Artificial surfaces (including urban and associated areas) — Area in Middle Africa
Middle Africa: Artificial surfaces (including urban and associated areas) — Area was 576.46 1000 ha in 2022. ▲ Rising
Artificial surfaces (including urban and associated areas) — Area in Middle Africa, 1992–2022
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in 1000 ha.
Analysis
Middle Africa recorded 576.46 1000 ha for artificial surfaces (including urban and associated areas) — area in 2022. That is the highest value across all 31 years on record.
That represents a change of up 8.5% on the previous year and up 81.2% over ten years.
Over the whole period, artificial surfaces (including urban and associated areas) — area in Middle Africa peaked at 576.46 1000 ha in 2022 and was at its lowest, 164.37 1000 ha, in 1992.
That places Middle Africa 4th out of 20 regions 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 Middle Africa, year by year
| Year | 1000 ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1992 | 164.37 1000 ha | — |
| 1993 | 168.1 1000 ha | +2.3% |
| 1994 | 171.27 1000 ha | +1.9% |
| 1995 | 174.24 1000 ha | +1.7% |
| 1996 | 177.49 1000 ha | +1.9% |
| 1997 | 180.17 1000 ha | +1.5% |
| 1998 | 183.92 1000 ha | +2.1% |
| 1999 | 187.04 1000 ha | +1.7% |
| 2000 | 191.36 1000 ha | +2.3% |
| 2001 | 208.62 1000 ha | +9.0% |
| 2002 | 222.77 1000 ha | +6.8% |
| 2003 | 233.15 1000 ha | +4.7% |
| 2004 | 240.93 1000 ha | +3.3% |
| 2005 | 255.52 1000 ha | +6.1% |
| 2006 | 265.35 1000 ha | +3.8% |
| 2007 | 274.23 1000 ha | +3.3% |
| 2008 | 282.39 1000 ha | +3.0% |
| 2009 | 290.47 1000 ha | +2.9% |
| 2010 | 298.47 1000 ha | +2.8% |
| 2011 | 306.2 1000 ha | +2.6% |
| 2012 | 318.08 1000 ha | +3.9% |
| 2013 | 334.08 1000 ha | +5.0% |
| 2014 | 350.04 1000 ha | +4.8% |
| 2015 | 358.16 1000 ha | +2.3% |
| 2016 | 378.38 1000 ha | +5.6% |
| 2017 | 391.78 1000 ha | +3.5% |
| 2018 | 405.46 1000 ha | +3.5% |
| 2019 | 417.78 1000 ha | +3.0% |
| 2020 | 477.46 1000 ha | +14.3% |
| 2021 | 531.54 1000 ha | +11.3% |
| 2022 | 576.46 1000 ha | +8.5% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 175.82 1000 ha | 164.37 1000 ha | 187.04 1000 ha | 8 |
| 2000s | 246.48 1000 ha | 191.36 1000 ha | 290.47 1000 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 355.84 1000 ha | 298.47 1000 ha | 417.78 1000 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 528.49 1000 ha | 477.46 1000 ha | 576.46 1000 ha | 3 |
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More environment data for Middle Africa
- Standard Deviation, annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2025)
- Historical exposure to drought — Land soil moisture anomaly -9.38 Percentage change (2025)
- Historical exposure to drought — Cropland soil moisture anomaly -9.88 Percentage change (2025)
- Temperature change 1.13 °C (2025)
- Standard Deviation 0.198 °C (2025)
- Wood fuel, coniferous — Production 0 m3 (2024)
- Industrial roundwood — Export quantity 1.37 million m3 (2024)
- Industrial roundwood — Import value 1,530 1000 USD (2024)
- Industrial roundwood — Import quantity 3,754 m3 (2024)
- Industrial roundwood — Production 16.92 million m3 (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is artificial surfaces (including urban and associated areas) — area in Middle Africa?
- Artificial surfaces (including urban and associated areas) — area in Middle Africa was 576.46 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 Middle Africa?
- The highest recorded value was 576.46 1000 ha in 2022.
- What is the lowest artificial surfaces (including urban and associated areas) — area recorded in Middle Africa?
- The lowest recorded value was 164.37 1000 ha in 1992.
- How does Middle Africa rank for artificial surfaces (including urban and associated areas) — area?
- Middle Africa ranks 4th out of 20 regions with data for 2022.
- Is artificial surfaces (including urban and associated areas) — area rising or falling in Middle Africa?
- Over the last ten years it is up 81.2%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Middle Africa 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.