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

Malaysia ranks 32nd out of 240 countries with data for 2024.

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

Over the last ten years it is up 4.8%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.

Where does this Malaysia 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 Malaysia

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

Malaysia: Artificial surfaces (including urban and associated areas) — Area was 528.94 1000 ha in 2024. ▲ Rising

Latest (2024)

528.94 1000 ha

Change on year

up 0.5%

World rank

32nd

of 240 countries

All-time high

528.94 1000 ha

in 2024

All-time low

444.43 1000 ha

in 2001

Years of data

2001–2024

Artificial surfaces (including urban and associated areas) — Area in Malaysia, 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 Malaysia is 528.94 1000 ha, measured in 2024. That is the highest value across all 24 years on record.

That represents a change of up 0.5% on the previous year and up 4.8% over ten years.

Over the whole period, artificial surfaces (including urban and associated areas) — area in Malaysia peaked at 528.94 1000 ha in 2024 and was at its lowest, 444.43 1000 ha, in 2001.

Malaysia ranks 32nd of 240 countries on this measure, in the top 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	467.59 1000 ha	444.43 1000 ha	484.95 1000 ha	9
2010s	505.04 1000 ha	489.68 1000 ha	517.46 1000 ha	10
2020s	523.84 1000 ha	519.43 1000 ha	528.94 1000 ha	5

Countries ranked near Malaysia

29 Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of) 555.49 1000 ha compare
30 Egypt 539.03 1000 ha compare
31 Peru 535.44 1000 ha compare
33 Netherlands (Kingdom of the) 503.77 1000 ha compare
34 Caribbean 501.64 1000 ha compare
35 Saudi Arabia 494.7 1000 ha compare

See the full ranking of 269 places →

More environment data for Malaysia

Land area equipped for irrigation — Share in Cropland 5.62 % (2024)
Land area equipped for irrigation — Area 442 1000 ha (2024)
Inland waters — Area 225 1000 ha (2024)
Permanent meadows and pastures — Share in Land area 0.86 % (2024)
Permanent meadows and pastures — Share in Agricultural land 3.45 % (2024)
Permanent meadows and pastures — Area 281 1000 ha (2024)
Permanent crops — Share in Agricultural land 86.11 % (2024)
Permanent crops — Area 7,014 1000 ha (2024)
Arable land — Share in Agricultural land 10.44 % (2024)
Arable land — Area 850.4 1000 ha (2024)

All data for Malaysia →

Frequently asked questions

What is artificial surfaces (including urban and associated areas) — area in Malaysia?: Artificial surfaces (including urban and associated areas) — area in Malaysia was 528.94 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 Malaysia?: The highest recorded value was 528.94 1000 ha in 2024.
What is the lowest artificial surfaces (including urban and associated areas) — area recorded in Malaysia?: The lowest recorded value was 444.43 1000 ha in 2001.
How does Malaysia rank for artificial surfaces (including urban and associated areas) — area?: Malaysia ranks 32nd out of 240 countries with data for 2024.
Is artificial surfaces (including urban and associated areas) — area rising or falling in Malaysia?: Over the last ten years it is up 4.8%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
Where does this Malaysia 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.