Artificial surfaces (including urban and associated areas) β Area in Iceland
Iceland: Artificial surfaces (including urban and associated areas) β Area was 3.24 1000 ha in 2022. β² Rising
Artificial surfaces (including urban and associated areas) β Area in Iceland, 1992β2022
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) β area in Iceland is 3.24 1000 ha, measured in 2022. That is the highest value across all 31 years on record.
The figure is unchanged over ten years.
Over the whole period, artificial surfaces (including urban and associated areas) β area in Iceland peaked at 3.24 1000 ha in 2000 and was at its lowest, 0 1000 ha, in 2018.
Iceland ranks 170th of 219 countries on this measure, in the bottom 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 | 2.56 1000 ha | 2.11 1000 ha | 3.1 1000 ha | 8 |
| 2000s | 3.24 1000 ha | 3.24 1000 ha | 3.24 1000 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 2.92 1000 ha | 0 1000 ha | 3.24 1000 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 3.24 1000 ha | 3.24 1000 ha | 3.24 1000 ha | 3 |
Countries ranked near Iceland
- 168 Aruba 3.5 1000 ha compare
- 169 Channel Islands 3.38 1000 ha compare
- 171 Western Sahara 2.56 1000 ha compare
- 172 Comoros 2.53 1000 ha compare
- 173 Djibouti 1.99 1000 ha compare
More environment data for Iceland
- Standard Deviation, annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2025)
- Standard Deviation 0.587 Β°C (2025)
- Temperature change 1.47 Β°C (2025)
- Recovered paper β Production 25,000 t (2024)
- Total fibre furnish β Production 25,000 t (2024)
- Other paper and paperboard, not elsewhere specified β Import value 452 1000 USD (2024)
- Other paper and paperboard, not elsewhere specified β Import quantity 16 t (2024)
- Other paper and paperboard β Export value 74 1000 USD (2024)
- Other paper and paperboard β Export quantity 189 t (2024)
- Other paper and paperboard β Import value 8,194 1000 USD (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is artificial surfaces (including urban and associated areas) β area in Iceland?
- Artificial surfaces (including urban and associated areas) β area in Iceland was 3.24 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) β area recorded in Iceland?
- The highest recorded value was 3.24 1000 ha in 2000.
- What is the lowest artificial surfaces (including urban and associated areas) β area recorded in Iceland?
- The lowest recorded value was 0 1000 ha in 2018.
- How does Iceland rank for artificial surfaces (including urban and associated areas) β area?
- Iceland ranks 170th out of 219 countries with data for 2022.
- Is artificial surfaces (including urban and associated areas) β area rising or falling in Iceland?
- Over the last ten years it is unchanged. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Iceland 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) β 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 UniversitΓ© 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.