Artificial surfaces (including urban and associated areas) — Area in Northern Africa
Northern Africa: Artificial surfaces (including urban and associated areas) — Area was 1,766 1000 ha in 2024. ▬ Flat
Artificial surfaces (including urban and associated areas) — Area in Northern Africa, 2001–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in 1000 ha.
Analysis
Northern Africa recorded 1,766 1000 ha for artificial surfaces (including urban and associated areas) — area in 2024. That is the highest value across all 24 years on record.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 0.4% on the previous year and up 3.3% over ten years.
Over the whole period, artificial surfaces (including urban and associated areas) — area in Northern Africa peaked at 1,766 1000 ha in 2024 and was at its lowest, 1,681 1000 ha, in 2001.
Northern Africa ranks 18th of 26 groups on this measure, in the middle of the range.
Artificial surfaces (including urban and associated areas) — Area in Northern Africa, year by year
| Year | 1000 ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2001 | 1,681 1000 ha | — |
| 2002 | 1,685 1000 ha | +0.2% |
| 2003 | 1,687 1000 ha | +0.1% |
| 2004 | 1,688 1000 ha | +0.1% |
| 2005 | 1,690 1000 ha | +0.1% |
| 2006 | 1,691 1000 ha | +0.1% |
| 2007 | 1,693 1000 ha | +0.1% |
| 2008 | 1,695 1000 ha | +0.1% |
| 2009 | 1,698 1000 ha | +0.1% |
| 2010 | 1,702 1000 ha | +0.3% |
| 2011 | 1,708 1000 ha | +0.3% |
| 2012 | 1,704 1000 ha | -0.3% |
| 2013 | 1,706 1000 ha | +0.1% |
| 2014 | 1,710 1000 ha | +0.2% |
| 2015 | 1,715 1000 ha | +0.3% |
| 2016 | 1,720 1000 ha | +0.3% |
| 2017 | 1,725 1000 ha | +0.3% |
| 2018 | 1,732 1000 ha | +0.4% |
| 2019 | 1,739 1000 ha | +0.4% |
| 2020 | 1,742 1000 ha | +0.2% |
| 2021 | 1,748 1000 ha | +0.3% |
| 2022 | 1,754 1000 ha | +0.4% |
| 2023 | 1,759 1000 ha | +0.3% |
| 2024 | 1,766 1000 ha | +0.4% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 1,690 1000 ha | 1,681 1000 ha | 1,698 1000 ha | 9 |
| 2010s | 1,716 1000 ha | 1,702 1000 ha | 1,739 1000 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 1,754 1000 ha | 1,742 1000 ha | 1,766 1000 ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near Northern Africa
More environment data for Northern Africa
- Historical exposure to drought — Cropland soil moisture anomaly -13.93 Percentage change (2025)
- Standard Deviation, annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2025)
- Historical exposure to drought — Land soil moisture anomaly -20 Percentage change (2025)
- Standard Deviation 0.281 °C (2025)
- Temperature change 1.61 °C (2025)
- Total fibre furnish — Production 864,000 t (2024)
- Recovered paper — Production 701,000 t (2024)
- Agricultural land — Value of agricultural production (Int. $) per Area 432.96 USD_PPP/ha (2024)
- Nutrient potash K2O (total) — Use per capita 0.84 kg/cap (2024)
- Nutrient potash K2O (total) — Use per value of agricultural production 2.41 g/Int$ (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is artificial surfaces (including urban and associated areas) — area in Northern Africa?
- Artificial surfaces (including urban and associated areas) — area in Northern Africa was 1,766 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 Northern Africa?
- The highest recorded value was 1,766 1000 ha in 2024.
- What is the lowest artificial surfaces (including urban and associated areas) — area recorded in Northern Africa?
- The lowest recorded value was 1,681 1000 ha in 2001.
- How does Northern Africa rank for artificial surfaces (including urban and associated areas) — area?
- Northern Africa ranks 18th out of 26 groups with data for 2024.
- Is artificial surfaces (including urban and associated areas) — area rising or falling in Northern Africa?
- Over the last ten years it is up 3.3%. The long-run trend across the full record is flat.
- Where does this Northern Africa 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.