Artificial surfaces (including urban and associated areas) — Area in New Zealand
New Zealand: Artificial surfaces (including urban and associated areas) — Area was 212.86 1000 ha in 2022. ▲ Rising
Artificial surfaces (including urban and associated areas) — Area in New Zealand, 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 New Zealand is 212.86 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 4.7% over ten years.
Over the whole period, artificial surfaces (including urban and associated areas) — area in New Zealand peaked at 212.86 1000 ha in 2022 and was at its lowest, 147.33 1000 ha, in 1992.
That places New Zealand 44th out of 224 countries 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 New Zealand, year by year
| Year | 1000 ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1992 | 147.33 1000 ha | — |
| 1993 | 151.26 1000 ha | +2.7% |
| 1994 | 155.53 1000 ha | +2.8% |
| 1995 | 159.84 1000 ha | +2.8% |
| 1996 | 164.73 1000 ha | +3.1% |
| 1997 | 169.85 1000 ha | +3.1% |
| 1998 | 176.66 1000 ha | +4.0% |
| 1999 | 183.44 1000 ha | +3.8% |
| 2000 | 191.58 1000 ha | +4.4% |
| 2001 | 194.86 1000 ha | +1.7% |
| 2002 | 196.22 1000 ha | +0.7% |
| 2003 | 196.8 1000 ha | +0.3% |
| 2004 | 197.25 1000 ha | +0.2% |
| 2005 | 199.49 1000 ha | +1.1% |
| 2006 | 200.55 1000 ha | +0.5% |
| 2007 | 201.45 1000 ha | +0.4% |
| 2008 | 201.45 1000 ha | +0.0% |
| 2009 | 202.2 1000 ha | +0.4% |
| 2010 | 202.84 1000 ha | +0.3% |
| 2011 | 203.31 1000 ha | +0.2% |
| 2012 | 203.31 1000 ha | +0.0% |
| 2013 | 203.91 1000 ha | +0.3% |
| 2014 | 204.57 1000 ha | +0.3% |
| 2015 | 205.61 1000 ha | +0.5% |
| 2016 | 205.89 1000 ha | +0.1% |
| 2017 | 206.98 1000 ha | +0.5% |
| 2018 | 207.36 1000 ha | +0.2% |
| 2019 | 207.36 1000 ha | +0.0% |
| 2020 | 207.36 1000 ha | +0.0% |
| 2021 | 209.17 1000 ha | +0.9% |
| 2022 | 212.86 1000 ha | +1.8% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 163.58 1000 ha | 147.33 1000 ha | 183.44 1000 ha | 8 |
| 2000s | 198.19 1000 ha | 191.58 1000 ha | 202.2 1000 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 205.11 1000 ha | 202.84 1000 ha | 207.36 1000 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 209.8 1000 ha | 207.36 1000 ha | 212.86 1000 ha | 3 |
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Frequently asked questions
- What is artificial surfaces (including urban and associated areas) — area in New Zealand?
- Artificial surfaces (including urban and associated areas) — area in New Zealand was 212.86 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 New Zealand?
- The highest recorded value was 212.86 1000 ha in 2022.
- What is the lowest artificial surfaces (including urban and associated areas) — area recorded in New Zealand?
- The lowest recorded value was 147.33 1000 ha in 1992.
- How does New Zealand rank for artificial surfaces (including urban and associated areas) — area?
- New Zealand ranks 44th out of 224 countries with data for 2022.
- Is artificial surfaces (including urban and associated areas) — area rising or falling in New Zealand?
- Over the last ten years it is up 4.7%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this New Zealand 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.