Artificial surfaces (including urban and associated areas) — Area in United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland
United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland: Artificial surfaces (including urban and associated areas) — Area was 1,044 1000 ha in 2022. ▲ Rising
Artificial surfaces (including urban and associated areas) — Area in United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, 1992–2022
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in 1000 ha.
Analysis
United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland recorded 1,044 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 1.5% on the previous year and up 3.6% over ten years.
Over the whole period, artificial surfaces (including urban and associated areas) — area in United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland peaked at 1,044 1000 ha in 2022 and was at its lowest, 672.59 1000 ha, in 1992.
United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland ranks 13th of 224 countries on this measure, in the top 10%.
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 Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, year by year
| Year | 1000 ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1992 | 672.59 1000 ha | — |
| 1993 | 693.17 1000 ha | +3.1% |
| 1994 | 712.65 1000 ha | +2.8% |
| 1995 | 729.81 1000 ha | +2.4% |
| 1996 | 744.18 1000 ha | +2.0% |
| 1997 | 754.8 1000 ha | +1.4% |
| 1998 | 765.08 1000 ha | +1.4% |
| 1999 | 775.48 1000 ha | +1.4% |
| 2000 | 785.13 1000 ha | +1.2% |
| 2001 | 857.42 1000 ha | +9.2% |
| 2002 | 915.28 1000 ha | +6.7% |
| 2003 | 953.64 1000 ha | +4.2% |
| 2004 | 994.42 1000 ha | +4.3% |
| 2005 | 996.5 1000 ha | +0.2% |
| 2006 | 998.71 1000 ha | +0.2% |
| 2007 | 1,001 1000 ha | +0.2% |
| 2008 | 1,004 1000 ha | +0.4% |
| 2009 | 1,005 1000 ha | +0.1% |
| 2010 | 1,006 1000 ha | +0.1% |
| 2011 | 1,007 1000 ha | +0.1% |
| 2012 | 1,008 1000 ha | +0.2% |
| 2013 | 1,009 1000 ha | +0.0% |
| 2014 | 1,010 1000 ha | +0.1% |
| 2015 | 1,010 1000 ha | +0.1% |
| 2016 | 1,010 1000 ha | +0.0% |
| 2017 | 1,012 1000 ha | +0.1% |
| 2018 | 1,013 1000 ha | +0.1% |
| 2019 | 1,015 1000 ha | +0.2% |
| 2020 | 1,015 1000 ha | +0.0% |
| 2021 | 1,029 1000 ha | +1.4% |
| 2022 | 1,044 1000 ha | +1.5% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 730.97 1000 ha | 672.59 1000 ha | 775.48 1000 ha | 8 |
| 2000s | 951.13 1000 ha | 785.13 1000 ha | 1,005 1000 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 1,010 1000 ha | 1,006 1000 ha | 1,015 1000 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 1,029 1000 ha | 1,015 1000 ha | 1,044 1000 ha | 3 |
Countries ranked near United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland
- 10 France 1,394 1000 ha compare
- 10 United Republic of Tanzania 124.91 1000 ha compare
- 11 Bolivia (Plurinational State of) 112.18 1000 ha compare
- 11 Mexico 1,324 1000 ha compare
- 12 Democratic People's Republic of Korea 90.8 1000 ha compare
- 12 Australia and New Zealand 1,173 1000 ha compare
- 13 Melanesia 32.92 1000 ha compare
- 14 Italy 1,037 1000 ha compare
- 14 Lao People's Democratic Republic 14.74 1000 ha compare
- 15 Canada 985.04 1000 ha compare
- 15 Timor-Leste 7 1000 ha compare
- 16 Australia 960.29 1000 ha compare
- 16 Micronesia 3.76 1000 ha compare
More environment data for United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland
- Standard Deviation, annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2025)
- Standard Deviation 0.444 °C (2025)
- Temperature change 1.84 °C (2025)
- Value Added Deflator (Agriculture, forestry and fishery) — Value 0.7141 % change on previous year (2024)
- Value Added Deflator (Agriculture, forestry and fishery) — Value US$ 3.56 % change on previous year (2024)
- Pesticides (total) — Import value, annual growth rate -6.83 % change on previous year (2024)
- Pesticides (total) — Export value, gaps filled 1.06 million 1000 USD (2024)
- Pesticides (total) — Export value, annual growth rate -14.35 % change on previous year (2024)
- Nutrient nitrogen N (total) — Import quantity, gaps filled 857,565 t (2024)
- Nutrient nitrogen N (total) — Import quantity, annual growth rate 5.23 % change on previous year (2024)
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Frequently asked questions
- What is artificial surfaces (including urban and associated areas) — area in United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland?
- Artificial surfaces (including urban and associated areas) — area in United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland was 1,044 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 Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland?
- The highest recorded value was 1,044 1000 ha in 2022.
- What is the lowest artificial surfaces (including urban and associated areas) — area recorded in United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland?
- The lowest recorded value was 672.59 1000 ha in 1992.
- How does United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland rank for artificial surfaces (including urban and associated areas) — area?
- United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland ranks 13th out of 224 countries with data for 2022.
- Is artificial surfaces (including urban and associated areas) — area rising or falling in United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland?
- Over the last ten years it is up 3.6%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland 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.