Variable: Built-up land footprint of consumption (gha per person)

QoG Code: (ef_bul)


Dataset: Global Footprint data

Description:

The built-up land footprint is calculated based on the area of land covered by human infrastructure: transportation, housing, and industrial structures. Built-up land may occupy what would previously have been cropland. Measured in global hectares (gha) per person.

Type of variable: Continuous

Downloaded by QoG on: 2025-11-05
Last updated by source: 2025-02-01


Categories:

Environment


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Standard Cross-section - 2026 Standard Time-series - 2026 Original Dataset

Details of this variable in our compilations datasets
Dataset No. Countries
Standard cross-section: 145
Standard time-series: 147


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This variable has information from the year 1961 to the year 2024