Artificial surfaces (including urban and associated areas) — Area in Western Asia
Western Asia: Artificial surfaces (including urban and associated areas) — Area was 2,410 1000 ha in 2022. ▲ Rising
Artificial surfaces (including urban and associated areas) — Area in Western Asia, 1992–2022
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in 1000 ha.
Analysis
Western Asia recorded 2,410 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 5.9% on the previous year and up 43.4% over ten years.
Over the whole period, artificial surfaces (including urban and associated areas) — area in Western Asia peaked at 2,410 1000 ha in 2022 and was at its lowest, 883.73 1000 ha, in 1992.
Western Asia ranks 14th of 26 groups on this measure, 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 Western Asia, year by year
| Year | 1000 ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1992 | 883.73 1000 ha | — |
| 1993 | 925.85 1000 ha | +4.8% |
| 1994 | 967.07 1000 ha | +4.5% |
| 1995 | 1,009 1000 ha | +4.3% |
| 1996 | 1,052 1000 ha | +4.3% |
| 1997 | 1,089 1000 ha | +3.5% |
| 1998 | 1,123 1000 ha | +3.1% |
| 1999 | 1,147 1000 ha | +2.1% |
| 2000 | 1,175 1000 ha | +2.5% |
| 2001 | 1,238 1000 ha | +5.4% |
| 2002 | 1,282 1000 ha | +3.5% |
| 2003 | 1,314 1000 ha | +2.5% |
| 2004 | 1,340 1000 ha | +2.0% |
| 2005 | 1,389 1000 ha | +3.7% |
| 2006 | 1,431 1000 ha | +3.0% |
| 2007 | 1,475 1000 ha | +3.0% |
| 2008 | 1,512 1000 ha | +2.5% |
| 2009 | 1,550 1000 ha | +2.5% |
| 2010 | 1,589 1000 ha | +2.5% |
| 2011 | 1,629 1000 ha | +2.5% |
| 2012 | 1,681 1000 ha | +3.2% |
| 2013 | 1,777 1000 ha | +5.7% |
| 2014 | 1,873 1000 ha | +5.4% |
| 2015 | 1,932 1000 ha | +3.1% |
| 2016 | 1,956 1000 ha | +1.3% |
| 2017 | 2,043 1000 ha | +4.4% |
| 2018 | 2,117 1000 ha | +3.6% |
| 2019 | 2,188 1000 ha | +3.3% |
| 2020 | 2,216 1000 ha | +1.3% |
| 2021 | 2,276 1000 ha | +2.7% |
| 2022 | 2,410 1000 ha | +5.9% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 1,024 1000 ha | 883.73 1000 ha | 1,147 1000 ha | 8 |
| 2000s | 1,371 1000 ha | 1,175 1000 ha | 1,550 1000 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 1,878 1000 ha | 1,589 1000 ha | 2,188 1000 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 2,301 1000 ha | 2,216 1000 ha | 2,410 1000 ha | 3 |
Countries ranked near Western Asia
- 11 Mexico 1,324 1000 ha compare
- 12 Australia and New Zealand 1,173 1000 ha compare
- 13 United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland 1,044 1000 ha compare
- 14 Italy 1,037 1000 ha compare
- 15 Canada 985.04 1000 ha compare
- 16 Australia 960.29 1000 ha compare
- 17 South Africa 783.83 1000 ha compare
More environment data for Western Asia
- Standard Deviation, annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2025)
- Standard Deviation 0.404 °C (2025)
- Temperature change 1.7 °C (2025)
- Recovered paper — Production 5.50 million t (2024)
- Total fibre furnish — Production 5.65 million t (2024)
- Value Added Deflator (Agriculture, forestry and fishery) — Value US$ 106.1 USD (2024)
- Nutrient potash K2O (total) — Agricultural Use 386,319 t (2024)
- Nutrient potash K2O (total) — Use per area of cropland 8.43 kg/ha (2024)
- Nutrient potash K2O (total) — Use per capita 1.25 kg/cap (2024)
- Nutrient potash K2O (total) — Use per value of agricultural production 2.95 g/Int$ (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is artificial surfaces (including urban and associated areas) — area in Western Asia?
- Artificial surfaces (including urban and associated areas) — area in Western Asia was 2,410 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 Western Asia?
- The highest recorded value was 2,410 1000 ha in 2022.
- What is the lowest artificial surfaces (including urban and associated areas) — area recorded in Western Asia?
- The lowest recorded value was 883.73 1000 ha in 1992.
- How does Western Asia rank for artificial surfaces (including urban and associated areas) — area?
- Western Asia ranks 14th out of 26 groups with data for 2022.
- Is artificial surfaces (including urban and associated areas) — area rising or falling in Western Asia?
- Over the last ten years it is up 43.4%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Western Asia 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.