Artificial surfaces (including urban and associated areas) — Area in Australia and New Zealand
Australia and New Zealand: Artificial surfaces (including urban and associated areas) — Area was 1,173 1000 ha in 2022. ▲ Rising
Artificial surfaces (including urban and associated areas) — Area in Australia and New Zealand, 1992–2022
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in 1000 ha.
Analysis
Australia and New Zealand recorded 1,173 1000 ha for artificial surfaces (including urban and associated areas) — area in 2022. That is the highest value across all 31 years on record.
The figure is up 1.5% on the previous year and up 8.5% over ten years.
Over the whole period, artificial surfaces (including urban and associated areas) — area in Australia and New Zealand peaked at 1,173 1000 ha in 2022 and was at its lowest, 726.15 1000 ha, in 1992.
That places Australia and New Zealand 12th out of 224 countries with data for 2022, putting it in the top 10%.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 31 years of available data.
Artificial surfaces (including urban and associated areas) — Area in Australia and New Zealand, year by year
| Year | 1000 ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1992 | 726.15 1000 ha | — |
| 1993 | 745.75 1000 ha | +2.7% |
| 1994 | 764.7 1000 ha | +2.5% |
| 1995 | 782.91 1000 ha | +2.4% |
| 1996 | 801.31 1000 ha | +2.4% |
| 1997 | 818.29 1000 ha | +2.1% |
| 1998 | 836.04 1000 ha | +2.2% |
| 1999 | 853.49 1000 ha | +2.1% |
| 2000 | 873.79 1000 ha | +2.4% |
| 2001 | 929.9 1000 ha | +6.4% |
| 2002 | 957.46 1000 ha | +3.0% |
| 2003 | 973.35 1000 ha | +1.7% |
| 2004 | 985.43 1000 ha | +1.2% |
| 2005 | 1,017 1000 ha | +3.2% |
| 2006 | 1,033 1000 ha | +1.6% |
| 2007 | 1,046 1000 ha | +1.3% |
| 2008 | 1,052 1000 ha | +0.6% |
| 2009 | 1,061 1000 ha | +0.8% |
| 2010 | 1,070 1000 ha | +0.8% |
| 2011 | 1,077 1000 ha | +0.7% |
| 2012 | 1,081 1000 ha | +0.3% |
| 2013 | 1,087 1000 ha | +0.6% |
| 2014 | 1,095 1000 ha | +0.7% |
| 2015 | 1,102 1000 ha | +0.6% |
| 2016 | 1,111 1000 ha | +0.8% |
| 2017 | 1,121 1000 ha | +1.0% |
| 2018 | 1,128 1000 ha | +0.6% |
| 2019 | 1,142 1000 ha | +1.2% |
| 2020 | 1,142 1000 ha | +0.0% |
| 2021 | 1,156 1000 ha | +1.2% |
| 2022 | 1,173 1000 ha | +1.5% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 791.08 1000 ha | 726.15 1000 ha | 853.49 1000 ha | 8 |
| 2000s | 992.93 1000 ha | 873.79 1000 ha | 1,061 1000 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 1,101 1000 ha | 1,070 1000 ha | 1,142 1000 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 1,157 1000 ha | 1,142 1000 ha | 1,173 1000 ha | 3 |
Countries ranked near Australia and New Zealand
- 9 Indonesia 1,396 1000 ha compare
- 9 Syrian Arab Republic 142.99 1000 ha compare
- 10 France 1,394 1000 ha compare
- 10 United Republic of Tanzania 124.91 1000 ha compare
- 11 Bolivia (Plurinational State of) 112.18 1000 ha compare
- 11 Mexico 1,324 1000 ha compare
- 12 Democratic People's Republic of Korea 90.8 1000 ha compare
- 13 United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland 1,044 1000 ha compare
- 13 Melanesia 32.92 1000 ha compare
- 14 Italy 1,037 1000 ha compare
- 14 Lao People's Democratic Republic 14.74 1000 ha compare
- 15 Canada 985.04 1000 ha compare
- 15 Timor-Leste 7 1000 ha compare
More environment data for Australia and New Zealand
- Standard Deviation, annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2025)
- Historical exposure to drought — Cropland soil moisture anomaly -5.87 Percentage change (2025)
- Historical exposure to drought — Land soil moisture anomaly -4.39 Percentage change (2025)
- Temperature change 1.39 °C (2025)
- Standard Deviation 0.335 °C (2025)
- Total fibre furnish — Production 4.99 million t (2024)
- Recovered paper — Production 2.98 million t (2024)
- Cropland — Area 32,246 1000 ha (2024)
- Nutrient potash K2O (total) — Use per capita 16.72 kg/cap (2024)
- Nutrient potash K2O (total) — Use per value of agricultural production 7.63 g/Int$ (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is artificial surfaces (including urban and associated areas) — area in Australia and New Zealand?
- Artificial surfaces (including urban and associated areas) — area in Australia and New Zealand was 1,173 1000 ha in 2022, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest artificial surfaces (including urban and associated areas) — area recorded in Australia and New Zealand?
- The highest recorded value was 1,173 1000 ha in 2022.
- What is the lowest artificial surfaces (including urban and associated areas) — area recorded in Australia and New Zealand?
- The lowest recorded value was 726.15 1000 ha in 1992.
- How does Australia and New Zealand rank for artificial surfaces (including urban and associated areas) — area?
- Australia and New Zealand ranks 12th out of 224 countries with data for 2022.
- Is artificial surfaces (including urban and associated areas) — area rising or falling in Australia and New Zealand?
- Over the last ten years it is up 8.5%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Australia and New Zealand data come from?
- The figures come from Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as part of Artificial surfaces (including urban and associated areas) — Area from CCI_LC. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
The FAOSTAT domain on Land Cover data under the Agri-Environmental Indicators section contains land cover information organized by the land cover classes of the international standard system for Environmental and Economic Accounting Central Framework (SEEA CF). The land cover information is compiled from publicly available Global Land Cover (GLC) maps: a) MODIS land cover types based on the Land Cover Classification System, LCCS; b) The European Spatial Agency (ESA) Climate Change Initiative (CCI) annual land cover maps produced by the Université catholique de Louvain (UCL)-Geomatics and now under the European Copernicus Program; c) The annual land cover maps which were produced under the European Copernicus Global Land Service (CGLS) (CGLS land cover, containing discrete land cover categorization), with spatial resolution 100m; and d) the WorldCover maps of the European Space Agency, produced at 10m resolution.