Artificial surfaces (including urban and associated areas) — Area in Gibraltar
Gibraltar: Artificial surfaces (including urban and associated areas) — Area was 0.32 1000 ha in 2024. ▼ Falling
Artificial surfaces (including urban and associated areas) — Area in Gibraltar, 2001–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in 1000 ha.
Analysis
Gibraltar recorded 0.32 1000 ha for artificial surfaces (including urban and associated areas) — area in 2024. That is the lowest value across all 24 years on record.
The figure is down 5.9% over ten years.
Over the whole period, artificial surfaces (including urban and associated areas) — area in Gibraltar peaked at 0.39 1000 ha in 2002 and was at its lowest, 0.32 1000 ha, in 2007.
That places Gibraltar 192nd out of 223 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 24 years of available data.
Artificial surfaces (including urban and associated areas) — Area in Gibraltar, year by year
| Year | 1000 ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2001 | 0.34 1000 ha | — |
| 2002 | 0.39 1000 ha | +14.7% |
| 2003 | 0.34 1000 ha | -12.8% |
| 2004 | 0.34 1000 ha | +0.0% |
| 2005 | 0.34 1000 ha | +0.0% |
| 2006 | 0.34 1000 ha | +0.0% |
| 2007 | 0.32 1000 ha | -5.9% |
| 2008 | 0.32 1000 ha | +0.0% |
| 2009 | 0.32 1000 ha | +0.0% |
| 2010 | 0.32 1000 ha | +0.0% |
| 2011 | 0.32 1000 ha | +0.0% |
| 2012 | 0.32 1000 ha | +0.0% |
| 2013 | 0.32 1000 ha | +0.0% |
| 2014 | 0.34 1000 ha | +6.3% |
| 2015 | 0.34 1000 ha | +0.0% |
| 2016 | 0.36 1000 ha | +5.9% |
| 2017 | 0.34 1000 ha | -5.6% |
| 2018 | 0.34 1000 ha | +0.0% |
| 2019 | 0.34 1000 ha | +0.0% |
| 2020 | 0.34 1000 ha | +0.0% |
| 2021 | 0.32 1000 ha | -5.9% |
| 2022 | 0.32 1000 ha | +0.0% |
| 2023 | 0.32 1000 ha | +0.0% |
| 2024 | 0.32 1000 ha | +0.0% |
Gibraltar compared with similar countries
- Gibraltar's 0.32 1000 ha is below the median for high income countries, which is 38.62 1000 ha, 1% of the median. (73 countries reporting)
- Gibraltar's 0.32 1000 ha is below the median for Europe & Central Asia, which is 109.11 1000 ha, 0% of the median. (51 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 0.3389 1000 ha | 0.32 1000 ha | 0.39 1000 ha | 9 |
| 2010s | 0.334 1000 ha | 0.32 1000 ha | 0.36 1000 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 0.324 1000 ha | 0.32 1000 ha | 0.34 1000 ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near Gibraltar
- 189 San Marino 0.45 1000 ha compare
- 190 Vanuatu 0.41 1000 ha compare
- 191 Turks and Caicos Islands 0.36 1000 ha compare
- 193 Comoros 0.28 1000 ha compare
- 194 Mayotte 0.24 1000 ha compare
- 194 Sao Tome and Principe 0.24 1000 ha compare
More environment data for Gibraltar
- Standard Deviation, annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2025)
- Standard Deviation 0.43 °C (2025)
- Temperature change 2.29 °C (2025)
- Sawnwood — Production 0 m3 (2024)
- Sawnwood — Import value 212 1000 USD (2024)
- Wood charcoal — Production 0 t (2024)
- Industrial roundwood — Export value 0 1000 USD (2024)
- Industrial roundwood — Import quantity 14 m3 (2024)
- Wood fuel, non-coniferous — Production 0 m3 (2024)
- Industrial roundwood — Export quantity 0 m3 (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is artificial surfaces (including urban and associated areas) — area in Gibraltar?
- Artificial surfaces (including urban and associated areas) — area in Gibraltar was 0.32 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 Gibraltar?
- The highest recorded value was 0.39 1000 ha in 2002.
- What is the lowest artificial surfaces (including urban and associated areas) — area recorded in Gibraltar?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.32 1000 ha in 2007.
- How does Gibraltar rank for artificial surfaces (including urban and associated areas) — area?
- Gibraltar ranks 192nd out of 223 countries with data for 2024.
- Is artificial surfaces (including urban and associated areas) — area rising or falling in Gibraltar?
- Over the last ten years it is down 5.9%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Gibraltar 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.