Artificial surfaces (including urban and associated areas) β€” Area in Portugal

Portugal: Artificial surfaces (including urban and associated areas) β€” Area was 490.29 1000 ha in 2019. β–¬ Flat

Latest (2019)
490.29 1000 ha
Change on year
up 0.2%
World rank
34th
of 195 countries
All-time high
490.29 1000 ha
in 2019
All-time low
486.35 1000 ha
in 2015
Years of data
5
2015–2019

Artificial surfaces (including urban and associated areas) β€” Area in Portugal, 2015–2019

01002003004005002015201720192015: 486.4 1000 ha2016: 487.4 1000 ha2017: 488.5 1000 ha2018: 489.5 1000 ha2019: 490.3 1000 ha

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

Analysis

In 2019, artificial surfaces (including urban and associated areas) β€” area in Portugal stood at 490.29 1000 ha. That is the highest value across all 5 years on record.

That represents a change of up 0.2% on the previous year and up 0.8% over five years.

That places Portugal 34th out of 195 countries with data for 2019, putting it in the top quarter.

Countries ranked near Portugal

  1. 31 Philippines 566.53 1000 ha compare
  2. 32 Kazakhstan 529.37 1000 ha compare
  3. 33 Hungary 490.71 1000 ha compare
  4. 35 Czechia 467.9 1000 ha compare
  5. 35 Mayotte 0.87 1000 ha compare
  6. 36 Anguilla, United Kingdom-British Overseas Territory 0.42 1000 ha compare
  7. 36 Myanmar 457.88 1000 ha compare
  8. 37 Netherlands (Kingdom of the) 432.04 1000 ha compare

See the full ranking of 241 places β†’

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Frequently asked questions

What is artificial surfaces (including urban and associated areas) β€” area in Portugal?
Artificial surfaces (including urban and associated areas) β€” area in Portugal was 490.29 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) β€” area recorded in Portugal?
The highest recorded value was 490.29 1000 ha in 2019.
What is the lowest artificial surfaces (including urban and associated areas) β€” area recorded in Portugal?
The lowest recorded value was 486.35 1000 ha in 2015.
How does Portugal rank for artificial surfaces (including urban and associated areas) β€” area?
Portugal ranks 34th out of 195 countries with data for 2019.
Where does this Portugal 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) β€” Area from CGLS. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.

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Indicator
Artificial surfaces (including urban and associated areas) β€” Area from CGLS
Unit
1000 ha
Source
Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations
Licence
CC BY-NC-SA 3.0 IGO (FAO)
Coverage
241 places, 1,205 data points, 2015–2019
Last refreshed

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 UniversitΓ© 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.