This statistic provides the share of the total land area that is built-up in the ** largest cities around the world in 2015. As of this year, about ***** percent of Los Angeles' land area was considered built-up.
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Joint Research Centre (Global Human Settlement). (April 7, 2020). Percentage of built-up area of major cities worldwide in 2015 [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved July 11, 2025, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/912747/share-built-up-land-area-of-megacities-worldwide/
Joint Research Centre (Global Human Settlement). "Percentage of built-up area of major cities worldwide in 2015." Chart. April 7, 2020. Statista. Accessed July 11, 2025. https://www.statista.com/statistics/912747/share-built-up-land-area-of-megacities-worldwide/
Joint Research Centre (Global Human Settlement). (2020). Percentage of built-up area of major cities worldwide in 2015. Statista. Statista Inc.. Accessed: July 11, 2025. https://www.statista.com/statistics/912747/share-built-up-land-area-of-megacities-worldwide/
Joint Research Centre (Global Human Settlement). "Percentage of Built-up Area of Major Cities Worldwide in 2015." Statista, Statista Inc., 7 Apr 2020, https://www.statista.com/statistics/912747/share-built-up-land-area-of-megacities-worldwide/
Joint Research Centre (Global Human Settlement), Percentage of built-up area of major cities worldwide in 2015 Statista, https://www.statista.com/statistics/912747/share-built-up-land-area-of-megacities-worldwide/ (last visited July 11, 2025)
Percentage of built-up area of major cities worldwide in 2015 [Graph], Joint Research Centre (Global Human Settlement), April 7, 2020. [Online]. Available: https://www.statista.com/statistics/912747/share-built-up-land-area-of-megacities-worldwide/
