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Built-up Area

Latest available country observation from Our World in Data, based on the chart's cited sources. The series currently runs through 2025; countries can have different observation years.

Source: Our World in Data•201 countries

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Key Insights

Global Average
4,270.3km² per grid cell
Median: 831.3km² per grid cell
Countries Covered
201
with available data
Highest
United States of America
230,836.9km² per grid cell
Lowest
Mayotte
0.0km² per grid cell
Top 5 Countries
1United States of America230,836.9km² per grid cell
2People's Republic of China89,330.7km² per grid cell
3India42,636.1km² per grid cell
4Brazil36,495.0km² per grid cell
5Germany27,051.8km² per grid cell
By Region
North America64,768.2km² per grid cell(4 countries)
Oceania11,599.1km² per grid cell(2 countries)
Asia8,754.5km² per grid cell(27 countries)
South America7,789.5km² per grid cell(7 countries)
Africa4,587.8km² per grid cell(9 countries)

Country Rankings

Top 10 Countries

Bottom 10 Countries

Data Analysis

Value Distribution

How countries are distributed across the value range

Low (0.0km² per grid cell)High (230,836.9km² per grid cell)

Regional Comparison

Average values by world region (Global avg: 4,270.3km² per grid cell)

North America (4)
Oceania (2)
Asia (27)
South America (7)
Africa (9)
Europe (31)
Other (121)

Percentile Profile

The curve shows how values change from the lowest to the highest country. Steep sections reveal inequality or outliers.

0th percentile · lowest100th percentile · highest

About This Statistic

Latest available country observation from Our World in Data, based on the chart's cited sources. The series currently runs through 2025; countries can have different observation years. Source: Our World in Data.

Methodology

Country values are taken from the latest observation available in the linked source series.

