Artificial surfaces (including urban and associated areas) — Area in France
France: Artificial surfaces (including urban and associated areas) — Area was 2,708 1000 ha in 2019. ▬ Flat
Artificial surfaces (including urban and associated areas) — Area in France, 2015–2019
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in 1000 ha.
Analysis
In 2019, artificial surfaces (including urban and associated areas) — area in France stood at 2,708 1000 ha. That is the highest value across all 5 years on record.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 0.2% on the previous year and up 0.8% over five years.
That places France 9th out of 197 countries with data for 2019, putting it in the top 10%.
Artificial surfaces (including urban and associated areas) — Area in France, year by year
| Year | 1000 ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2015 | 2,687 1000 ha | — |
| 2016 | 2,692 1000 ha | +0.2% |
| 2017 | 2,697 1000 ha | +0.2% |
| 2018 | 2,703 1000 ha | +0.2% |
| 2019 | 2,708 1000 ha | +0.2% |
France compared with similar countries
- France's 2,708 1000 ha is above the median for high income countries, which is 66.64 1000 ha, 40.6× the median. (67 countries reporting)
- France's 2,708 1000 ha is above the median for Europe & Central Asia, which is 177.71 1000 ha, 15.2× the median. (50 countries reporting)
Countries ranked near France
- 6 Indonesia 3,160 1000 ha compare
- 6 United Republic of Tanzania 547.08 1000 ha compare
- 7 Brazil 3,075 1000 ha compare
- 7 Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of) 402.58 1000 ha compare
- 8 Democratic Republic of the Congo 346.48 1000 ha compare
- 8 Germany 2,915 1000 ha compare
- 9 Syrian Arab Republic 309.8 1000 ha compare
- 10 Democratic People's Republic of Korea 262.17 1000 ha compare
- 10 Thailand 2,088 1000 ha compare
- 11 Italy 2,058 1000 ha compare
- 11 Republic of Moldova 165.71 1000 ha compare
- 12 Bolivia (Plurinational State of) 112.25 1000 ha compare
- 12 Ukraine 2,039 1000 ha compare
More environment data for France
- Historical exposure to drought — Land soil moisture anomaly -2.44 Percentage change (2025)
- Historical exposure to drought — Cropland soil moisture anomaly -3.44 Percentage change (2025)
- Standard Deviation, annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2025)
- Standard Deviation 0.427 °C (2025)
- Temperature change 2.31 °C (2025)
- Wood-based panels — Production, annual growth rate -3.66 % change on previous year (2024)
- Total greenhouse gas emissions excluding LULUCF (Mt CO2e), annual -3.23 % change on previous year (2024)
- Total greenhouse gas emissions excluding LULUCF (Mt CO2e), per unit 0 Mt CO2e per US$ of GDP (2024)
- Total greenhouse gas emissions excluding LULUCF (Mt CO2e), per capita 0 Mt CO2e per person (2024)
- Methane (CH4) emissions from Agriculture (Mt CO2e), annual growth rate -0.1777 % change on previous year (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is artificial surfaces (including urban and associated areas) — area in France?
- Artificial surfaces (including urban and associated areas) — area in France was 2,708 1000 ha in 2019, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest artificial surfaces (including urban and associated areas) — area recorded in France?
- The highest recorded value was 2,708 1000 ha in 2019.
- What is the lowest artificial surfaces (including urban and associated areas) — area recorded in France?
- The lowest recorded value was 2,687 1000 ha in 2015.
- How does France rank for artificial surfaces (including urban and associated areas) — area?
- France ranks 9th out of 197 countries with data for 2019.
- Where does this France 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 CGLS. 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.