Artificial surfaces (including urban and associated areas) — Area in France
France: Artificial surfaces (including urban and associated areas) — Area was 1,541 1000 ha in 2024. ▬ Flat
Artificial surfaces (including urban and associated areas) — Area in France, 2001–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in 1000 ha.
Analysis
France recorded 1,541 1000 ha for artificial surfaces (including urban and associated areas) — area in 2024.
The figure is down 0.1% on the previous year and up 0.1% over ten years.
Over the whole period, artificial surfaces (including urban and associated areas) — area in France peaked at 1,542 1000 ha in 2023 and was at its lowest, 1,517 1000 ha, in 2001.
That places France 11th out of 240 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the top 10%.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 1,533 1000 ha | 1,517 1000 ha | 1,537 1000 ha | 9 |
| 2010s | 1,539 1000 ha | 1,538 1000 ha | 1,542 1000 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 1,542 1000 ha | 1,541 1000 ha | 1,542 1000 ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near France
More environment data for France
- Land area equipped for irrigation — Share in Cropland 15.54 % (2024)
- Land area equipped for irrigation — Area 2,781 1000 ha (2024)
- Inland waters — Area 1,024 1000 ha (2024)
- Permanent meadows and pastures — Share in Land area 19.38 % (2024)
- Permanent meadows and pastures — Share in Agricultural land 36.71 % (2024)
- Permanent meadows and pastures — Area 10,443 1000 ha (2024)
- Permanent crops — Share in Agricultural land 3.57 % (2024)
- Permanent crops — Area 1,016 1000 ha (2024)
- Arable land — Share in Agricultural land 59.35 % (2024)
- Arable land — Area 16,882 1000 ha (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is artificial surfaces (including urban and associated areas) — area in France?
- Artificial surfaces (including urban and associated areas) — area in France was 1,541 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 France?
- The highest recorded value was 1,542 1000 ha in 2023.
- What is the lowest artificial surfaces (including urban and associated areas) — area recorded in France?
- The lowest recorded value was 1,517 1000 ha in 2001.
- How does France rank for artificial surfaces (including urban and associated areas) — area?
- France ranks 11th out of 240 countries with data for 2024.
- Is artificial surfaces (including urban and associated areas) — area rising or falling in France?
- Over the last ten years it is up 0.1%. The long-run trend across the full record is flat.
- Where does this France 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.