Land cover and land cover change — Gain of artificial surfaces in Buenos Aires
Buenos Aires: Land cover and land cover change — Gain of artificial surfaces was 772.09 Square kilometres in 2022. ▲ Rising
Land cover and land cover change — Gain of artificial surfaces in Buenos Aires, 2005–2022
Source: Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development. Measured in Square kilometres.
Analysis
Buenos Aires recorded 772.09 Square kilometres for land cover and land cover change — gain of artificial surfaces in 2022. That is the highest value across all 5 years on record.
That represents a change of up 21.2% on the previous year and up 100.9% over ten years.
Over the whole period, land cover and land cover change — gain of artificial surfaces in Buenos Aires peaked at 772.09 Square kilometres in 2022 and was at its lowest, 181.49 Square kilometres, in 2005.
Buenos Aires ranks 161st of 758 regions on this measure, in the top quarter.
Land cover and land cover change — Gain of artificial surfaces in Buenos Aires, year by year
| Year | Square kilometres | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2005 | 181.49 Square kilometres | — |
| 2010 | 384.35 Square kilometres | +111.8% |
| 2015 | 607.74 Square kilometres | +58.1% |
| 2020 | 637.12 Square kilometres | +4.8% |
| 2022 | 772.09 Square kilometres | +21.2% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 181.49 Square kilometres | 181.49 Square kilometres | 181.49 Square kilometres | 1 |
| 2010s | 496.04 Square kilometres | 384.35 Square kilometres | 607.74 Square kilometres | 2 |
| 2020s | 704.61 Square kilometres | 637.12 Square kilometres | 772.09 Square kilometres | 2 |
Countries ranked near Buenos Aires
- 158 Bhutan 3.98 Square kilometres compare
- 159 San Marino 2.4 Square kilometres compare
- 160 Andorra 1.49 Square kilometres compare
- 161 Saint Pierre and Miquelon 1.03 Square kilometres compare
- 162 Macau, China 0.8322 Square kilometres compare
- 163 Monaco 0.0411 Square kilometres compare
- 164 Iceland 0 Square kilometres
More environment data for Buenos Aires
- Historical exposure to drought — Cropland soil moisture anomaly 3.45 Percentage change (2025)
- Historical exposure to drought — Land soil moisture anomaly 3.31 Percentage change (2025)
- Exposure to drought — Cropland soil moisture anomaly -9.68 Percentage change (2024)
- Exposure to drought — Land soil moisture anomaly -9.23 Percentage change (2024)
- River flooding exposure — Cropland share exposed to river flooding 4.1 Percentage of agricultural land area (2022)
- Land cover and land cover change — Grassland 15,874 Square kilometres (2022)
- Land cover and land cover change — Loss of cropland 1,255 Square kilometres (2022)
Frequently asked questions
- What is land cover and land cover change — gain of artificial surfaces in Buenos Aires?
- Land cover and land cover change — gain of artificial surfaces in Buenos Aires was 772.09 Square kilometres in 2022, according to Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development.
- What is the highest land cover and land cover change — gain of artificial surfaces recorded in Buenos Aires?
- The highest recorded value was 772.09 Square kilometres in 2022.
- What is the lowest land cover and land cover change — gain of artificial surfaces recorded in Buenos Aires?
- The lowest recorded value was 181.49 Square kilometres in 2005.
- How does Buenos Aires rank for land cover and land cover change — gain of artificial surfaces?
- Buenos Aires ranks 161st out of 758 regions with data for 2022.
- Is land cover and land cover change — gain of artificial surfaces rising or falling in Buenos Aires?
- Over the last ten years it is up 100.9%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Buenos Aires data come from?
- The figures come from Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development, published as part of Land cover and land cover change — Gain of artificial surfaces. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
The land cover dataset provides a global assessment of land cover and land cover change to monitor pressures on ecosystems and biodiversity. By using geospatial data with high spatio-temporal resolution, it develops a set of internationally comparable indicators with a long time series and a five-year interval from 2000 to 2022 for the Climate Change Initiative Land Cover dataset, and from 1975 to 2030 for the Global Human Settlement Layer dataset. Please see the working paper for a more complete description of the methods. The dataset has a global coverage on the national level, while on the sub-national TL2 level (i.e. large subnational regions) results are reported for all OECD countries as well as for Argentina, Brazil, China, India, Indonesia and South Africa. The following country aggregates are included: Euro area, European Union, Advanced economies, Emerging market economies, G7, G20, OECD, OECD Europe, OECD Asia Oceania, OECD Americas, the LAC region and the World. Data source(s): Climate Change Initiative land cover data and Global Human Settlement Layer built-up area data. Contact: ENV.Stat@oecd.org Database documentation