Land use hidden — Land area, annual growth rate by country

The year-on-year percentage change in Land use hidden — Land area. Computed from consecutive annual observations; years either side of a gap are skipped rather than bridged.

Countries reporting
84
Highest
1.43 % change on previous year
Wallis and Futuna
Lowest
-0.6667 % change on previous year
Maldives
Median
0 % change on previous year
Years covered
62
1962–2023
Data points
13,215

What the numbers show

Land use hidden — Land area, annual growth rate is currently reported for 84 countries. The highest value is 1.43 % change on previous year in Wallis and Futuna; the lowest is -0.6667 % change on previous year in Maldives.

The median across all reporting countries is 0 % change on previous year, and the mean is 0.025 % change on previous year.

The gap between the highest and lowest reporting country is a factor of about 2.

Over the past decade 14 countries rose and 12 fell. The largest increase was in Poland (up 1,900.8%), and the largest decrease in Lithuania (down 500.4%).

Land use hidden — Land area, annual growth rate: full country ranking

#Country LatestYear 10-year changeTrend
1 Wallis and Futuna 1.43 % change on previous year 2023 — volatile
2 Bahrain 1.27 % change on previous year 2023 — volatile
3 Moldova 0.1521 % change on previous year 2023 up 149.8% volatile
4 Mongolia 0.0636 % change on previous year 2023 — volatile
5 Poland 0.0588 % change on previous year 2023 up 1,900.8% volatile
6 Germany 0.02 % change on previous year 2023 down 79.5% volatile
7 Japan 0.0189 % change on previous year 2023 — volatile
8 Finland 0.0039 % change on previous year 2023 — volatile
9 Armenia 0.0039 % change on previous year 2023 — volatile
10 OECD 0.0008 % change on previous year 2023 down 76.8% volatile
11 Singapore 0 % change on previous year 2023 down 100.0% volatile
11 Russia 0 % change on previous year 2023 — volatile
11 El Salvador 0 % change on previous year 2023 — volatile
11 Chad 0 % change on previous year 2023 — volatile
11 Nepal 0 % change on previous year 2023 — volatile
11 Tajikistan 0 % change on previous year 2023 — volatile
11 Romania 0 % change on previous year 2023 down 100.0% volatile
11 Qatar 0 % change on previous year 2023 — volatile
11 French Polynesia 0 % change on previous year 2023 — volatile
11 Paraguay 0 % change on previous year 2023 — volatile
11 Portugal 0 % change on previous year 2023 down 100.0% volatile
11 Philippines 0 % change on previous year 2023 — volatile
11 Panama 0 % change on previous year 2023 — volatile
11 Mauritius 0 % change on previous year 2023 — volatile
11 Syrian Arab Republic 0 % change on previous year 2023 — volatile
11 Croatia 0 % change on previous year 2023 — volatile
11 Latvia 0 % change on previous year 2023 — volatile
11 Estonia 0 % change on previous year 2023 down 100.0% volatile
11 Madagascar 0 % change on previous year 2023 down 100.0% volatile
11 Ethiopia 0 % change on previous year 2023 up 100.0% volatile
11 Netherlands 0 % change on previous year 2023 up 100.0% volatile
11 Réunion 0 % change on previous year 2023 down 100.0% volatile
11 Viet Nam 0 % change on previous year 2023 up 100.0% volatile
11 Uganda 0 % change on previous year 2023 — volatile
11 Micronesia 0 % change on previous year 2023 — volatile
11 Mayotte 0 % change on previous year 2023 — volatile
11 Guadeloupe 0 % change on previous year 2023 — volatile
11 French Guiana 0 % change on previous year 2023 — volatile
11 Samoa 0 % change on previous year 2023 — volatile
11 United States 0 % change on previous year 2023 — volatile
11 Ukraine 0 % change on previous year 2023 — volatile
11 China 0 % change on previous year 2023 — volatile
11 Hong Kong 0 % change on previous year 2023 — volatile
11 Guyana 0 % change on previous year 2023 — volatile
11 Norway 0 % change on previous year 2023 up 100.0% volatile
11 Ghana 0 % change on previous year 2023 — volatile
11 Faroe Islands 0 % change on previous year 2023 — volatile
11 Eritrea 0 % change on previous year 2023 up 100.0% volatile
11 Ecuador 0 % change on previous year 2023 — volatile
11 Dominican Republic 0 % change on previous year 2023 — volatile
11 Cuba 0 % change on previous year 2023 up 100.0% volatile
11 Greenland 0 % change on previous year 2023 — volatile
11 Chile 0 % change on previous year 2023 — volatile
11 Switzerland 0 % change on previous year 2023 up 100.0% volatile
11 Canada 0 % change on previous year 2023 — volatile
11 Bhutan 0 % change on previous year 2023 — volatile
11 Bulgaria 0 % change on previous year 2023 — volatile
11 Belgium 0 % change on previous year 2023 — volatile
11 Azerbaijan 0 % change on previous year 2023 down 100.0% volatile
11 Australia 0 % change on previous year 2023 — volatile
11 Saint Kitts and Nevis 0 % change on previous year 2023 — volatile
11 Myanmar 0 % change on previous year 2023 up 100.0% volatile
11 North Macedonia 0 % change on previous year 2023 — volatile
11 Monaco 0 % change on previous year 2023 — volatile
11 Morocco 0 % change on previous year 2023 — volatile
11 Macao 0 % change on previous year 2023 down 100.0% volatile
11 Sri Lanka 0 % change on previous year 2023 — volatile
11 Hungary 0 % change on previous year 2023 — volatile
11 Kenya 0 % change on previous year 2023 — volatile
11 Jordan 0 % change on previous year 2023 — volatile
11 Italy 0 % change on previous year 2023 — volatile
11 Iceland 0 % change on previous year 2023 — volatile
11 Iraq 0 % change on previous year 2023 up 100.0% volatile
11 Iran 0 % change on previous year 2023 — volatile
11 Indonesia 0 % change on previous year 2023 — volatile
217 Uzbekistan -0.0005 % change on previous year 2023 up 82.0% volatile
218 Sweden -0.0025 % change on previous year 2023 — volatile
219 Spain -0.0034 % change on previous year 2023 — volatile
220 Belarus -0.0034 % change on previous year 2023 down 177.7% volatile
221 Czechia -0.0057 % change on previous year 2023 up 56.0% volatile
222 Lithuania -0.0064 % change on previous year 2023 down 500.4% volatile
223 Slovenia -0.0094 % change on previous year 2023 up 66.7% volatile
224 Bangladesh -0.215 % change on previous year 2023 — volatile
225 Maldives -0.6667 % change on previous year 2023 — volatile

Regions and income groups

Aggregates are excluded from the country ranking above so that a region can never outrank a country.

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The year-on-year percentage change in Land use hidden — Land area. Computed from consecutive annual observations; years either side of a gap are skipped rather than bridged.

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Indicator
Land use hidden — Land area, annual growth rate
Unit
% change on previous year
Source
Statizoid (derived)
Licence
Derived by Statizoid from the sources named on the page
Coverage
230 places, 13,215 data points, 1962–2023
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The year-on-year percentage change in Land use hidden — Land area. Computed from consecutive annual observations; years either side of a gap are skipped rather than bridged.