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

Maldives ranks 211th out of 240 countries with data for 2024.

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

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

Where does this Maldives 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 Maldives

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

Maldives: Artificial surfaces (including urban and associated areas) — Area was 0.21 1000 ha in 2024. ▬ Flat

Latest (2024)

0.21 1000 ha

Change on year

unchanged

World rank

211th

of 240 countries

All-time high

0.21 1000 ha

in 2001

All-time low

0.21 1000 ha

in 2001

Years of data

2001–2024

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

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

Analysis

Maldives recorded 0.21 1000 ha for artificial surfaces (including urban and associated areas) — area in 2024. That is the highest value across all 24 years on record.

Compared with earlier readings it is unchanged over ten years.

Over the whole period, artificial surfaces (including urban and associated areas) — area in Maldives peaked at 0.21 1000 ha in 2001 and was at its lowest, 0.21 1000 ha, in 2001.

That places Maldives 211th out of 240 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the bottom quarter.

Averages by decade

Decade	Average	Lowest	Highest	Years
2000s	0.21 1000 ha	0.21 1000 ha	0.21 1000 ha	9
2010s	0.21 1000 ha	0.21 1000 ha	0.21 1000 ha	10
2020s	0.21 1000 ha	0.21 1000 ha	0.21 1000 ha	5

Countries ranked near Maldives

208 Comoros 0.28 1000 ha compare
209 Mayotte 0.24 1000 ha compare
209 Sao Tome and Principe 0.24 1000 ha compare
211 British Virgin Islands 0.21 1000 ha compare
213 Northern Mariana Islands 0.09 1000 ha compare
214 Ascension, Saint Helena and Tristan da Cunha 0.06 1000 ha compare
214 Saint Pierre and Miquelon 0.06 1000 ha compare
214 Seychelles 0.06 1000 ha compare

See the full ranking of 269 places →

More environment data for Maldives

Permanent meadows and pastures — Share in Land area 3.36 % (2024)
Permanent meadows and pastures — Share in Agricultural land 16.95 % (2024)
Permanent meadows and pastures — Area 1 1000 ha (2024)
Permanent crops — Share in Agricultural land 16.95 % (2024)
Permanent crops — Area 1 1000 ha (2024)
Arable land — Share in Agricultural land 66.1 % (2024)
Arable land — Area 3.9 1000 ha (2024)
Cropland — Area per capita 0.01 ha/cap (2024)
Cropland — Share in Land area 16.44 % (2024)
Cropland — Share in Agricultural land 83.05 % (2024)

All data for Maldives →

Frequently asked questions

What is artificial surfaces (including urban and associated areas) — area in Maldives?: Artificial surfaces (including urban and associated areas) — area in Maldives was 0.21 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 Maldives?: The highest recorded value was 0.21 1000 ha in 2001.
What is the lowest artificial surfaces (including urban and associated areas) — area recorded in Maldives?: The lowest recorded value was 0.21 1000 ha in 2001.
How does Maldives rank for artificial surfaces (including urban and associated areas) — area?: Maldives ranks 211th out of 240 countries with data for 2024.
Is artificial surfaces (including urban and associated areas) — area rising or falling in Maldives?: Over the last ten years it is unchanged. The long-run trend across the full record is flat.
Where does this Maldives 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.