Multidecadal Land Use Patterns and Land Surface Temperature Variation in Sri Lanka

Table 4

Land use and land cover change statistics of Sri Lanka.

LULC type	Area ()			Percentage (%)
	2000	2010	2020	2000	2010	2020
Agricultural	22570.65	25481.12	28728.90	33.94	38.32	43.20
Forest lands	25606.17	24216.66	22490.17	38.51	36.42	33.82
Bare lands	13677.18	11879.90	7930.15	20.57	17.87	11.93
Settlements	2157.91	2716.09	4868.51	3.25	4.08	7.32
Water bodies	1907.88	1576.76	1582.22	2.87	2.37	2.38