Artificial surfaces (including urban and associated areas) — Area in Iran (Islamic Republic of)
Iran (Islamic Republic of): Artificial surfaces (including urban and associated areas) — Area was 590.66 1000 ha in 2022. ▲ Rising
Artificial surfaces (including urban and associated areas) — Area in Iran (Islamic Republic of), 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 Iran (Islamic Republic of) stood at 590.66 1000 ha. That is the highest value across all 31 years on record.
The figure is up 8.1% on the previous year and up 58.2% over ten years.
Over the whole period, artificial surfaces (including urban and associated areas) — area in Iran (Islamic Republic of) peaked at 590.66 1000 ha in 2022 and was at its lowest, 181.36 1000 ha, in 1992.
That places Iran (Islamic Republic of) 3rd out of 20 groups with data for 2022, putting it in the top quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 31 years of available data.
Artificial surfaces (including urban and associated areas) — Area in Iran (Islamic Republic of), year by year
| Year | 1000 ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1992 | 181.36 1000 ha | — |
| 1993 | 185.95 1000 ha | +2.5% |
| 1994 | 191.12 1000 ha | +2.8% |
| 1995 | 195.64 1000 ha | +2.4% |
| 1996 | 200.61 1000 ha | +2.5% |
| 1997 | 205.52 1000 ha | +2.4% |
| 1998 | 211.32 1000 ha | +2.8% |
| 1999 | 216.47 1000 ha | +2.4% |
| 2000 | 221.81 1000 ha | +2.5% |
| 2001 | 234.12 1000 ha | +5.5% |
| 2002 | 242.45 1000 ha | +3.6% |
| 2003 | 248.58 1000 ha | +2.5% |
| 2004 | 253.03 1000 ha | +1.8% |
| 2005 | 270.58 1000 ha | +6.9% |
| 2006 | 283.99 1000 ha | +5.0% |
| 2007 | 301.46 1000 ha | +6.2% |
| 2008 | 314.72 1000 ha | +4.4% |
| 2009 | 330.04 1000 ha | +4.9% |
| 2010 | 344.11 1000 ha | +4.3% |
| 2011 | 356.98 1000 ha | +3.7% |
| 2012 | 373.3 1000 ha | +4.6% |
| 2013 | 396.26 1000 ha | +6.2% |
| 2014 | 431.77 1000 ha | +9.0% |
| 2015 | 450.45 1000 ha | +4.3% |
| 2016 | 450.49 1000 ha | +0.0% |
| 2017 | 472.99 1000 ha | +5.0% |
| 2018 | 483.05 1000 ha | +2.1% |
| 2019 | 518.86 1000 ha | +7.4% |
| 2020 | 518.87 1000 ha | +0.0% |
| 2021 | 546.17 1000 ha | +5.3% |
| 2022 | 590.66 1000 ha | +8.1% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 198.5 1000 ha | 181.36 1000 ha | 216.47 1000 ha | 8 |
| 2000s | 270.08 1000 ha | 221.81 1000 ha | 330.04 1000 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 427.83 1000 ha | 344.11 1000 ha | 518.86 1000 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 551.9 1000 ha | 518.87 1000 ha | 590.66 1000 ha | 3 |
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Frequently asked questions
- What is artificial surfaces (including urban and associated areas) — area in Iran (Islamic Republic of)?
- Artificial surfaces (including urban and associated areas) — area in Iran (Islamic Republic of) was 590.66 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 Iran (Islamic Republic of)?
- The highest recorded value was 590.66 1000 ha in 2022.
- What is the lowest artificial surfaces (including urban and associated areas) — area recorded in Iran (Islamic Republic of)?
- The lowest recorded value was 181.36 1000 ha in 1992.
- How does Iran (Islamic Republic of) rank for artificial surfaces (including urban and associated areas) — area?
- Iran (Islamic Republic of) ranks 3rd out of 20 groups with data for 2022.
- Is artificial surfaces (including urban and associated areas) — area rising or falling in Iran (Islamic Republic of)?
- Over the last ten years it is up 58.2%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Iran (Islamic Republic of) 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.