Artificial surfaces (including urban and associated areas) — Area in Timor-Leste
Timor-Leste: Artificial surfaces (including urban and associated areas) — Area was 6.07 1000 ha in 2024. ▲ Rising
Artificial surfaces (including urban and associated areas) — Area in Timor-Leste, 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 Timor-Leste is 6.07 1000 ha, measured in 2024. That is the highest value across all 24 years on record.
That represents a change of up 0.3% on the previous year and up 4.8% over ten years.
Over the whole period, artificial surfaces (including urban and associated areas) — area in Timor-Leste peaked at 6.07 1000 ha in 2024 and was at its lowest, 5.64 1000 ha, in 2001.
That places Timor-Leste 15th out of 20 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 24 years of available data.
Artificial surfaces (including urban and associated areas) — Area in Timor-Leste, year by year
| Year | 1000 ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2001 | 5.64 1000 ha | — |
| 2002 | 5.69 1000 ha | +0.9% |
| 2003 | 5.69 1000 ha | +0.0% |
| 2004 | 5.71 1000 ha | +0.4% |
| 2005 | 5.71 1000 ha | +0.0% |
| 2006 | 5.71 1000 ha | +0.0% |
| 2007 | 5.73 1000 ha | +0.4% |
| 2008 | 5.73 1000 ha | +0.0% |
| 2009 | 5.73 1000 ha | +0.0% |
| 2010 | 5.75 1000 ha | +0.3% |
| 2011 | 5.77 1000 ha | +0.3% |
| 2012 | 5.77 1000 ha | +0.0% |
| 2013 | 5.79 1000 ha | +0.3% |
| 2014 | 5.79 1000 ha | +0.0% |
| 2015 | 5.81 1000 ha | +0.3% |
| 2016 | 5.86 1000 ha | +0.9% |
| 2017 | 5.86 1000 ha | +0.0% |
| 2018 | 5.86 1000 ha | +0.0% |
| 2019 | 5.86 1000 ha | +0.0% |
| 2020 | 5.9 1000 ha | +0.7% |
| 2021 | 6.01 1000 ha | +1.9% |
| 2022 | 6.03 1000 ha | +0.3% |
| 2023 | 6.05 1000 ha | +0.3% |
| 2024 | 6.07 1000 ha | +0.3% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 5.7 1000 ha | 5.64 1000 ha | 5.73 1000 ha | 9 |
| 2010s | 5.81 1000 ha | 5.75 1000 ha | 5.86 1000 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 6.01 1000 ha | 5.9 1000 ha | 6.07 1000 ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near Timor-Leste
- 12 Republic of Moldova 110.64 1000 ha compare
- 12 Australia and New Zealand 1,256 1000 ha compare
- 13 Uzbekistan 1,172 1000 ha compare
- 13 Melanesia 29.85 1000 ha compare
- 14 Lao People's Democratic Republic 20.5 1000 ha compare
- 14 Ukraine 1,169 1000 ha compare
- 15 United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland 1,145 1000 ha compare
- 16 Australia 1,125 1000 ha compare
- 16 Micronesia 2.23 1000 ha compare
- 17 Mexico 1,114 1000 ha compare
- 18 Micronesia (Federated States of) 0 1000 ha
- 18 South Africa 1,111 1000 ha compare
- 18 Wallis and Futuna Islands 0 1000 ha
- 18 Polynesia 0 1000 ha
More environment data for Timor-Leste
- Historical exposure to drought — Cropland soil moisture anomaly 4.85 Percentage change (2025)
- Historical exposure to drought — Land soil moisture anomaly 4.82 Percentage change (2025)
- Standard Deviation, annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2025)
- Temperature change 0.973 °C (2025)
- Standard Deviation 0.313 °C (2025)
- Value Added (Agriculture, Forestry and Fishing) — Annual growth US$ 2.93 % (2024)
- Value Added (Agriculture, Forestry and Fishing) — Value Standard 370.23 million SLC (2024)
- Primary wood and paper products (export/import) — Import value 8,434 1000 USD (2024)
- Primary wood and paper products (export/import) — Export value 107 1000 USD (2024)
- Roundwood — Production 64,378 m3 (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is artificial surfaces (including urban and associated areas) — area in Timor-Leste?
- Artificial surfaces (including urban and associated areas) — area in Timor-Leste was 6.07 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 Timor-Leste?
- The highest recorded value was 6.07 1000 ha in 2024.
- What is the lowest artificial surfaces (including urban and associated areas) — area recorded in Timor-Leste?
- The lowest recorded value was 5.64 1000 ha in 2001.
- How does Timor-Leste rank for artificial surfaces (including urban and associated areas) — area?
- Timor-Leste ranks 15th out of 20 countries with data for 2024.
- Is artificial surfaces (including urban and associated areas) — area rising or falling in Timor-Leste?
- Over the last ten years it is up 4.8%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Timor-Leste 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.