Artificial surfaces (including urban and associated areas) β Area in Italy
Italy: Artificial surfaces (including urban and associated areas) β Area was 1,037 1000 ha in 2022. β² Rising
Artificial surfaces (including urban and associated areas) β Area in Italy, 1992β2022
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in 1000 ha.
Analysis
In 2022, artificial surfaces (including urban and associated areas) β area in Italy stood at 1,037 1000 ha. That is the highest value across all 31 years on record.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 1.0% on the previous year and up 10.0% over ten years.
Over the whole period, artificial surfaces (including urban and associated areas) β area in Italy peaked at 1,037 1000 ha in 2022 and was at its lowest, 504.17 1000 ha, in 1992.
That places Italy 14th out of 219 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.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 558.73 1000 ha | 504.17 1000 ha | 619.52 1000 ha | 8 |
| 2000s | 785.9 1000 ha | 637.93 1000 ha | 901.31 1000 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 975.14 1000 ha | 915.09 1000 ha | 1,011 1000 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 1,025 1000 ha | 1,011 1000 ha | 1,037 1000 ha | 3 |
Countries ranked near Italy
- 11 Mexico 1,324 1000 ha compare
- 12 Australia and New Zealand 1,173 1000 ha compare
- 13 United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland 1,044 1000 ha compare
- 15 Canada 985.04 1000 ha compare
- 16 Australia 960.29 1000 ha compare
- 17 South Africa 783.83 1000 ha compare
More environment data for Italy
- Standard Deviation, annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2025)
- Standard Deviation 0.324 Β°C (2025)
- Temperature change 2.18 Β°C (2025)
- Recovered paper β Production 6.83 million t (2024)
- Total fibre furnish β Production 7.18 million t (2024)
- Other paper and paperboard, not elsewhere specified β Import value 109,022 1000 USD (2024)
- Other paper and paperboard, not elsewhere specified β Import quantity 38,588 t (2024)
- Other paper and paperboard β Export value 2.20 million 1000 USD (2024)
- Other paper and paperboard β Export quantity 2.08 million t (2024)
- Other paper and paperboard β Import value 3.21 million 1000 USD (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is artificial surfaces (including urban and associated areas) β area in Italy?
- Artificial surfaces (including urban and associated areas) β area in Italy was 1,037 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 Italy?
- The highest recorded value was 1,037 1000 ha in 2022.
- What is the lowest artificial surfaces (including urban and associated areas) β area recorded in Italy?
- The lowest recorded value was 504.17 1000 ha in 1992.
- How does Italy rank for artificial surfaces (including urban and associated areas) β area?
- Italy ranks 14th out of 219 countries with data for 2022.
- Is artificial surfaces (including urban and associated areas) β area rising or falling in Italy?
- Over the last ten years it is up 10.0%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Italy 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.