Artificial surfaces (including urban and associated areas) — Area in Palestine, State of

Palestine, State of: Artificial surfaces (including urban and associated areas) — Area was 37.36 1000 ha in 2022. ▲ Rising

Latest (2022)
37.36 1000 ha
Change on year
up 20.7%
World rank
111th
of 224 countries
All-time high
37.36 1000 ha
in 2022
All-time low
7.93 1000 ha
in 1992
Years of data
31
1992–2022

Artificial surfaces (including urban and associated areas) — Area in Palestine, State of, 1992–2022

102030401992200720221992: 7.9 1000 ha1993: 8.2 1000 ha1994: 8.5 1000 ha1995: 9 1000 ha1996: 9.3 1000 ha1997: 9.4 1000 ha1998: 9.6 1000 ha1999: 9.9 1000 ha2000: 10.2 1000 ha2001: 11.5 1000 ha2002: 12.5 1000 ha2003: 13.3 1000 ha2004: 14 1000 ha2005: 14.9 1000 ha2006: 15.7 1000 ha2007: 16.8 1000 ha2008: 17.5 1000 ha2009: 18.1 1000 ha2010: 18.7 1000 ha2011: 19.4 1000 ha2012: 20.2 1000 ha2013: 21.7 1000 ha2014: 24.2 1000 ha2015: 25.2 1000 ha2016: 25.2 1000 ha2017: 26.8 1000 ha2018: 28.5 1000 ha2019: 28.8 1000 ha2020: 28.8 1000 ha2021: 30.9 1000 ha2022: 37.4 1000 ha

Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in 1000 ha.

Analysis

Palestine, State of recorded 37.36 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 20.7% on the previous year and up 84.8% over ten years.

Over the whole period, artificial surfaces (including urban and associated areas) — area in Palestine, State of peaked at 37.36 1000 ha in 2022 and was at its lowest, 7.93 1000 ha, in 1992.

That places Palestine, State of 111th out of 224 countries with data for 2022, putting it in the middle of the range.

The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 31 years of available data.

Artificial surfaces (including urban and associated areas) — Area in Palestine, State of, year by year

Annual values for Artificial surfaces (including urban and associated areas) — Area from CCI_LC in Palestine, State of, 1992 to 2022.
Year 1000 ha Change
1992 7.93 1000 ha
1993 8.19 1000 ha +3.3%
1994 8.54 1000 ha +4.3%
1995 8.99 1000 ha +5.3%
1996 9.27 1000 ha +3.1%
1997 9.42 1000 ha +1.6%
1998 9.62 1000 ha +2.1%
1999 9.87 1000 ha +2.6%
2000 10.15 1000 ha +2.8%
2001 11.51 1000 ha +13.4%
2002 12.54 1000 ha +8.9%
2003 13.32 1000 ha +6.2%
2004 14.01 1000 ha +5.2%
2005 14.9 1000 ha +6.4%
2006 15.71 1000 ha +5.4%
2007 16.78 1000 ha +6.8%
2008 17.53 1000 ha +4.5%
2009 18.15 1000 ha +3.5%
2010 18.66 1000 ha +2.8%
2011 19.41 1000 ha +4.0%
2012 20.22 1000 ha +4.2%
2013 21.72 1000 ha +7.4%
2014 24.18 1000 ha +11.3%
2015 25.22 1000 ha +4.3%
2016 25.22 1000 ha +0.0%
2017 26.75 1000 ha +6.1%
2018 28.51 1000 ha +6.6%
2019 28.81 1000 ha +1.1%
2020 28.81 1000 ha +0.0%
2021 30.95 1000 ha +7.4%
2022 37.36 1000 ha +20.7%

Averages by decade

DecadeAverage LowestHighest Years
1990s 8.98 1000 ha 7.93 1000 ha 9.87 1000 ha 8
2000s 14.46 1000 ha 10.15 1000 ha 18.15 1000 ha 10
2010s 23.87 1000 ha 18.66 1000 ha 28.81 1000 ha 10
2020s 32.37 1000 ha 28.81 1000 ha 37.36 1000 ha 3

Countries ranked near Palestine, State of

  1. 108 Malawi 39.62 1000 ha compare
  2. 109 Togo 39.43 1000 ha compare
  3. 110 Madagascar 38.37 1000 ha compare
  4. 112 Bosnia and Herzegovina 36.55 1000 ha compare
  5. 113 Haiti 34.64 1000 ha compare
  6. 114 Costa Rica 34.63 1000 ha compare

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Frequently asked questions

What is artificial surfaces (including urban and associated areas) — area in Palestine, State of?
Artificial surfaces (including urban and associated areas) — area in Palestine, State of was 37.36 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 Palestine, State of?
The highest recorded value was 37.36 1000 ha in 2022.
What is the lowest artificial surfaces (including urban and associated areas) — area recorded in Palestine, State of?
The lowest recorded value was 7.93 1000 ha in 1992.
How does Palestine, State of rank for artificial surfaces (including urban and associated areas) — area?
Palestine, State of ranks 111th out of 224 countries with data for 2022.
Is artificial surfaces (including urban and associated areas) — area rising or falling in Palestine, State of?
Over the last ten years it is up 84.8%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
Where does this Palestine, State of 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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Indicator
Artificial surfaces (including urban and associated areas) — Area from CCI_LC
Unit
1000 ha
Source
Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations
Licence
CC BY-NC-SA 3.0 IGO (FAO)
Coverage
270 places, 8,231 data points, 1992–2022
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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.