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

Timor-Leste ranks 169th out of 240 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.

Artificial surfaces (including urban and associated areas) — Area in Timor-Leste

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

Timor-Leste: Artificial surfaces (including urban and associated areas) — Area was 6.07 1000 ha in 2024. ▲ Rising

Latest (2024)

6.07 1000 ha

Change on year

up 0.3%

World rank

169th

of 240 countries

All-time high

6.07 1000 ha

in 2024

All-time low

5.64 1000 ha

in 2001

Years of data

2001–2024

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 169th out of 240 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.

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

166 South Sudan 9.21 1000 ha compare
167 French Guiana 7.61 1000 ha compare
168 Guadeloupe 6.93 1000 ha compare
170 Iceland 6.05 1000 ha compare
171 Guinea-Bissau 5.43 1000 ha compare
172 Mauritius 5.42 1000 ha compare

See the full ranking of 269 places →

More environment data for Timor-Leste

Permanent meadows and pastures — Area 150 1000 ha (2024)
Agriculture — Area 341.4 1000 ha (2024)
Permanent crops — Area 79.9 1000 ha (2024)
Land area — Area 1,487 1000 ha (2024)
Country area — Area 1,487 1000 ha (2024)
Permanent crops — Share in Agricultural land 23.4 % (2024)
Permanent meadows and pastures — Share in Land area 10.09 % (2024)
Value Added Deflator (Agriculture, forestry and fishery) — Value 109.92 SLC (2024)
Value Added Deflator (Agriculture, forestry and fishery) — Value US$ 109.92 USD (2024)
Agricultural land — Area 341.4 1000 ha (2024)

All data for Timor-Leste →

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 169th out of 240 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

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.