Urban land area where elevation is below 5 meters (% of total land area) - Country Ranking - Asia

Definition: Urban land area below 5m is the percentage of total land where the urban land elevation is 5 meters or less.

Source: Center for International Earth Science Information Network (CIESIN)/Columbia University. 2013. Urban-Rural Population and Land Area Estimates Version 2. Palisades, NY: NASA Socioeconomic Data and Applications Center (SEDAC). http://sedac.ciesin.columbia.e

See also: Thematic map, Time series comparison

Find indicator:
Rank Country Value Year
1 Bahrain 21.30 2010
2 Macao SAR, China 17.69 2010
3 Hong Kong SAR, China 5.59 2010
4 Singapore 4.45 2010
5 Japan 2.50 2010
6 United Arab Emirates 1.51 2010
7 Kuwait 1.39 2010
8 Thailand 0.84 2010
9 Vietnam 0.80 2010
10 Qatar 0.68 2010
11 Bangladesh 0.65 2010
12 Korea 0.64 2010
13 Sri Lanka 0.41 2010
14 Iraq 0.31 2010
15 Israel 0.30 2010
16 Malaysia 0.30 2010
17 Brunei 0.26 2010
18 China 0.26 2010
19 Philippines 0.25 2010
20 Indonesia 0.22 2010
21 Georgia 0.16 2010
22 India 0.12 2010
23 Oman 0.11 2010
24 Saudi Arabia 0.10 2010
25 Lebanon 0.10 2010
26 Turkey 0.10 2010
27 Dem. People's Rep. Korea 0.09 2010
28 Myanmar 0.07 2010
29 Cambodia 0.06 2010
30 Iran 0.05 2010
31 Yemen 0.03 2010
32 Timor-Leste 0.02 2010
33 Pakistan 0.02 2010
34 Russia 0.01 2010
35 Syrian Arab Republic 0.00 2010
36 Jordan 0.00 2010
37 Lao PDR 0.00 2010

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Development Relevance: Scientists use the terms climate change and global warming to refer to the gradual increase in the Earth's surface temperature that has accelerated since the industrial revolution and especially over the past two decades. Most global warming has been caused by human activities that have changed the chemical composition of the atmosphere through a buildup of greenhouse gases - primarily carbon dioxide, methane, and nitrous oxide. Rising global temperatures will cause sea level rise and alter local climate conditions, affecting forests, crop yields, and water supplies, and may affect human health, animals, and many types of ecosystems.

Statistical Concept and Methodology: Elevation data used to generate the low elevation coastal zones come from the SRTM3 Enhanced Global Map developed by ISCIENCES. The ISCIENCES digital elevation model was created using NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory Shuttle Radar Topography Mission data processed to 3 arc-seconds (SRTM3).

Aggregation method: Weighted average

Periodicity: Annual