Artificial surfaces (including urban and associated areas) — Area in Northern Africa
Northern Africa: Artificial surfaces (including urban and associated areas) — Area was 1,111 1000 ha in 2022. ▲ Rising
Artificial surfaces (including urban and associated areas) — Area in Northern Africa, 1992–2022
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in 1000 ha.
Analysis
Northern Africa recorded 1,111 1000 ha for artificial surfaces (including urban and associated areas) — area in 2022. That is the highest value across all 31 years on record.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 5.4% on the previous year and up 49.1% over ten years.
Over the whole period, artificial surfaces (including urban and associated areas) — area in Northern Africa peaked at 1,111 1000 ha in 2022 and was at its lowest, 375 1000 ha, in 1992.
That places Northern Africa 20th out of 26 groups with data for 2022, putting it in the bottom 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 Northern Africa, year by year
| Year | 1000 ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1992 | 375 1000 ha | — |
| 1993 | 385.22 1000 ha | +2.7% |
| 1994 | 396.32 1000 ha | +2.9% |
| 1995 | 407.33 1000 ha | +2.8% |
| 1996 | 419.02 1000 ha | +2.9% |
| 1997 | 430.92 1000 ha | +2.8% |
| 1998 | 445.65 1000 ha | +3.4% |
| 1999 | 458.81 1000 ha | +3.0% |
| 2000 | 472.92 1000 ha | +3.1% |
| 2001 | 506.62 1000 ha | +7.1% |
| 2002 | 533.04 1000 ha | +5.2% |
| 2003 | 555.95 1000 ha | +4.3% |
| 2004 | 576.02 1000 ha | +3.6% |
| 2005 | 604.05 1000 ha | +4.9% |
| 2006 | 629.48 1000 ha | +4.2% |
| 2007 | 653.22 1000 ha | +3.8% |
| 2008 | 671.47 1000 ha | +2.8% |
| 2009 | 690.89 1000 ha | +2.9% |
| 2010 | 709.1 1000 ha | +2.6% |
| 2011 | 727.61 1000 ha | +2.6% |
| 2012 | 745.28 1000 ha | +2.4% |
| 2013 | 785.65 1000 ha | +5.4% |
| 2014 | 822.25 1000 ha | +4.7% |
| 2015 | 847.42 1000 ha | +3.1% |
| 2016 | 861.28 1000 ha | +1.6% |
| 2017 | 913.46 1000 ha | +6.1% |
| 2018 | 933.7 1000 ha | +2.2% |
| 2019 | 979.88 1000 ha | +4.9% |
| 2020 | 1,004 1000 ha | +2.4% |
| 2021 | 1,054 1000 ha | +5.0% |
| 2022 | 1,111 1000 ha | +5.4% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 414.78 1000 ha | 375 1000 ha | 458.81 1000 ha | 8 |
| 2000s | 589.37 1000 ha | 472.92 1000 ha | 690.89 1000 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 832.56 1000 ha | 709.1 1000 ha | 979.88 1000 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 1,056 1000 ha | 1,004 1000 ha | 1,111 1000 ha | 3 |
Countries ranked near Northern Africa
More environment data for Northern Africa
- Standard Deviation, annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2025)
- Historical exposure to drought — Land soil moisture anomaly -20 Percentage change (2025)
- Historical exposure to drought — Cropland soil moisture anomaly -13.93 Percentage change (2025)
- Standard Deviation 0.281 °C (2025)
- Temperature change 1.61 °C (2025)
- Total fibre furnish — Production 864,000 t (2024)
- Recovered paper — Production 701,000 t (2024)
- Agricultural land — Value of agricultural production (Int. $) per Area 432.96 USD_PPP/ha (2024)
- Nutrient potash K2O (total) — Use per capita 0.84 kg/cap (2024)
- Nutrient potash K2O (total) — Use per value of agricultural production 2.41 g/Int$ (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is artificial surfaces (including urban and associated areas) — area in Northern Africa?
- Artificial surfaces (including urban and associated areas) — area in Northern Africa was 1,111 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 Northern Africa?
- The highest recorded value was 1,111 1000 ha in 2022.
- What is the lowest artificial surfaces (including urban and associated areas) — area recorded in Northern Africa?
- The lowest recorded value was 375 1000 ha in 1992.
- How does Northern Africa rank for artificial surfaces (including urban and associated areas) — area?
- Northern Africa ranks 20th out of 26 groups with data for 2022.
- Is artificial surfaces (including urban and associated areas) — area rising or falling in Northern Africa?
- Over the last ten years it is up 49.1%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Northern 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.