How does Lebanon rank for artificial surfaces (including urban and associated areas) — area?

Lebanon ranks 112th out of 240 countries with data for 2024.

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

Over the last ten years it is up 1.4%. The long-run trend across the full record is flat.

Where does this Lebanon 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 Lebanon

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

Lebanon: Artificial surfaces (including urban and associated areas) — Area was 49.83 1000 ha in 2024. ▬ Flat

Latest (2024)

49.83 1000 ha

Change on year

unchanged

World rank

112th

of 240 countries

All-time high

49.83 1000 ha

in 2023

All-time low

48.28 1000 ha

in 2001

Years of data

2001–2024

Artificial surfaces (including urban and associated areas) — Area in Lebanon, 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 Lebanon is 49.83 1000 ha, measured in 2024. That is the highest value across all 24 years on record.

Compared with earlier readings it is up 1.4% over ten years.

Over the whole period, artificial surfaces (including urban and associated areas) — area in Lebanon peaked at 49.83 1000 ha in 2023 and was at its lowest, 48.28 1000 ha, in 2001.

Lebanon ranks 112th of 240 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.

Averages by decade

Decade	Average	Lowest	Highest	Years
2000s	48.82 1000 ha	48.28 1000 ha	48.95 1000 ha	9
2010s	49.2 1000 ha	48.95 1000 ha	49.53 1000 ha	10
2020s	49.7 1000 ha	49.53 1000 ha	49.83 1000 ha	5

Countries ranked near Lebanon

109 Haiti 52.62 1000 ha compare
110 Botswana 52.06 1000 ha compare
111 Niger 50.58 1000 ha compare
113 Costa Rica 49.47 1000 ha compare
114 Burkina Faso 48.58 1000 ha compare
115 Cambodia 48.13 1000 ha compare

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More environment data for Lebanon

Land area equipped for irrigation — Share in Cropland 35.81 % (2024)
Land area equipped for irrigation — Area 90 1000 ha (2024)
Inland waters — Area 22.2 1000 ha (2024)
Permanent meadows and pastures — Share in Land area 39.1 % (2024)
Permanent meadows and pastures — Share in Agricultural land 61.42 % (2024)
Permanent meadows and pastures — Area 400 1000 ha (2024)
Permanent crops — Share in Agricultural land 21.64 % (2024)
Permanent crops — Area 140.96 1000 ha (2024)
Arable land — Share in Agricultural land 16.94 % (2024)
Arable land — Area 110.34 1000 ha (2024)

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Frequently asked questions

What is artificial surfaces (including urban and associated areas) — area in Lebanon?: Artificial surfaces (including urban and associated areas) — area in Lebanon was 49.83 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 Lebanon?: The highest recorded value was 49.83 1000 ha in 2023.
What is the lowest artificial surfaces (including urban and associated areas) — area recorded in Lebanon?: The lowest recorded value was 48.28 1000 ha in 2001.
How does Lebanon rank for artificial surfaces (including urban and associated areas) — area?: Lebanon ranks 112th out of 240 countries with data for 2024.
Is artificial surfaces (including urban and associated areas) — area rising or falling in Lebanon?: Over the last ten years it is up 1.4%. The long-run trend across the full record is flat.
Where does this Lebanon 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.