Full Data

Rank ↑Country ↕Value ↕
1United States of America230,836.9km² per grid cell
2People's Republic of China89,330.7km² per grid cell
3India42,636.1km² per grid cell
4Brazil36,495.0km² per grid cell
5Germany27,051.8km² per grid cell
6Australia20,727.1km² per grid cell
7Russian Federation19,934.7km² per grid cell
8Indonesia17,282.8km² per grid cell
9Mexico17,056.4km² per grid cell
10France15,122.2km² per grid cell
11United Kingdom14,142.7km² per grid cell
12Japan13,978.8km² per grid cell
13Italy13,580.3km² per grid cell
14Nigeria11,202.2km² per grid cell
15Canada9,052.8km² per grid cell
16Pakistan8,526.7km² per grid cell
17Islamic Republic of Iran8,280.6km² per grid cell
18South Africa8,172.0km² per grid cell
19Türkiye7,698.4km² per grid cell
20Argentina7,575.8km² per grid cell
21Spain6,889.7km² per grid cell
22Malaysia6,818.1km² per grid cell
23Ukraine6,746.7km² per grid cell
24Saudi Arabia6,550.9km² per grid cell
25Poland6,327.8km² per grid cell
26Philippines6,191.5km² per grid cell
27Democratic Republic of the Congo5,798.8km² per grid cell
28Thailand5,324.0km² per grid cell
29Belgium5,207.3km² per grid cell
30Ghana4,600.5km² per grid cell
31Algeria4,597.8km² per grid cell
32Venezuela4,456.1km² per grid cell
33Egypt4,434.2km² per grid cell
34Sudan4,430.9km² per grid cell
35Netherlands4,359.4km² per grid cell
36Vietnam4,339.0km² per grid cell
37Uzbekistan4,208.0km² per grid cell
38Iraq3,476.7km² per grid cell
39Kazakhstan3,420.8km² per grid cell
40Yemen3,250.4km² per grid cell
41United Republic of Tanzania3,053.6km² per grid cell
42Sweden2,987.5km² per grid cell
43Puerto Rico2,845.1km² per grid cell
44South Korea2,837.1km² per grid cell
45Colombia2,817.2km² per grid cell
46Zimbabwe2,674.7km² per grid cell
47Denmark2,630.4km² per grid cell
48Bangladesh2,569.6km² per grid cell
49Chile2,558.3km² per grid cell
50Timor-Leste2,471.3km² per grid cell
51New Zealand2,471.1km² per grid cell
52Hungary2,379.9km² per grid cell
53Ecuador2,358.5km² per grid cell
54Angola2,309.5km² per grid cell
55United Arab Emirates2,301.7km² per grid cell
56Ethiopia2,256.1km² per grid cell
57Myanmar2,249.7km² per grid cell
58Taiwan, Province of China2,213.6km² per grid cell
59Morocco2,151.2km² per grid cell
60Czech Republic2,147.0km² per grid cell
61Portugal2,141.8km² per grid cell
62Finland2,128.2km² per grid cell
63Guatemala2,126.8km² per grid cell
64Peru2,048.7km² per grid cell
65Norway1,987.4km² per grid cell
66Romania1,984.6km² per grid cell
67Uganda1,870.1km² per grid cell
68Mali1,813.8km² per grid cell
69Switzerland1,802.5km² per grid cell
70Botswana1,791.8km² per grid cell
71Austria1,765.0km² per grid cell
72Cote d'Ivoire1,696.7km² per grid cell
73Cambodia1,687.9km² per grid cell
74Cameroon1,647.3km² per grid cell
75Syrian Arab Republic1,606.5km² per grid cell
76Israel1,603.8km² per grid cell
77Azerbaijan1,593.9km² per grid cell
78Belarus1,590.0km² per grid cell
79Kenya1,566.9km² per grid cell
80Mozambique1,550.1km² per grid cell
81Burkina Faso1,502.3km² per grid cell
82Bolivia1,417.6km² per grid cell
83Zambia1,406.7km² per grid cell
84Oman1,398.8km² per grid cell
85Libya1,243.5km² per grid cell
86Benin1,224.9km² per grid cell
87Tunisia1,211.5km² per grid cell
88Liberia1,197.7km² per grid cell
89Ireland1,154.7km² per grid cell
90Cuba1,140.5km² per grid cell
91Jordan1,109.4km² per grid cell
92Slovakia1,085.9km² per grid cell
93Costa Rica1,052.8km² per grid cell
94Bulgaria960.2km² per grid cell
95North Korea954.9km² per grid cell
96Afghanistan947.6km² per grid cell
97Greece894.6km² per grid cell
98Dominican Republic881.8km² per grid cell
99Kuwait849.6km² per grid cell
100Guinea837.5km² per grid cell
101Niger831.3km² per grid cell
102Panama822.7km² per grid cell
103Honduras814.2km² per grid cell
104Lebanon798.6km² per grid cell
105Turkmenistan770.4km² per grid cell
106Chad768.2km² per grid cell
107Haiti738.2km² per grid cell
108Croatia736.2km² per grid cell
109Malawi699.6km² per grid cell
110Nepal680.1km² per grid cell
111Kyrgyzstan677.1km² per grid cell
112Uruguay673.2km² per grid cell
113Togo663.6km² per grid cell
114Sierra Leone633.4km² per grid cell
115Georgia614.3km² per grid cell
116Paraguay613.6km² per grid cell
117Lithuania603.3km² per grid cell
118Somalia597.8km² per grid cell
119Namibia563.8km² per grid cell
120Senegal563.3km² per grid cell
121El Salvador539.2km² per grid cell
122Western Sahara526.6km² per grid cell
123Nicaragua500.7km² per grid cell
124Qatar499.8km² per grid cell
125Republic of the Congo495.9km² per grid cell
126Sri Lanka481.3km² per grid cell
127Madagascar464.3km² per grid cell
128Tajikistan464.0km² per grid cell
129Jamaica461.2km² per grid cell
130Bosnia and Herzegovina460.7km² per grid cell
131Central African Republic448.0km² per grid cell
132Singapore448.0km² per grid cell
133Mauritania434.9km² per grid cell
134Gabon431.8km² per grid cell
135Latvia421.4km² per grid cell
136Republic of The Gambia416.3km² per grid cell
137Burundi390.7km² per grid cell
138Rwanda369.7km² per grid cell
139Moldova, Republic of368.5km² per grid cell
140Estonia365.5km² per grid cell
141Luxembourg355.0km² per grid cell
142Slovenia354.7km² per grid cell
143Mongolia324.0km² per grid cell
144Guyana321.9km² per grid cell
145Armenia321.1km² per grid cell
146Albania315.8km² per grid cell
147Lesotho314.8km² per grid cell
148Hong Kong305.9km² per grid cell
149Cyprus302.6km² per grid cell
150The Republic of North Macedonia299.3km² per grid cell
151Brunei Darussalam244.1km² per grid cell
152Guinea-Bissau240.4km² per grid cell
153Reunion217.5km² per grid cell
154Lao People's Democratic Republic201.8km² per grid cell
155Bahamas171.5km² per grid cell
156Papua New Guinea168.9km² per grid cell
157Eritrea155.2km² per grid cell
158Suriname153.7km² per grid cell
159Fiji152.4km² per grid cell
160Eswatini152.1km² per grid cell
161Mauritius142.2km² per grid cell
162Cape Verde128.3km² per grid cell
163Martinique95.5km² per grid cell
164Djibouti88.1km² per grid cell
165Iceland84.9km² per grid cell
166Barbados81.6km² per grid cell
167New Caledonia78.2km² per grid cell
168Comoros69.0km² per grid cell
169Equatorial Guinea64.2km² per grid cell
170Sao Tome and Principe62.0km² per grid cell
171Bhutan56.1km² per grid cell
172French Guiana51.9km² per grid cell
173Andorra49.2km² per grid cell
174Guadeloupe45.6km² per grid cell
175Bahrain44.3km² per grid cell
176Solomon Islands43.5km² per grid cell
177Virgin Islands, U.S.41.7km² per grid cell
178American Samoa39.5km² per grid cell
179Vanuatu35.2km² per grid cell
180Trinidad and Tobago35.0km² per grid cell
181Aruba31.1km² per grid cell
182Greenland30.2km² per grid cell
183Belize25.9km² per grid cell
184Turks and Caicos Islands21.0km² per grid cell
185Samoa13.5km² per grid cell
186Malta13.0km² per grid cell
187Saint Vincent and the Grenadines12.6km² per grid cell
188Grenada12.4km² per grid cell
189Svalbard and Jan Mayen8.7km² per grid cell
190Faroe Islands6.6km² per grid cell
191Tonga6.6km² per grid cell
192Montserrat6.3km² per grid cell
193Dominica5.0km² per grid cell
194Antigua and Barbuda4.4km² per grid cell
195Saint Lucia1.8km² per grid cell
196Saint Kitts and Nevis1.1km² per grid cell
197Falkland Islands (Malvinas)1.1km² per grid cell
198Saint Pierre and Miquelon0.9km² per grid cell
199Anguilla0.9km² per grid cell
200Liechtenstein0.9km² per grid cell
201Mayotte0.0km² per grid cell
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Data Source

This data comes from Our World in Data (2025).

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