Artificial surfaces (including urban and associated areas) — Area in Northern Europe
Northern Europe: Artificial surfaces (including urban and associated areas) — Area was 1,730 1000 ha in 2024. ▬ Flat
Artificial surfaces (including urban and associated areas) — Area in Northern Europe, 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 Northern Europe is 1,730 1000 ha, measured in 2024. That is the highest value across all 24 years on record.
That represents a change of up 0.1% on the previous year and up 1.1% over ten years.
Over the whole period, artificial surfaces (including urban and associated areas) — area in Northern Europe peaked at 1,730 1000 ha in 2024 and was at its lowest, 1,681 1000 ha, in 2001.
That places Northern Europe 19th out of 26 groups with data for 2024, putting it in the middle of the range.
Artificial surfaces (including urban and associated areas) — Area in Northern Europe, year by year
| Year | 1000 ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2001 | 1,681 1000 ha | — |
| 2002 | 1,693 1000 ha | +0.7% |
| 2003 | 1,695 1000 ha | +0.1% |
| 2004 | 1,696 1000 ha | +0.0% |
| 2005 | 1,698 1000 ha | +0.1% |
| 2006 | 1,702 1000 ha | +0.3% |
| 2007 | 1,704 1000 ha | +0.1% |
| 2008 | 1,706 1000 ha | +0.1% |
| 2009 | 1,706 1000 ha | +0.0% |
| 2010 | 1,707 1000 ha | +0.1% |
| 2011 | 1,709 1000 ha | +0.1% |
| 2012 | 1,709 1000 ha | -0.0% |
| 2013 | 1,710 1000 ha | +0.1% |
| 2014 | 1,711 1000 ha | +0.0% |
| 2015 | 1,711 1000 ha | +0.0% |
| 2016 | 1,712 1000 ha | +0.0% |
| 2017 | 1,713 1000 ha | +0.0% |
| 2018 | 1,717 1000 ha | +0.3% |
| 2019 | 1,721 1000 ha | +0.2% |
| 2020 | 1,723 1000 ha | +0.1% |
| 2021 | 1,724 1000 ha | +0.1% |
| 2022 | 1,727 1000 ha | +0.1% |
| 2023 | 1,728 1000 ha | +0.1% |
| 2024 | 1,730 1000 ha | +0.1% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 1,698 1000 ha | 1,681 1000 ha | 1,706 1000 ha | 9 |
| 2010s | 1,712 1000 ha | 1,707 1000 ha | 1,721 1000 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 1,727 1000 ha | 1,723 1000 ha | 1,730 1000 ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near Northern Europe
More environment data for Northern Europe
- Historical exposure to drought — Land soil moisture anomaly 1.53 Percentage change (2025)
- Standard Deviation, annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2025)
- Historical exposure to drought — Cropland soil moisture anomaly -1.04 Percentage change (2025)
- Standard Deviation 0.685 °C (2025)
- Temperature change 2.48 °C (2025)
- Roundwood — Production 200.58 million m3 (2024)
- Roundwood, non-coniferous — Production 40.72 million m3 (2024)
- Roundwood, coniferous — Production 159.86 million m3 (2024)
- Roundwood — Export value 1.86 million 1000 USD (2024)
- Roundwood — Export quantity 18.30 million m3 (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is artificial surfaces (including urban and associated areas) — area in Northern Europe?
- Artificial surfaces (including urban and associated areas) — area in Northern Europe was 1,730 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 Europe?
- The highest recorded value was 1,730 1000 ha in 2024.
- What is the lowest artificial surfaces (including urban and associated areas) — area recorded in Northern Europe?
- The lowest recorded value was 1,681 1000 ha in 2001.
- How does Northern Europe rank for artificial surfaces (including urban and associated areas) — area?
- Northern Europe ranks 19th out of 26 groups with data for 2024.
- Is artificial surfaces (including urban and associated areas) — area rising or falling in Northern Europe?
- Over the last ten years it is up 1.1%. The long-run trend across the full record is flat.
- Where does this Northern Europe 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.