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

Spain ranks 20th out of 213 countries with data for 2019.

Where does this Spain 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 Spain

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

Spain: Artificial surfaces (including urban and associated areas) — Area was 1,279 1000 ha in 2019. ▬ Flat

Latest (2019)

1,279 1000 ha

Change on year

up 0.3%

World rank

20th

of 213 countries

All-time high

1,279 1000 ha

in 2019

All-time low

1,263 1000 ha

in 2015

Years of data

2015–2019

Artificial surfaces (including urban and associated areas) — Area in Spain, 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 Spain stood at 1,279 1000 ha. That is the highest value across all 5 years on record.

That represents a change of up 0.3% on the previous year and up 1.3% over five years.

That places Spain 20th out of 213 countries with data for 2019, putting it in the top 10%.

Countries ranked near Spain

17 United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland 1,432 1000 ha compare
18 Australia and New Zealand 1,411 1000 ha compare
19 Poland 1,387 1000 ha compare
21 Türkiye 1,237 1000 ha compare
22 Australia 1,237 1000 ha compare
23 Iran (Islamic Republic of) 1,169 1000 ha compare

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More environment data for Spain

Standard Deviation 0.402 °C (2025)
Temperature change 2.3 °C (2025)
Recovered paper — Production 4.46 million t (2024)
Total fibre furnish — Production 5.70 million t (2024)
Other paper and paperboard, not elsewhere specified — Import value 166,071 1000 USD (2024)
Other paper and paperboard, not elsewhere specified — Import quantity 130,048 t (2024)
Other paper and paperboard — Export value 1.80 million 1000 USD (2024)
Other paper and paperboard — Export quantity 1.80 million t (2024)
Other paper and paperboard — Import value 2.02 million 1000 USD (2024)
Other paper and paperboard — Import quantity 2.10 million t (2024)

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Frequently asked questions

What is artificial surfaces (including urban and associated areas) — area in Spain?: Artificial surfaces (including urban and associated areas) — area in Spain was 1,279 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 Spain?: The highest recorded value was 1,279 1000 ha in 2019.
What is the lowest artificial surfaces (including urban and associated areas) — area recorded in Spain?: The lowest recorded value was 1,263 1000 ha in 2015.
How does Spain rank for artificial surfaces (including urban and associated areas) — area?: Spain ranks 20th out of 213 countries with data for 2019.
Where does this Spain 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

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.