Artificial surfaces (including urban and associated areas) — Area in United States of America
United States of America: Artificial surfaces (including urban and associated areas) — Area was 14,748 1000 ha in 2024. ▬ Flat
Artificial surfaces (including urban and associated areas) — Area in United States of America, 2001–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in 1000 ha.
Analysis
United States of America recorded 14,748 1000 ha for artificial surfaces (including urban and associated areas) — area in 2024. That is the highest value across all 24 years on record.
The figure is up 0.1% on the previous year and up 1.3% over ten years.
Over the whole period, artificial surfaces (including urban and associated areas) — area in United States of America peaked at 14,748 1000 ha in 2024 and was at its lowest, 14,221 1000 ha, in 2001.
That places United States of America 6th out of 26 groups with data for 2024, putting it in the top quarter.
Artificial surfaces (including urban and associated areas) — Area in United States of America, year by year
| Year | 1000 ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2001 | 14,221 1000 ha | — |
| 2002 | 14,278 1000 ha | +0.4% |
| 2003 | 14,299 1000 ha | +0.1% |
| 2004 | 14,324 1000 ha | +0.2% |
| 2005 | 14,364 1000 ha | +0.3% |
| 2006 | 14,404 1000 ha | +0.3% |
| 2007 | 14,437 1000 ha | +0.2% |
| 2008 | 14,463 1000 ha | +0.2% |
| 2009 | 14,479 1000 ha | +0.1% |
| 2010 | 14,500 1000 ha | +0.1% |
| 2011 | 14,520 1000 ha | +0.1% |
| 2012 | 14,534 1000 ha | +0.1% |
| 2013 | 14,540 1000 ha | +0.0% |
| 2014 | 14,555 1000 ha | +0.1% |
| 2015 | 14,573 1000 ha | +0.1% |
| 2016 | 14,587 1000 ha | +0.1% |
| 2017 | 14,604 1000 ha | +0.1% |
| 2018 | 14,624 1000 ha | +0.1% |
| 2019 | 14,647 1000 ha | +0.2% |
| 2020 | 14,666 1000 ha | +0.1% |
| 2021 | 14,686 1000 ha | +0.1% |
| 2022 | 14,710 1000 ha | +0.2% |
| 2023 | 14,732 1000 ha | +0.1% |
| 2024 | 14,748 1000 ha | +0.1% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 14,363 1000 ha | 14,221 1000 ha | 14,479 1000 ha | 9 |
| 2010s | 14,568 1000 ha | 14,500 1000 ha | 14,647 1000 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 14,708 1000 ha | 14,666 1000 ha | 14,748 1000 ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near United States of America
- 3 Brazil 4,060 1000 ha compare
- 3 Iran (Islamic Republic of) 928.32 1000 ha compare
- 4 India 3,952 1000 ha compare
- 5 Japan 3,409 1000 ha compare
- 5 Viet Nam 576.34 1000 ha compare
- 6 Russian Federation 3,155 1000 ha compare
- 6 Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of) 555.49 1000 ha compare
- 7 Democratic Republic of the Congo 309.04 1000 ha compare
- 7 Germany 2,597 1000 ha compare
- 8 Argentina 1,761 1000 ha compare
- 8 Syrian Arab Republic 307.14 1000 ha compare
- 9 Democratic People's Republic of Korea 228.47 1000 ha compare
- 9 Italy 1,587 1000 ha compare
More environment data for United States of America
- Standard Deviation, annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2025)
- Standard Deviation 0.306 °C (2025)
- Temperature change 1.76 °C (2025)
- Sawlogs and veneer logs — Production, annual growth rate -3.93 % change on previous year (2024)
- Sawlogs and veneer logs, non-coniferous — Production, annual growth -17.77 % change on previous year (2024)
- Other industrial roundwood — Production, annual growth rate -1.46 % change on previous year (2024)
- Other industrial roundwood, non-coniferous (production) — Production -7.52 % change on previous year (2024)
- Wood charcoal — Production, annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2024)
- Sawnwood — Production, annual growth rate -2.91 % change on previous year (2024)
- Sawnwood — Import quantity, annual growth rate -2.24 % change on previous year (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is artificial surfaces (including urban and associated areas) — area in United States of America?
- Artificial surfaces (including urban and associated areas) — area in United States of America was 14,748 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 United States of America?
- The highest recorded value was 14,748 1000 ha in 2024.
- What is the lowest artificial surfaces (including urban and associated areas) — area recorded in United States of America?
- The lowest recorded value was 14,221 1000 ha in 2001.
- How does United States of America rank for artificial surfaces (including urban and associated areas) — area?
- United States of America ranks 6th out of 26 groups with data for 2024.
- Is artificial surfaces (including urban and associated areas) — area rising or falling in United States of America?
- Over the last ten years it is up 1.3%. The long-run trend across the full record is flat.
- Where does this United States of America 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.