Is artificial surfaces (including urban and associated areas) — area rising or falling in Israel?

Over the last ten years it is up 3.3%. The long-run trend across the full record is flat.

Where does this Israel 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.

Artificial surfaces (including urban and associated areas) — Area in Israel

Name: Artificial surfaces (including urban and associated areas) — Area in Israel
Creator: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations
License: CC BY-NC-SA 3.0 IGO (FAO)

Israel: Artificial surfaces (including urban and associated areas) — Area was 129.42 1000 ha in 2024. ▬ Flat

Latest (2024)

129.42 1000 ha

Change on year

up 0.2%

World rank

77th

of 240 countries

All-time high

129.42 1000 ha

in 2024

All-time low

123.69 1000 ha

in 2001

Years of data

2001–2024

Artificial surfaces (including urban and associated areas) — Area in Israel, 2001–2024

Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in 1000 ha.

Analysis

Israel recorded 129.42 1000 ha for artificial surfaces (including urban and associated areas) — area in 2024. That is the highest value across all 24 years on record.

The figure is up 0.2% on the previous year and up 3.3% over ten years.

Over the whole period, artificial surfaces (including urban and associated areas) — area in Israel peaked at 129.42 1000 ha in 2024 and was at its lowest, 123.69 1000 ha, in 2001.

Israel ranks 77th of 240 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.

Averages by decade

Decade	Average	Lowest	Highest	Years
2000s	123.93 1000 ha	123.69 1000 ha	124.16 1000 ha	9
2010s	125.51 1000 ha	124.33 1000 ha	126.93 1000 ha	10
2020s	128.46 1000 ha	127.31 1000 ha	129.42 1000 ha	5

Countries ranked near Israel

74 Tajikistan 133.76 1000 ha compare
75 Mozambique 133.29 1000 ha compare
76 New Zealand 131.44 1000 ha compare
78 Puerto Rico 129.31 1000 ha compare
79 United Republic of Tanzania 126.01 1000 ha compare
80 Afghanistan 119.96 1000 ha compare

See the full ranking of 269 places →

More environment data for Israel

Land area equipped for irrigation — Share in Cropland 86.86 % (2024)
Land area equipped for irrigation — Area 306 1000 ha (2024)
Inland waters — Area 43 1000 ha (2024)
Permanent meadows and pastures — Share in Land area 7.51 % (2024)
Permanent meadows and pastures — Share in Agricultural land 31.58 % (2024)
Permanent meadows and pastures — Area 162.6 1000 ha (2024)
Permanent crops — Share in Agricultural land 18.43 % (2024)
Permanent crops — Area 94.9 1000 ha (2024)
Arable land — Share in Agricultural land 49.99 % (2024)
Arable land — Area 257.4 1000 ha (2024)

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Frequently asked questions

What is artificial surfaces (including urban and associated areas) — area in Israel?: Artificial surfaces (including urban and associated areas) — area in Israel was 129.42 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 Israel?: The highest recorded value was 129.42 1000 ha in 2024.
What is the lowest artificial surfaces (including urban and associated areas) — area recorded in Israel?: The lowest recorded value was 123.69 1000 ha in 2001.
How does Israel rank for artificial surfaces (including urban and associated areas) — area?: Israel ranks 77th out of 240 countries with data for 2024.
Is artificial surfaces (including urban and associated areas) — area rising or falling in Israel?: Over the last ten years it is up 3.3%. The long-run trend across the full record is flat.
Where does this Israel 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

Indicator: Artificial surfaces (including urban and associated areas) — Area from MODIS
Unit: 1000 ha
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations
Licence: CC BY-NC-SA 3.0 IGO (FAO)
Coverage: 269 places, 6,390 data points, 2001–2024
Last refreshed: 12 August 2026

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.