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Built-up area and built-up area change in countries and regions

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Measure
Large subnational region			Total
Small subnational region			Total
Variable
Unit			Percentage
Year			1975	1990	2000	2014


Country
Australia			0.07	0.09	0.10	0.12
Austria			1.61	2.04	2.46	2.78
Belgium			8.93	11.07	13.21	14.68
Canada			0.08	0.10	0.13	0.15
Chile			0.09	0.12	0.15	0.17
Colombia			0.10	0.10	0.12	0.13
Costa Rica			0.41	0.58	0.76	0.88
Czechia			2.42	3.02	3.39	3.77
Denmark			3.49	4.26	4.81	5.54
Estonia			0.45	0.50	0.54	0.60
Finland			0.20	0.24	0.30	0.38
France			1.98	2.64	3.19	3.73
Germany			4.28	5.29	5.96	6.62
Greece			1.21	1.47	1.69	1.87
Hungary			1.99	2.55	2.99	3.41
Iceland			0.02	0.02	0.03	0.03
Ireland			0.73	0.96	1.15	1.42
Israel			2.97	3.68	4.50	5.03
Italy			2.97	3.60	4.22	4.73
Japan			5.85	6.48	7.23	7.78
Korea			2.29	2.79	3.77	4.65
Latvia			0.35	0.41	0.44	0.50
Lithuania			0.58	0.74	0.84	0.95
Luxembourg			4.31	5.77	6.70	7.59
Mexico			0.25	0.39	0.57	0.74
Netherlands			8.05	10.02	12.37	13.97
New Zealand			0.35	0.35	0.40	0.45
Norway			0.23	0.29	0.36	0.47
Poland			1.41	1.97	2.33	2.80
Portugal			1.93	2.41	3.21	3.68
Slovak Republic			2.07	2.59	2.87	3.14
Slovenia			1.72	1.98	2.20	2.47
Spain			0.89	1.17	1.45	1.66
Sweden			0.43	0.51	0.58	0.67
Switzerland			3.10	3.75	4.31	4.93
Türkiye			0.31	0.48	0.67	0.79
United Kingdom			4.28	4.97	5.29	5.75
United States			0.88	1.17	1.50	1.79
OECD Asia Oceania			0.37	0.42	0.48	0.53
Euro area (19 countries)			1.97	2.48	2.93	3.33
European Union (28 countries)			1.85	2.32	2.70	3.07
European Union – 27 countries (from 01/02/2020)			1.70	2.17	2.55	2.91
G7			0.78	1.00	1.21	1.41
NAFTA			0.46	0.62	0.80	0.96
G20			0.39	0.54	0.68	0.82
OECD - Europe			1.56	1.97	2.31	2.62
OECD - Total			0.58	0.74	0.91	1.06
World			0.29	0.40	0.50	0.60
Non-OECD Economies	Afghanistan		0.02	0.04	0.06	0.08
	Albania		0.44	0.67	1.13	1.37
	Algeria		0.04	0.07	0.10	0.12
	American Samoa		1.22	1.22	1.22	2.09
	Andorra		0.45	0.89	1.32	1.68
	Angola		0.05	0.06	0.07	0.09
	Anguilla		1.59	1.89	4.28	5.06
	Antigua and Barbuda		1.36	1.36	1.55	1.81
	Argentina		0.10	0.14	0.17	0.18
	Armenia		0.95	1.24	1.40	1.48
	Aruba		22.99	22.99	28.44	29.08
	Azerbaijan		0.68	0.91	1.13	1.29
	Bahamas		0.85	0.95	1.09	1.16
	Bahrain		20.96	22.52	24.02	25.51
	Bangladesh		3.68	4.58	5.18	5.90
	Barbados		12.28	12.28	17.80	18.36
	Belarus		0.71	0.94	1.13	1.39
	Belize		0.09	0.12	0.17	0.18
	Benin		0.22	0.33	0.45	0.51
	Bermuda		29.64	29.64	29.64	31.11
	Bhutan		0.00	0.01	0.01	0.08
	Bolivia		0.03	0.03	0.05	0.05
	Bosnia and Herzegovina		0.42	0.63	0.81	0.94
	Botswana		0.01	0.02	0.04	0.04
	Brazil		0.12	0.15	0.20	0.23
	British Virgin Islands		5.45	5.97	6.42	7.23
	Brunei Darussalam		0.34	0.42	0.50	0.55
	Bulgaria		1.07	1.37	1.55	1.70
	Burkina Faso		0.05	0.06	0.10	0.13
	Burundi		0.11	0.15	0.24	0.30
	Cambodia		0.05	0.09	0.14	0.18
	Cameroon		0.06	0.10	0.13	0.15
	Cabo Verde		0.44	0.44	0.44	0.47
	Cayman Islands		4.22	5.92	6.97	7.97
