Artificial surfaces (including urban and associated areas) — Area in Iraq
Iraq: Artificial surfaces (including urban and associated areas) — Area was 423.28 1000 ha in 2024. ▬ Flat
Artificial surfaces (including urban and associated areas) — Area in Iraq, 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 Iraq stood at 423.28 1000 ha. That is the highest value across all 24 years on record.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 0.3% on the previous year and up 2.2% over ten years.
Over the whole period, artificial surfaces (including urban and associated areas) — area in Iraq peaked at 423.28 1000 ha in 2024 and was at its lowest, 409.57 1000 ha, in 2001.
Iraq ranks 38th of 240 countries on this measure, in the top quarter.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 410.33 1000 ha | 409.57 1000 ha | 411.37 1000 ha | 9 |
| 2010s | 414.84 1000 ha | 411.73 1000 ha | 418.43 1000 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 421.22 1000 ha | 419.35 1000 ha | 423.28 1000 ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near Iraq
More environment data for Iraq
- Land area equipped for irrigation — Share in Cropland 65.12 % (2024)
- Land area equipped for irrigation — Area 3,525 1000 ha (2024)
- Inland waters — Area 92 1000 ha (2024)
- Permanent meadows and pastures — Share in Land area 9.18 % (2024)
- Permanent meadows and pastures — Share in Agricultural land 42.4 % (2024)
- Permanent meadows and pastures — Area 3,985 1000 ha (2024)
- Permanent crops — Share in Agricultural land 5.42 % (2024)
- Permanent crops — Area 509.03 1000 ha (2024)
- Arable land — Share in Agricultural land 52.18 % (2024)
- Arable land — Area 4,904 1000 ha (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is artificial surfaces (including urban and associated areas) — area in Iraq?
- Artificial surfaces (including urban and associated areas) — area in Iraq was 423.28 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 Iraq?
- The highest recorded value was 423.28 1000 ha in 2024.
- What is the lowest artificial surfaces (including urban and associated areas) — area recorded in Iraq?
- The lowest recorded value was 409.57 1000 ha in 2001.
- How does Iraq rank for artificial surfaces (including urban and associated areas) — area?
- Iraq ranks 38th out of 240 countries with data for 2024.
- Is artificial surfaces (including urban and associated areas) — area rising or falling in Iraq?
- Over the last ten years it is up 2.2%. The long-run trend across the full record is flat.
- Where does this Iraq 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.