Artificial surfaces (including urban and associated areas) — Area in Western Europe
Western Europe: Artificial surfaces (including urban and associated areas) — Area was 7,052 1000 ha in 2019. ▬ Flat
Artificial surfaces (including urban and associated areas) — Area in Western Europe, 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 Western Europe stood at 7,052 1000 ha. That is the highest value across all 5 years on record.
The figure is up 0.2% on the previous year and up 1.0% over five years.
Western Europe ranks 12th of 26 groups on this measure, in the middle of the range.
Artificial surfaces (including urban and associated areas) — Area in Western Europe, year by year
| Year | 1000 ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2015 | 6,980 1000 ha | — |
| 2016 | 6,997 1000 ha | +0.2% |
| 2017 | 7,016 1000 ha | +0.3% |
| 2018 | 7,035 1000 ha | +0.3% |
| 2019 | 7,052 1000 ha | +0.2% |
Countries ranked near Western Europe
More environment data for Western Europe
- Historical exposure to drought — Cropland soil moisture anomaly -3.94 Percentage change (2025)
- Historical exposure to drought — Land soil moisture anomaly -3.1 Percentage change (2025)
- Standard Deviation 0.485 °C (2025)
- Temperature change 2.23 °C (2025)
- Standard Deviation, annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2025)
- Total fibre furnish — Production, annual growth rate -4.18 % change on previous year (2024)
- Other paper and paperboard, not elsewhere specified — Import value -2.05 % change on previous year (2024)
- Exposure to drought — Cropland soil moisture anomaly 2.84 Percentage change (2024)
- Exposure to drought — Land soil moisture anomaly 3.13 Percentage change (2024)
- Other paper and paperboard, not elsewhere specified — Import 11.81 % change on previous year (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is artificial surfaces (including urban and associated areas) — area in Western Europe?
- Artificial surfaces (including urban and associated areas) — area in Western Europe was 7,052 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 Western Europe?
- The highest recorded value was 7,052 1000 ha in 2019.
- What is the lowest artificial surfaces (including urban and associated areas) — area recorded in Western Europe?
- The lowest recorded value was 6,980 1000 ha in 2015.
- How does Western Europe rank for artificial surfaces (including urban and associated areas) — area?
- Western Europe ranks 12th out of 26 groups with data for 2019.
- Where does this Western Europe 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.