	Central African Republic		0.01	0.01	0.02	0.02
	Chad		0.01	0.01	0.01	0.01
	China (People's Republic of)		0.49	0.93	1.23	1.64
	Comoros		1.14	1.14	1.14	1.94
	Congo		0.03	0.04	0.05	0.06
	Democratic Republic of the Congo		0.04	0.05	0.07	0.09
	Cook Islands		1.73	1.73	1.73	1.84
	Côte d'Ivoire		0.19	0.24	0.31	0.36
	Croatia		1.28	1.61	1.86	2.08
	Cuba		0.54	0.69	0.82	0.93
	Cyprus		2.47	2.79	3.33	3.72
	Djibouti		0.01	0.01	0.01	0.01
	Dominica		0.72	0.76	0.83	0.87
	Dominican Republic		0.77	1.04	1.42	1.72
	Ecuador		0.18	0.18	0.22	0.25
	Egypt		0.26	0.30	0.37	0.42
	El Salvador		0.78	1.15	1.57	1.90
	Equatorial Guinea		0.07	0.10	0.12	0.13
	Eritrea		0.00	0.00	0.00	0.01
	Ethiopia		0.01	0.01	0.03	0.04
	Falkland Islands (Malvinas)		0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00
	Fiji		0.10	0.10	0.10	0.15
	French Polynesia		0.77	0.77	0.77	0.83
	Gabon		0.02	0.03	0.03	0.03
	Gambia		0.76	0.95	1.17	1.22
	Georgia		0.60	0.70	0.78	0.85
	Ghana		0.42	0.55	0.74	0.88
	Gibraltar		45.05	45.32	45.92	46.21
	Greenland		0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00
	Grenada		2.22	2.22	4.48	5.63
Guam		4.51	4.51	4.51	5.00
Guatemala		0.24	0.36	0.50	0.62
Guinea		0.09	0.12	0.17	0.20
Guinea-Bissau		0.12	0.14	0.19	0.22
Guyana		0.02	0.02	0.02	0.02
Haiti		0.66	0.88	1.12	1.24
Holy See		65.52	66.10	69.90	69.90
Honduras		0.21	0.27	0.40	0.47
Hong Kong, China		12.98	15.77	17.63	18.84
India		0.38	0.58	0.81	1.05
Indonesia		0.36	0.46	0.63	0.75
Iran		0.13	0.21	0.28	0.34
Iraq		0.15	0.27	0.35	0.49
Isle of Man		2.54	2.84	3.10	3.56
Jamaica		2.05	2.19	2.53	2.81
Jordan		0.08	0.41	0.63	0.77
Kazakhstan		0.06	0.09	0.11	0.12
Kenya		0.01	0.02	0.04	0.05
Democratic People's Republic of Korea		0.30	0.35	0.40	0.44
Kiribati		0.36	0.36	0.36	0.42
Kuwait		1.56	2.00	2.21	2.44
Kyrgyzstan		0.21	0.30	0.37	0.47
Lao People's Democratic Republic		0.02	0.03	0.05	0.07
Lebanon		3.07	3.71	4.74	5.72
Lesotho		0.03	0.09	0.15	0.17
Liberia		0.16	0.18	0.20	0.24
Libya		0.05	0.06	0.08	0.09
Liechtenstein		3.97	4.53	5.76	6.56
Macau, China		30.02	37.66	39.79	42.54
Madagascar		0.01	0.02	0.02	0.03
Malawi		0.06	0.08	0.14	0.16
Malaysia		0.71	0.79	1.01	1.17
Maldives		14.88	14.88	14.88	16.58
Mali		0.01	0.02	0.03	0.03
Malta		10.11	14.26	21.96	22.61
Marshall Islands		1.34	1.34	1.34	1.55
Mauritania		0.01	0.01	0.01	0.01
Mauritius		4.51	4.51	4.51	6.71
Micronesia		0.56	0.56	0.56	0.75
Moldova		1.98	2.86	3.14	3.31
Monaco		17.26	23.90	25.75	26.33
Mongolia		0.00	0.00	0.01	0.01
Montenegro		0.49	0.64	0.77	0.87
Montserrat		0.10	0.10	0.14	0.15
Morocco		0.11	0.18	0.24	0.30
Mozambique		0.04	0.06	0.09	0.11
Myanmar		0.07	0.11	0.16	0.21
Namibia		0.00	0.01	0.01	0.01
Nauru		9.39	9.39	9.39	10.21
Nepal		0.09	0.13	0.14	0.19
New Caledonia		0.11	0.11	0.11	0.20
Nicaragua		0.12	0.16	0.20	0.22
Niger		0.01	0.01	0.02	0.03
North Macedonia		0.41	0.77	0.93	1.05
Nigeria		0.27	0.48	0.65	0.81
Niue		0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00
Northern Mariana Islands		1.88	1.88	1.88	2.06
Palestinian Authority or West Bank and Gaza Strip		3.65	4.82	6.46	7.43
