Artificial surfaces (including urban and associated areas) — Area in Eastern Europe
Eastern Europe: Artificial surfaces (including urban and associated areas) — Area was 7,225 1000 ha in 2022. ▲ Rising
Artificial surfaces (including urban and associated areas) — Area in Eastern Europe, 1992–2022
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in 1000 ha.
Analysis
The most recent figure for artificial surfaces (including urban and associated areas) — area in Eastern Europe is 7,225 1000 ha, measured in 2022. That is the highest value across all 31 years on record.
That represents a change of up 1.7% on the previous year and up 9.4% over ten years.
Over the whole period, artificial surfaces (including urban and associated areas) — area in Eastern Europe peaked at 7,225 1000 ha in 2022 and was at its lowest, 3,289 1000 ha, in 1992.
Eastern Europe ranks 8th of 26 groups on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 31 years of available data.
Artificial surfaces (including urban and associated areas) — Area in Eastern Europe, year by year
| Year | 1000 ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1992 | 3,289 1000 ha | — |
| 1993 | 3,361 1000 ha | +2.2% |
| 1994 | 3,441 1000 ha | +2.4% |
| 1995 | 3,529 1000 ha | +2.6% |
| 1996 | 3,623 1000 ha | +2.7% |
| 1997 | 3,727 1000 ha | +2.9% |
| 1998 | 3,858 1000 ha | +3.5% |
| 1999 | 3,990 1000 ha | +3.4% |
| 2000 | 4,135 1000 ha | +3.6% |
| 2001 | 4,478 1000 ha | +8.3% |
| 2002 | 4,944 1000 ha | +10.4% |
| 2003 | 5,518 1000 ha | +11.6% |
| 2004 | 6,169 1000 ha | +11.8% |
| 2005 | 6,242 1000 ha | +1.2% |
| 2006 | 6,290 1000 ha | +0.8% |
| 2007 | 6,340 1000 ha | +0.8% |
| 2008 | 6,442 1000 ha | +1.6% |
| 2009 | 6,472 1000 ha | +0.5% |
| 2010 | 6,502 1000 ha | +0.5% |
| 2011 | 6,533 1000 ha | +0.5% |
| 2012 | 6,603 1000 ha | +1.1% |
| 2013 | 6,648 1000 ha | +0.7% |
| 2014 | 6,716 1000 ha | +1.0% |
| 2015 | 6,756 1000 ha | +0.6% |
| 2016 | 6,821 1000 ha | +1.0% |
| 2017 | 6,857 1000 ha | +0.5% |
| 2018 | 6,883 1000 ha | +0.4% |
| 2019 | 6,975 1000 ha | +1.3% |
| 2020 | 6,975 1000 ha | +0.0% |
| 2021 | 7,104 1000 ha | +1.9% |
| 2022 | 7,225 1000 ha | +1.7% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 3,602 1000 ha | 3,289 1000 ha | 3,990 1000 ha | 8 |
| 2000s | 5,703 1000 ha | 4,135 1000 ha | 6,472 1000 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 6,729 1000 ha | 6,502 1000 ha | 6,975 1000 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 7,101 1000 ha | 6,975 1000 ha | 7,225 1000 ha | 3 |
Countries ranked near Eastern Europe
More environment data for Eastern Europe
- Standard Deviation, annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2025)
- Historical exposure to drought — Cropland soil moisture anomaly -4.01 Percentage change (2025)
- Historical exposure to drought — Land soil moisture anomaly -2.03 Percentage change (2025)
- Standard Deviation 0.483 °C (2025)
- Temperature change 2.81 °C (2025)
- Roundwood — Production 339.05 million m3 (2024)
- Roundwood, non-coniferous — Production 89.12 million m3 (2024)
- Roundwood, coniferous — Production 249.93 million m3 (2024)
- Roundwood — Export value 1.44 million 1000 USD (2024)
- Roundwood — Export quantity 13.20 million m3 (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is artificial surfaces (including urban and associated areas) — area in Eastern Europe?
- Artificial surfaces (including urban and associated areas) — area in Eastern Europe was 7,225 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 Eastern Europe?
- The highest recorded value was 7,225 1000 ha in 2022.
- What is the lowest artificial surfaces (including urban and associated areas) — area recorded in Eastern Europe?
- The lowest recorded value was 3,289 1000 ha in 1992.
- How does Eastern Europe rank for artificial surfaces (including urban and associated areas) — area?
- Eastern Europe ranks 8th out of 26 groups with data for 2022.
- Is artificial surfaces (including urban and associated areas) — area rising or falling in Eastern Europe?
- Over the last ten years it is up 9.4%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Eastern Europe 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.