Artificial surfaces (including urban and associated areas) — Area in United Arab Emirates
United Arab Emirates: Artificial surfaces (including urban and associated areas) — Area was 229.76 1000 ha in 2022. ▲ Rising
Artificial surfaces (including urban and associated areas) — Area in United Arab Emirates, 1992–2022
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in 1000 ha.
Analysis
In 2022, artificial surfaces (including urban and associated areas) — area in United Arab Emirates stood at 229.76 1000 ha. That is the highest value across all 31 years on record.
That represents a change of up 3.9% on the previous year and up 15.2% over ten years.
Over the whole period, artificial surfaces (including urban and associated areas) — area in United Arab Emirates peaked at 229.76 1000 ha in 2022 and was at its lowest, 79.92 1000 ha, in 1992.
United Arab Emirates ranks 41st 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 United Arab Emirates, year by year
| Year | 1000 ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1992 | 79.92 1000 ha | — |
| 1993 | 101.62 1000 ha | +27.2% |
| 1994 | 122.24 1000 ha | +20.3% |
| 1995 | 143.09 1000 ha | +17.1% |
| 1996 | 164.65 1000 ha | +15.1% |
| 1997 | 180.66 1000 ha | +9.7% |
| 1998 | 191.56 1000 ha | +6.0% |
| 1999 | 193.76 1000 ha | +1.1% |
| 2000 | 196.43 1000 ha | +1.4% |
| 2001 | 196.68 1000 ha | +0.1% |
| 2002 | 196.77 1000 ha | +0.0% |
| 2003 | 196.87 1000 ha | +0.1% |
| 2004 | 197.1 1000 ha | +0.1% |
| 2005 | 197.29 1000 ha | +0.1% |
| 2006 | 197.57 1000 ha | +0.1% |
| 2007 | 197.82 1000 ha | +0.1% |
| 2008 | 198.1 1000 ha | +0.1% |
| 2009 | 198.37 1000 ha | +0.1% |
| 2010 | 198.58 1000 ha | +0.1% |
| 2011 | 198.89 1000 ha | +0.2% |
| 2012 | 199.42 1000 ha | +0.3% |
| 2013 | 200.2 1000 ha | +0.4% |
| 2014 | 200.7 1000 ha | +0.2% |
| 2015 | 200.97 1000 ha | +0.1% |
| 2016 | 203.97 1000 ha | +1.5% |
| 2017 | 206.18 1000 ha | +1.1% |
| 2018 | 206.5 1000 ha | +0.2% |
| 2019 | 213.84 1000 ha | +3.6% |
| 2020 | 218.91 1000 ha | +2.4% |
| 2021 | 221.14 1000 ha | +1.0% |
| 2022 | 229.76 1000 ha | +3.9% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 147.19 1000 ha | 79.92 1000 ha | 193.76 1000 ha | 8 |
| 2000s | 197.3 1000 ha | 196.43 1000 ha | 198.37 1000 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 202.93 1000 ha | 198.58 1000 ha | 213.84 1000 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 223.27 1000 ha | 218.91 1000 ha | 229.76 1000 ha | 3 |
Countries ranked near United Arab Emirates
More environment data for United Arab Emirates
- Historical exposure to drought — Land soil moisture anomaly -80.98 Percentage change (2025)
- Historical exposure to drought — Cropland soil moisture anomaly -85.4 Percentage change (2025)
- Standard Deviation, annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2025)
- Standard Deviation 0.331 °C (2025)
- Temperature change 1.5 °C (2025)
- Printing and writing papers — Import quantity, annual growth rate 8.96 % change on previous year (2024)
- Printing and writing papers — Import quantity, per capita 0.0433 t per person (2024)
- Printing and writing papers — Import value, annual growth rate -0.6295 % change on previous year (2024)
- Printing and writing papers — Import value, per capita 0.0397 1000 USD per person (2024)
- Other paper and paperboard — Import quantity, annual growth rate 25.75 % change on previous year (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is artificial surfaces (including urban and associated areas) — area in United Arab Emirates?
- Artificial surfaces (including urban and associated areas) — area in United Arab Emirates was 229.76 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 United Arab Emirates?
- The highest recorded value was 229.76 1000 ha in 2022.
- What is the lowest artificial surfaces (including urban and associated areas) — area recorded in United Arab Emirates?
- The lowest recorded value was 79.92 1000 ha in 1992.
- How does United Arab Emirates rank for artificial surfaces (including urban and associated areas) — area?
- United Arab Emirates ranks 41st out of 224 countries with data for 2022.
- Is artificial surfaces (including urban and associated areas) — area rising or falling in United Arab Emirates?
- Over the last ten years it is up 15.2%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this United Arab Emirates 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.
Download this data
CSV · JSON — 31 observations, free to reuse under CC BY-NC-SA 3.0 IGO (FAO).
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.