Artificial surfaces (including urban and associated areas) — Area in European Union (27)
European Union (27): Artificial surfaces (including urban and associated areas) — Area was 11,122 1000 ha in 2024. ▬ Flat
Artificial surfaces (including urban and associated areas) — Area in European Union (27), 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 European Union (27) stood at 11,122 1000 ha.
The figure is up 0.5% over ten years.
Over the whole period, artificial surfaces (including urban and associated areas) — area in European Union (27) peaked at 11,123 1000 ha in 2022 and was at its lowest, 10,925 1000 ha, in 2001.
That places European Union (27) 7th out of 26 groups with data for 2024, putting it in the top quarter.
Artificial surfaces (including urban and associated areas) — Area in European Union (27), year by year
| Year | 1000 ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2001 | 10,925 1000 ha | — |
| 2002 | 10,995 1000 ha | +0.6% |
| 2003 | 11,016 1000 ha | +0.2% |
| 2004 | 11,019 1000 ha | +0.0% |
| 2005 | 11,026 1000 ha | +0.1% |
| 2006 | 11,034 1000 ha | +0.1% |
| 2007 | 11,036 1000 ha | +0.0% |
| 2008 | 11,041 1000 ha | +0.0% |
| 2009 | 11,050 1000 ha | +0.1% |
| 2010 | 11,058 1000 ha | +0.1% |
| 2011 | 11,064 1000 ha | +0.1% |
| 2012 | 11,067 1000 ha | +0.0% |
| 2013 | 11,067 1000 ha | -0.0% |
| 2014 | 11,063 1000 ha | -0.0% |
| 2015 | 11,068 1000 ha | +0.0% |
| 2016 | 11,068 1000 ha | -0.0% |
| 2017 | 11,074 1000 ha | +0.1% |
| 2018 | 11,089 1000 ha | +0.1% |
| 2019 | 11,106 1000 ha | +0.2% |
| 2020 | 11,112 1000 ha | +0.1% |
| 2021 | 11,115 1000 ha | +0.0% |
| 2022 | 11,123 1000 ha | +0.1% |
| 2023 | 11,123 1000 ha | -0.0% |
| 2024 | 11,122 1000 ha | -0.0% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 11,016 1000 ha | 10,925 1000 ha | 11,050 1000 ha | 9 |
| 2010s | 11,072 1000 ha | 11,058 1000 ha | 11,106 1000 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 11,119 1000 ha | 11,112 1000 ha | 11,123 1000 ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near European Union (27)
More environment data for European Union (27)
- Standard Deviation, annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2025)
- Standard Deviation 0.429 °C (2025)
- Temperature change 2.31 °C (2025)
- Nutrient potash K2O (total) — Use per capita 5.35 kg/cap (2024)
- Nutrient phosphate P2O5 (total) — Use per capita 4.18 kg/cap (2024)
- Nutrient phosphate P2O5 (total) — Use per value of agricultural 5.46 g/Int$ (2024)
- Nutrient potash K2O (total) — Import quantity 3.99 million t (2024)
- Nutrient potash K2O (total) — Agricultural Use 2.41 million t (2024)
- Nutrient potash K2O (total) — Use per value of agricultural production 6.99 g/Int$ (2024)
- Land area — Area 398,812 1000 ha (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is artificial surfaces (including urban and associated areas) — area in European Union (27)?
- Artificial surfaces (including urban and associated areas) — area in European Union (27) was 11,122 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 European Union (27)?
- The highest recorded value was 11,123 1000 ha in 2022.
- What is the lowest artificial surfaces (including urban and associated areas) — area recorded in European Union (27)?
- The lowest recorded value was 10,925 1000 ha in 2001.
- How does European Union (27) rank for artificial surfaces (including urban and associated areas) — area?
- European Union (27) ranks 7th out of 26 groups with data for 2024.
- Is artificial surfaces (including urban and associated areas) — area rising or falling in European Union (27)?
- Over the last ten years it is up 0.5%. The long-run trend across the full record is flat.
- Where does this European Union (27) 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.