Oman		0.04	0.06	0.08	0.10
Pakistan		0.14	0.27	0.50	0.89
Palau		0.43	0.43	0.43	0.53
Panama		0.26	0.32	0.46	0.55
Papua New Guinea		0.00	0.01	0.01	0.01
Paraguay		0.05	0.07	0.09	0.11
Peru		0.06	0.06	0.07	0.08
Philippines		0.42	0.53	0.65	0.75
Puerto Rico		8.30	9.49	11.42	13.13
Qatar		2.08	2.49	2.89	3.37
Romania		0.95	1.33	1.58	1.80
Russia		0.12	0.16	0.18	0.22
Rwanda		0.18	0.30	0.43	0.67
Saint Helena		0.02	0.02	0.02	0.06
Saint Kitts and Nevis		0.56	0.77	1.62	1.72
Saint Lucia		1.85	2.19	2.55	2.72
Saint Pierre and Miquelon		0.74	0.79	0.91	0.95
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines		3.13	3.13	3.64	3.75
Samoa		0.22	0.22	0.22	0.41
San Marino		8.09	10.92	13.20	14.64
Sao Tome and Principe		0.11	0.11	0.11	0.15
Saudi Arabia		0.07	0.10	0.13	0.14
Senegal		0.14	0.19	0.24	0.32
Serbia		1.06	1.41	1.68	1.97
Seychelles		0.29	0.29	0.29	0.74
Sierra Leone		0.15	0.18	0.25	0.33
Singapore		31.71	31.71	33.18	34.00
Solomon Islands		0.01	0.01	0.01	0.03
Somalia		0.07	0.08	0.09	0.09
South Africa		0.25	0.37	0.48	0.55
Sri Lanka		0.78	0.99	1.18	1.38
Sudan		0.01	0.02	0.03	0.04
Suriname		0.06	0.06	0.07	0.08
South Sudan		0.01	0.01	0.01	0.02
Eswatini		0.05	0.12	0.20	0.27
Syrian Arab Republic		0.33	0.58	0.74	0.87
Chinese Taipei		4.77	4.81	5.32	5.70
Tajikistan		0.45	0.59	0.72	0.78
Tanzania		0.05	0.06	0.08	0.10
Thailand		0.49	0.76	1.03	1.31
Timor-Leste		0.10	0.13	0.14	0.15
Togo		0.24	0.31	0.41	0.45
Tokelau		0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00
Tonga		1.08	1.08	1.08	1.15
Trinidad and Tobago		4.15	4.15	4.78	5.24
Tunisia		0.40	0.56	0.67	0.75
Turkmenistan		0.08	0.10	0.13	0.14
Turks and Caicos Islands		1.85	2.18	2.71	2.84
Tuvalu		1.75	1.75	1.75	1.84
Uganda		0.08	0.10	0.17	0.21
Ukraine		1.31	1.86	2.06	2.25
United Arab Emirates		0.61	0.72	0.86	1.02
Uruguay		0.14	0.21	0.25	0.28
Uzbekistan		0.68	0.84	1.04	1.12
Vanuatu		0.04	0.04	0.04	0.08
Venezuela		0.17	0.17	0.21	0.23
Viet Nam		0.81	1.06	1.50	1.78
United States Virgin Islands		8.71	10.55	11.97	13.64
Wallis and Futuna		0.35	0.35	0.35	0.52
Yemen		0.01	0.02	0.03	0.04
Zambia		0.04	0.05	0.06	0.07
Zimbabwe		0.04	0.07	0.11	0.12
Other Groups	Latin America and Caribbean		0.13	0.17	0.23	0.27
	Middle East and North Africa		0.12	0.17	0.22	0.26
	Western Sahara		0.00	0.00	0.00	0.01
	APEC		0.31	0.45	0.58	0.72
	ASEAN		0.37	0.48	0.66	0.78
BRIICS economies - Brazil, Russia, India, Indonesia, China and South Africa			0.24	0.39	0.50	0.64
USA unspecified			0.89	1.17	1.51	1.80
OECD America			0.43	0.58	0.74	0.89
France unspecified			1.92	2.56	3.09	3.61
Norway unspecified			0.23	0.29	0.36	0.47
Eastern Europe, Caucasus and Central Asia			0.17	0.23	0.27	0.31
Australia unspecified			0.07	0.09	0.10	0.12
Denmark unspecified			0.40	0.48	0.54	0.63
United Kingdom unspecified			4.07	4.73	5.03	5.47
Netherlands unspecified			8.12	10.09	12.46	14.05
New Zealand unspecified			0.35	0.35	0.40	0.45

Data extracted on 26 Apr 2024 04:40 UTC (GMT) from OECD.Stat

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