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

Sri Lanka ranks 106th out of 240 countries with data for 2024.

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

Over the last ten years it is up 6.1%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.

Where does this Sri Lanka 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 Sri Lanka

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

Sri Lanka: Artificial surfaces (including urban and associated areas) — Area was 58.95 1000 ha in 2024. ▲ Rising

Latest (2024)

58.95 1000 ha

Change on year

down 0.1%

World rank

106th

of 240 countries

All-time high

58.99 1000 ha

in 2023

All-time low

50.08 1000 ha

in 2001

Years of data

2001–2024

Artificial surfaces (including urban and associated areas) — Area in Sri Lanka, 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 Sri Lanka stood at 58.95 1000 ha.

That represents a change of down 0.1% on the previous year and up 6.1% over ten years.

Over the whole period, artificial surfaces (including urban and associated areas) — area in Sri Lanka peaked at 58.99 1000 ha in 2023 and was at its lowest, 50.08 1000 ha, in 2001.

Sri Lanka ranks 106th of 240 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.

The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 24 years of available data.

Averages by decade

Decade	Average	Lowest	Highest	Years
2000s	52.16 1000 ha	50.08 1000 ha	53.03 1000 ha	9
2010s	55.8 1000 ha	53.5 1000 ha	58.12 1000 ha	10
2020s	58.74 1000 ha	58.48 1000 ha	58.99 1000 ha	5

Countries ranked near Sri Lanka

103 Uganda 60.58 1000 ha compare
104 Kenya 59.92 1000 ha compare
105 Kuwait 59.9 1000 ha compare
107 Congo 54 1000 ha compare
108 Mali 52.76 1000 ha compare
109 Haiti 52.62 1000 ha compare

See the full ranking of 269 places →

More environment data for Sri Lanka

Land area equipped for irrigation — Share in Cropland 24.72 % (2024)
Land area equipped for irrigation — Area 637 1000 ha (2024)
Inland waters — Area 375 1000 ha (2024)
Permanent meadows and pastures — Share in Land area 7.11 % (2024)
Permanent meadows and pastures — Share in Agricultural land 14.58 % (2024)
Permanent meadows and pastures — Area 440 1000 ha (2024)
Permanent crops — Share in Agricultural land 39.94 % (2024)
Permanent crops — Area 1,205 1000 ha (2024)
Arable land — Share in Agricultural land 45.48 % (2024)
Arable land — Area 1,372 1000 ha (2024)

All data for Sri Lanka →

Frequently asked questions

What is artificial surfaces (including urban and associated areas) — area in Sri Lanka?: Artificial surfaces (including urban and associated areas) — area in Sri Lanka was 58.95 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 Sri Lanka?: The highest recorded value was 58.99 1000 ha in 2023.
What is the lowest artificial surfaces (including urban and associated areas) — area recorded in Sri Lanka?: The lowest recorded value was 50.08 1000 ha in 2001.
How does Sri Lanka rank for artificial surfaces (including urban and associated areas) — area?: Sri Lanka ranks 106th out of 240 countries with data for 2024.
Is artificial surfaces (including urban and associated areas) — area rising or falling in Sri Lanka?: Over the last ten years it is up 6.1%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
Where does this Sri Lanka 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.