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

Vanuatu ranks 205th out of 240 countries with data for 2024.

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

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

Where does this Vanuatu 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 Vanuatu

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

Vanuatu: Artificial surfaces (including urban and associated areas) — Area was 0.41 1000 ha in 2024. ▬ Flat

Latest (2024)

0.41 1000 ha

Change on year

up 5.1%

World rank

205th

of 240 countries

All-time high

0.41 1000 ha

in 2002

All-time low

0.39 1000 ha

in 2001

Years of data

2001–2024

Artificial surfaces (including urban and associated areas) — Area in Vanuatu, 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 Vanuatu stood at 0.41 1000 ha. That is the highest value across all 24 years on record.

The figure is up 5.1% on the previous year and unchanged over ten years.

Over the whole period, artificial surfaces (including urban and associated areas) — area in Vanuatu peaked at 0.41 1000 ha in 2002 and was at its lowest, 0.39 1000 ha, in 2001.

Vanuatu ranks 205th of 240 countries on this measure, in the bottom quarter.

Averages by decade

Decade	Average	Lowest	Highest	Years
2000s	0.4011 1000 ha	0.39 1000 ha	0.41 1000 ha	9
2010s	0.402 1000 ha	0.39 1000 ha	0.41 1000 ha	10
2020s	0.394 1000 ha	0.39 1000 ha	0.41 1000 ha	5

Countries ranked near Vanuatu

202 Anguilla 0.51 1000 ha compare
203 Montserrat 0.49 1000 ha compare
204 San Marino 0.45 1000 ha compare
206 Turks and Caicos Islands 0.36 1000 ha compare
207 Gibraltar 0.32 1000 ha compare
208 Comoros 0.28 1000 ha compare

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More environment data for Vanuatu

Permanent meadows and pastures — Share in Land area 3.45 % (2024)
Permanent meadows and pastures — Share in Agricultural land 25.98 % (2024)
Permanent meadows and pastures — Area 42 1000 ha (2024)
Permanent crops — Share in Agricultural land 61.65 % (2024)
Permanent crops — Area 99.68 1000 ha (2024)
Arable land — Share in Agricultural land 12.37 % (2024)
Arable land — Area 20 1000 ha (2024)
Cropland — Area per capita 0.37 ha/cap (2024)
Cropland — Share in Land area 9.82 % (2024)
Cropland — Share in Agricultural land 74.02 % (2024)

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Frequently asked questions

What is artificial surfaces (including urban and associated areas) — area in Vanuatu?: Artificial surfaces (including urban and associated areas) — area in Vanuatu was 0.41 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 Vanuatu?: The highest recorded value was 0.41 1000 ha in 2002.
What is the lowest artificial surfaces (including urban and associated areas) — area recorded in Vanuatu?: The lowest recorded value was 0.39 1000 ha in 2001.
How does Vanuatu rank for artificial surfaces (including urban and associated areas) — area?: Vanuatu ranks 205th out of 240 countries with data for 2024.
Is artificial surfaces (including urban and associated areas) — area rising or falling in Vanuatu?: Over the last ten years it is unchanged. The long-run trend across the full record is flat.
Where does this Vanuatu 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.