How does Saudi Arabia rank for artificial surfaces (including urban and associated areas) — area?

Saudi Arabia ranks 29th out of 195 countries with data for 2019.

Where does this Saudi Arabia 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.

Artificial surfaces (including urban and associated areas) — Area in Saudi Arabia

Name: Artificial surfaces (including urban and associated areas) — Area in Saudi Arabia
Creator: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations
License: CC BY-NC-SA 3.0 IGO (FAO)

Saudi Arabia: Artificial surfaces (including urban and associated areas) — Area was 617.46 1000 ha in 2019. ▬ Flat

Latest (2019)

617.46 1000 ha

Change on year

up 2.4%

World rank

29th

of 195 countries

All-time high

617.46 1000 ha

in 2019

All-time low

590.91 1000 ha

in 2015

Years of data

2015–2019

Artificial surfaces (including urban and associated areas) — Area in Saudi Arabia, 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 Saudi Arabia stood at 617.46 1000 ha. That is the highest value across all 5 years on record.

The figure is up 2.4% on the previous year and up 4.5% over five years.

Saudi Arabia ranks 29th of 195 countries on this measure, in the top quarter.

Countries ranked near Saudi Arabia

26 Republic of Korea 790.4 1000 ha compare
27 Bangladesh 775.36 1000 ha compare
28 Malaysia 704.61 1000 ha compare
30 Egypt, Arab Republic of 585.45 1000 ha compare
31 Philippines 566.53 1000 ha compare
32 Kazakhstan, Republic of 529.37 1000 ha compare

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More environment data for Saudi Arabia

Standard Deviation, annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2025)
Standard Deviation 0.424 °C (2025)
Temperature change 1.58 °C (2025)
Recovered paper — Production 1.00 million t (2024)
Total fibre furnish — Production 1.00 million t (2024)
Other paper and paperboard, not elsewhere specified — Import value 33,177 1000 USD (2024)
Other paper and paperboard, not elsewhere specified — Import quantity 19,284 t (2024)
Other paper and paperboard — Export value 149,119 1000 USD (2024)
Other paper and paperboard — Export quantity 252,685 t (2024)
Other paper and paperboard — Import value 818,937 1000 USD (2024)

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Frequently asked questions

What is artificial surfaces (including urban and associated areas) — area in Saudi Arabia?: Artificial surfaces (including urban and associated areas) — area in Saudi Arabia was 617.46 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 Saudi Arabia?: The highest recorded value was 617.46 1000 ha in 2019.
What is the lowest artificial surfaces (including urban and associated areas) — area recorded in Saudi Arabia?: The lowest recorded value was 590.91 1000 ha in 2015.
How does Saudi Arabia rank for artificial surfaces (including urban and associated areas) — area?: Saudi Arabia ranks 29th out of 195 countries with data for 2019.
Where does this Saudi Arabia 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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Indicator: Artificial surfaces (including urban and associated areas) — 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: 12 August 2026

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.