (2024)
- Land area equipped for irrigation — Area 75,500 1000 ha (2024)
- Inland waters — Area 31,407 1000 ha (2024)
- Permanent meadows and pastures — Share in Land area 3.43 % (2024)
- Permanent meadows and pastures — Share in Agricultural land 5.73 % (2024)
- Permanent meadows and pastures — Area 10,210 1000 ha (2024)
- Permanent crops — Share in Agricultural land 7.97 % (2024)
- Permanent crops — Area 14,200 1000 ha (2024)
- Arable land — Share in Agricultural land 86.3 % (2024)
- Arable land — Area 153,810 1000 ha (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is artificial surfaces (including urban and associated areas) — area in India?
- Artificial surfaces (including urban and associated areas) — area in India was 3,952 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 India?
- The highest recorded value was 3,952 1000 ha in 2024.
- What is the lowest artificial surfaces (including urban and associated areas) — area recorded in India?
- The lowest recorded value was 3,759 1000 ha in 2001.
- How does India rank for artificial surfaces (including urban and associated areas) — area?
- India ranks 4th out of 240 countries with data for 2024.
- Is artificial surfaces (including urban and associated areas) — area rising or falling in India?
- Over the last ten years it is up 2.7%. The long-run trend across the full record is flat.
- Where does this India 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.