Artificial surfaces (including urban and associated areas) — Area in Egypt
Egypt: Artificial surfaces (including urban and associated areas) — Area was 303.21 1000 ha in 2022. ▲ Rising
Artificial surfaces (including urban and associated areas) — Area in Egypt, 1992–2022
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in 1000 ha.
Analysis
In 2022, artificial surfaces (including urban and associated areas) — area in Egypt stood at 303.21 1000 ha. That is the highest value across all 31 years on record.
The figure is up 9.8% on the previous year and up 56.9% over ten years.
Over the whole period, artificial surfaces (including urban and associated areas) — area in Egypt peaked at 303.21 1000 ha in 2022 and was at its lowest, 78.75 1000 ha, in 1992.
Egypt ranks 31st of 224 countries on this measure, in the top quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 31 years of available data.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 84.92 1000 ha | 78.75 1000 ha | 93.85 1000 ha | 8 |
| 2000s | 138.4 1000 ha | 96.76 1000 ha | 174.11 1000 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 216.54 1000 ha | 179.9 1000 ha | 246.05 1000 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 279.03 1000 ha | 257.84 1000 ha | 303.21 1000 ha | 3 |
Countries ranked near Egypt
More environment data for Egypt
- Historical exposure to drought — Land soil moisture anomaly -20.54 Percentage change (2025)
- Historical exposure to drought — Cropland soil moisture anomaly -13.21 Percentage change (2025)
- Standard Deviation, annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2025)
- Standard Deviation 0.361 °C (2025)
- Temperature change 1.4 °C (2025)
- Other paper and paperboard, not elsewhere specified — Import 100.65 % change on previous year (2024)
- Other paper and paperboard, not elsewhere specified — Import 0.0001 t per person (2024)
- Exposure to drought — Land soil moisture anomaly -15.49 Percentage change (2024)
- Exposure to drought — Cropland soil moisture anomaly -9.8 Percentage change (2024)
- Other paper and paperboard, not elsewhere specified — Import value 16.96 % change on previous year (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is artificial surfaces (including urban and associated areas) — area in Egypt?
- Artificial surfaces (including urban and associated areas) — area in Egypt was 303.21 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 Egypt?
- The highest recorded value was 303.21 1000 ha in 2022.
- What is the lowest artificial surfaces (including urban and associated areas) — area recorded in Egypt?
- The lowest recorded value was 78.75 1000 ha in 1992.
- How does Egypt rank for artificial surfaces (including urban and associated areas) — area?
- Egypt ranks 31st out of 224 countries with data for 2022.
- Is artificial surfaces (including urban and associated areas) — area rising or falling in Egypt?
- Over the last ten years it is up 56.9%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Egypt 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.