Artificial surfaces (including urban and associated areas) — Area in Eastern Europe
Eastern Europe: Artificial surfaces (including urban and associated areas) — Area was 7,159 1000 ha in 2024. ▬ Flat
Artificial surfaces (including urban and associated areas) — Area in Eastern Europe, 2001–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in 1000 ha.
Analysis
In 2024, artificial surfaces (including urban and associated areas) — area in Eastern Europe stood at 7,159 1000 ha. That is the highest value across all 24 years on record.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 0.1% on the previous year and up 1.1% over ten years.
Over the whole period, artificial surfaces (including urban and associated areas) — area in Eastern Europe peaked at 7,159 1000 ha in 2024 and was at its lowest, 6,979 1000 ha, in 2001.
Eastern Europe ranks 5th of 44 regions on this measure, in the top 10%.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 7,033 1000 ha | 6,979 1000 ha | 7,055 1000 ha | 9 |
| 2010s | 7,090 1000 ha | 7,062 1000 ha | 7,124 1000 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 7,146 1000 ha | 7,134 1000 ha | 7,159 1000 ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near Eastern Europe
More environment data for Eastern Europe
- Standard Deviation, annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2025)
- Standard Deviation 0.483 °C (2025)
- Temperature change 2.81 °C (2025)
- Roundwood — Production 339.05 million m3 (2024)
- Roundwood, non-coniferous — Production 89.12 million m3 (2024)
- Roundwood, coniferous — Production 249.93 million m3 (2024)
- Roundwood — Export value 1.44 million 1000 USD (2024)
- Roundwood — Export quantity 13.20 million m3 (2024)
- Roundwood — Import value 554,020 1000 USD (2024)
- Roundwood — Import quantity 5.69 million m3 (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is artificial surfaces (including urban and associated areas) — area in Eastern Europe?
- Artificial surfaces (including urban and associated areas) — area in Eastern Europe was 7,159 1000 ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest artificial surfaces (including urban and associated areas) — area recorded in Eastern Europe?
- The highest recorded value was 7,159 1000 ha in 2024.
- What is the lowest artificial surfaces (including urban and associated areas) — area recorded in Eastern Europe?
- The lowest recorded value was 6,979 1000 ha in 2001.
- How does Eastern Europe rank for artificial surfaces (including urban and associated areas) — area?
- Eastern Europe ranks 5th out of 44 regions with data for 2024.
- Is artificial surfaces (including urban and associated areas) — area rising or falling in Eastern Europe?
- Over the last ten years it is up 1.1%. The long-run trend across the full record is flat.
- Where does this Eastern 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 MODIS. 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.