Artificial surfaces (including urban and associated areas) — Area in Germany
Germany: Artificial surfaces (including urban and associated areas) — Area was 2,597 1000 ha in 2024. ▬ Flat
Artificial surfaces (including urban and associated areas) — Area in Germany, 2001–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in 1000 ha.
Analysis
The most recent figure for artificial surfaces (including urban and associated areas) — area in Germany is 2,597 1000 ha, measured in 2024.
That represents a change of up 0.3% over ten years.
Over the whole period, artificial surfaces (including urban and associated areas) — area in Germany peaked at 2,600 1000 ha in 2022 and was at its lowest, 2,568 1000 ha, in 2001.
That places Germany 7th out of 240 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the top 10%.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 2,587 1000 ha | 2,568 1000 ha | 2,591 1000 ha | 9 |
| 2010s | 2,591 1000 ha | 2,589 1000 ha | 2,597 1000 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 2,599 1000 ha | 2,597 1000 ha | 2,600 1000 ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near Germany
More environment data for Germany
- Land area equipped for irrigation — Share in Cropland 6.68 % (2024)
- Land area equipped for irrigation — Area 791.8 1000 ha (2024)
- Inland waters — Area 792 1000 ha (2024)
- Permanent meadows and pastures — Share in Land area 13.49 % (2024)
- Permanent meadows and pastures — Share in Agricultural land 28.45 % (2024)
- Permanent meadows and pastures — Area 4,714 1000 ha (2024)
- Permanent crops — Share in Agricultural land 1.2 % (2024)
- Permanent crops — Area 198 1000 ha (2024)
- Arable land — Share in Agricultural land 70.35 % (2024)
- Arable land — Area 11,656 1000 ha (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is artificial surfaces (including urban and associated areas) — area in Germany?
- Artificial surfaces (including urban and associated areas) — area in Germany was 2,597 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 Germany?
- The highest recorded value was 2,600 1000 ha in 2022.
- What is the lowest artificial surfaces (including urban and associated areas) — area recorded in Germany?
- The lowest recorded value was 2,568 1000 ha in 2001.
- How does Germany rank for artificial surfaces (including urban and associated areas) — area?
- Germany ranks 7th out of 240 countries with data for 2024.
- Is artificial surfaces (including urban and associated areas) — area rising or falling in Germany?
- Over the last ten years it is up 0.3%. The long-run trend across the full record is flat.
- Where does this Germany 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.