Artificial surfaces (including urban and associated areas) — Area in Netherlands (Kingdom of the)
Netherlands (Kingdom of the): Artificial surfaces (including urban and associated areas) — Area was 310.92 1000 ha in 2022. ▲ Rising
Artificial surfaces (including urban and associated areas) — Area in Netherlands (Kingdom of the), 1992–2022
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) — area in Netherlands (Kingdom of the) is 310.92 1000 ha, measured in 2022. That is the highest value across all 31 years on record.
The figure is up 1.8% on the previous year and up 5.5% over ten years.
Over the whole period, artificial surfaces (including urban and associated areas) — area in Netherlands (Kingdom of the) peaked at 310.92 1000 ha in 2022 and was at its lowest, 145.87 1000 ha, in 1992.
Netherlands (Kingdom of the) ranks 30th 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.
Artificial surfaces (including urban and associated areas) — Area in Netherlands (Kingdom of the), year by year
| Year | 1000 ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1992 | 145.87 1000 ha | — |
| 1993 | 152.19 1000 ha | +4.3% |
| 1994 | 158.84 1000 ha | +4.4% |
| 1995 | 165.89 1000 ha | +4.4% |
| 1996 | 172.32 1000 ha | +3.9% |
| 1997 | 177.07 1000 ha | +2.8% |
| 1998 | 181.09 1000 ha | +2.3% |
| 1999 | 185.11 1000 ha | +2.2% |
| 2000 | 189.03 1000 ha | +2.1% |
| 2001 | 221.09 1000 ha | +17.0% |
| 2002 | 251.89 1000 ha | +13.9% |
| 2003 | 272.61 1000 ha | +8.2% |
| 2004 | 289.86 1000 ha | +6.3% |
| 2005 | 290.73 1000 ha | +0.3% |
| 2006 | 291.57 1000 ha | +0.3% |
| 2007 | 292.05 1000 ha | +0.2% |
| 2008 | 293.59 1000 ha | +0.5% |
| 2009 | 293.75 1000 ha | +0.1% |
| 2010 | 293.98 1000 ha | +0.1% |
| 2011 | 294.18 1000 ha | +0.1% |
| 2012 | 294.73 1000 ha | +0.2% |
| 2013 | 294.89 1000 ha | +0.1% |
| 2014 | 295.07 1000 ha | +0.1% |
| 2015 | 295.16 1000 ha | +0.0% |
| 2016 | 295.51 1000 ha | +0.1% |
| 2017 | 296.8 1000 ha | +0.4% |
| 2018 | 297.33 1000 ha | +0.2% |
| 2019 | 297.89 1000 ha | +0.2% |
| 2020 | 297.89 1000 ha | +0.0% |
| 2021 | 305.44 1000 ha | +2.5% |
| 2022 | 310.92 1000 ha | +1.8% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 167.3 1000 ha | 145.87 1000 ha | 185.11 1000 ha | 8 |
| 2000s | 268.62 1000 ha | 189.03 1000 ha | 293.75 1000 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 295.55 1000 ha | 293.98 1000 ha | 297.89 1000 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 304.75 1000 ha | 297.89 1000 ha | 310.92 1000 ha | 3 |
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Frequently asked questions
- What is artificial surfaces (including urban and associated areas) — area in Netherlands (Kingdom of the)?
- Artificial surfaces (including urban and associated areas) — area in Netherlands (Kingdom of the) was 310.92 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 Netherlands (Kingdom of the)?
- The highest recorded value was 310.92 1000 ha in 2022.
- What is the lowest artificial surfaces (including urban and associated areas) — area recorded in Netherlands (Kingdom of the)?
- The lowest recorded value was 145.87 1000 ha in 1992.
- How does Netherlands (Kingdom of the) rank for artificial surfaces (including urban and associated areas) — area?
- Netherlands (Kingdom of the) ranks 30th out of 224 countries with data for 2022.
- Is artificial surfaces (including urban and associated areas) — area rising or falling in Netherlands (Kingdom of the)?
- Over the last ten years it is up 5.5%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Netherlands (Kingdom of the) 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.