Artificial surfaces (including urban and associated areas) — Area in Portugal
Portugal: Artificial surfaces (including urban and associated areas) — Area was 216.34 1000 ha in 2022. ▲ Rising
Artificial surfaces (including urban and associated areas) — Area in Portugal, 1992–2022
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in 1000 ha.
Analysis
Portugal recorded 216.34 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 1.0% on the previous year and up 18.3% over ten years.
Over the whole period, artificial surfaces (including urban and associated areas) — area in Portugal peaked at 216.34 1000 ha in 2022 and was at its lowest, 83.32 1000 ha, in 1992.
Portugal ranks 43rd 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.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 94.14 1000 ha | 83.32 1000 ha | 103.97 1000 ha | 8 |
| 2000s | 138.18 1000 ha | 106.69 1000 ha | 167.14 1000 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 195.97 1000 ha | 172.06 1000 ha | 210.65 1000 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 213.72 1000 ha | 210.65 1000 ha | 216.34 1000 ha | 3 |
Countries ranked near Portugal
- 40 Chile 230.1 1000 ha compare
- 41 United Arab Emirates 229.76 1000 ha compare
- 42 Colombia 216.53 1000 ha compare
- 44 New Zealand 212.86 1000 ha compare
- 45 Philippines 201.41 1000 ha compare
- 46 Austria 180.96 1000 ha compare
More environment data for Portugal
- Historical exposure to drought — Land soil moisture anomaly -0.6043 Percentage change (2025)
- Historical exposure to drought — Cropland soil moisture anomaly -0.5127 Percentage change (2025)
- Standard Deviation, annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2025)
- Standard Deviation 0.44 °C (2025)
- Temperature change 2.15 °C (2025)
- Other paper and paperboard, not elsewhere specified — Import 11.91 % change on previous year (2024)
- Other paper and paperboard, not elsewhere specified — Import 0.0008 t per person (2024)
- Exposure to drought — Land soil moisture anomaly 1.25 Percentage change (2024)
- Exposure to drought — Cropland soil moisture anomaly -0.0172 Percentage change (2024)
- Other paper and paperboard, not elsewhere specified — Import value 2.85 % change on previous year (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is artificial surfaces (including urban and associated areas) — area in Portugal?
- Artificial surfaces (including urban and associated areas) — area in Portugal was 216.34 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 Portugal?
- The highest recorded value was 216.34 1000 ha in 2022.
- What is the lowest artificial surfaces (including urban and associated areas) — area recorded in Portugal?
- The lowest recorded value was 83.32 1000 ha in 1992.
- How does Portugal rank for artificial surfaces (including urban and associated areas) — area?
- Portugal ranks 43rd out of 224 countries with data for 2022.
- Is artificial surfaces (including urban and associated areas) — area rising or falling in Portugal?
- Over the last ten years it is up 18.3%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Portugal 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.