Artificial surfaces (including urban and associated areas) β€” Area in United Arab Emirates

United Arab Emirates: Artificial surfaces (including urban and associated areas) β€” Area was 166.43 1000 ha in 2019. β–¬ Flat

Latest (2019)
166.43 1000 ha
Change on year
up 0.5%
World rank
76th
of 197 countries
All-time high
166.43 1000 ha
in 2019
All-time low
160.49 1000 ha
in 2015
Years of data
5
2015–2019

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

0501001502015201720192015: 160.5 1000 ha2016: 161.9 1000 ha2017: 163.3 1000 ha2018: 165.7 1000 ha2019: 166.4 1000 ha

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

Analysis

United Arab Emirates recorded 166.43 1000 ha for artificial surfaces (including urban and associated areas) β€” area in 2019. That is the highest value across all 5 years on record.

That represents a change of up 0.5% on the previous year and up 3.7% over five years.

That places United Arab Emirates 76th out of 197 countries with data for 2019, putting it in the middle of the range.

Countries ranked near United Arab Emirates

  1. 73 Ethiopia 174.05 1000 ha compare
  2. 74 Cambodia 171.26 1000 ha compare
  3. 75 Benin 169.59 1000 ha compare
  4. 77 Kyrgyzstan 161.41 1000 ha compare
  5. 78 Israel 154.44 1000 ha compare
  6. 79 Libya 154.4 1000 ha compare

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Frequently asked questions

What is artificial surfaces (including urban and associated areas) β€” area in United Arab Emirates?
Artificial surfaces (including urban and associated areas) β€” area in United Arab Emirates was 166.43 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 United Arab Emirates?
The highest recorded value was 166.43 1000 ha in 2019.
What is the lowest artificial surfaces (including urban and associated areas) β€” area recorded in United Arab Emirates?
The lowest recorded value was 160.49 1000 ha in 2015.
How does United Arab Emirates rank for artificial surfaces (including urban and associated areas) β€” area?
United Arab Emirates ranks 76th out of 197 countries with data for 2019.
Where does this United Arab Emirates 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.