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

Madagascar ranks 138th out of 240 countries with data for 2024.

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

Over the last ten years it is up 2.9%. The long-run trend across the full record is flat.

Where does this Madagascar 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 Madagascar

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

Madagascar: Artificial surfaces (including urban and associated areas) — Area was 28.68 1000 ha in 2024. ▬ Flat

Latest (2024)

28.68 1000 ha

Change on year

up 0.1%

World rank

138th

of 240 countries

All-time high

28.68 1000 ha

in 2024

All-time low

27.63 1000 ha

in 2001

Years of data

2001–2024

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

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

Analysis

The most recent figure for artificial surfaces (including urban and associated areas) — area in Madagascar is 28.68 1000 ha, measured in 2024. That is the highest value across all 24 years on record.

That represents a change of up 0.1% on the previous year and up 2.9% over ten years.

Over the whole period, artificial surfaces (including urban and associated areas) — area in Madagascar peaked at 28.68 1000 ha in 2024 and was at its lowest, 27.63 1000 ha, in 2001.

Madagascar ranks 138th of 240 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.

Averages by decade

Decade	Average	Lowest	Highest	Years
2000s	27.67 1000 ha	27.63 1000 ha	27.71 1000 ha	9
2010s	27.89 1000 ha	27.73 1000 ha	28.21 1000 ha	10
2020s	28.55 1000 ha	28.36 1000 ha	28.68 1000 ha	5

Countries ranked near Madagascar

135 Chad 31.94 1000 ha compare
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137 Melanesia 29.85 1000 ha compare
139 Liberia 27.91 1000 ha compare
140 Latvia 25.26 1000 ha compare
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More environment data for Madagascar

Land area equipped for irrigation — Share in Cropland 22.85 % (2024)
Land area equipped for irrigation — Area 831.7 1000 ha (2024)
Inland waters — Area 549.5 1000 ha (2024)
Permanent meadows and pastures — Share in Land area 64.1 % (2024)
Permanent meadows and pastures — Share in Agricultural land 91.11 % (2024)
Permanent meadows and pastures — Area 37,293 1000 ha (2024)
Permanent crops — Share in Agricultural land 1.56 % (2024)
Permanent crops — Area 639.58 1000 ha (2024)
Arable land — Share in Agricultural land 7.33 % (2024)
Arable land — Area 3,000 1000 ha (2024)

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Frequently asked questions

What is artificial surfaces (including urban and associated areas) — area in Madagascar?: Artificial surfaces (including urban and associated areas) — area in Madagascar was 28.68 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 Madagascar?: The highest recorded value was 28.68 1000 ha in 2024.
What is the lowest artificial surfaces (including urban and associated areas) — area recorded in Madagascar?: The lowest recorded value was 27.63 1000 ha in 2001.
How does Madagascar rank for artificial surfaces (including urban and associated areas) — area?: Madagascar ranks 138th out of 240 countries with data for 2024.
Is artificial surfaces (including urban and associated areas) — area rising or falling in Madagascar?: Over the last ten years it is up 2.9%. The long-run trend across the full record is flat.
Where does this Madagascar 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.