Artificial surfaces (including urban and associated areas) — Area in Poland
Poland: Artificial surfaces (including urban and associated areas) — Area was 840.17 1000 ha in 2024. ▬ Flat
Artificial surfaces (including urban and associated areas) — Area in Poland, 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 Poland is 840.17 1000 ha, measured in 2024.
That represents a change of up 1.0% over ten years.
Over the whole period, artificial surfaces (including urban and associated areas) — area in Poland peaked at 840.36 1000 ha in 2021 and was at its lowest, 817.58 1000 ha, in 2001.
Poland ranks 21st of 223 countries on this measure, in the top 10%.
Artificial surfaces (including urban and associated areas) — Area in Poland, year by year
| Year | 1000 ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2001 | 817.58 1000 ha | — |
| 2002 | 826.4 1000 ha | +1.1% |
| 2003 | 828.29 1000 ha | +0.2% |
| 2004 | 828.64 1000 ha | +0.0% |
| 2005 | 829.37 1000 ha | +0.1% |
| 2006 | 829.63 1000 ha | +0.0% |
| 2007 | 829.37 1000 ha | -0.0% |
| 2008 | 829.07 1000 ha | -0.0% |
| 2009 | 830.06 1000 ha | +0.1% |
| 2010 | 831.33 1000 ha | +0.2% |
| 2011 | 831.93 1000 ha | +0.1% |
| 2012 | 832.24 1000 ha | +0.0% |
| 2013 | 832.11 1000 ha | -0.0% |
| 2014 | 831.55 1000 ha | -0.1% |
| 2015 | 832.95 1000 ha | +0.2% |
| 2016 | 833.1 1000 ha | +0.0% |
| 2017 | 833.74 1000 ha | +0.1% |
| 2018 | 835.68 1000 ha | +0.2% |
| 2019 | 838.92 1000 ha | +0.4% |
| 2020 | 839.2 1000 ha | +0.0% |
| 2021 | 840.36 1000 ha | +0.1% |
| 2022 | 839.78 1000 ha | -0.1% |
| 2023 | 839.76 1000 ha | -0.0% |
| 2024 | 840.17 1000 ha | +0.0% |
Poland compared with similar countries
- Poland's 840.17 1000 ha is above the median for high income countries, which is 38.62 1000 ha, 21.8× the median. (73 countries reporting)
- Poland's 840.17 1000 ha is above the median for Europe & Central Asia, which is 109.11 1000 ha, 7.7× the median. (51 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 827.6 1000 ha | 817.58 1000 ha | 830.06 1000 ha | 9 |
| 2010s | 833.35 1000 ha | 831.33 1000 ha | 838.92 1000 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 839.85 1000 ha | 839.2 1000 ha | 840.36 1000 ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near Poland
- 18 Micronesia (Federated States of) 0 1000 ha
- 18 South Africa 1,111 1000 ha compare
- 18 Wallis and Futuna Islands 0 1000 ha
- 18 Polynesia 0 1000 ha
- 19 Canada 1,099 1000 ha compare
- 20 Nigeria 898.22 1000 ha compare
- 22 Pakistan 716.04 1000 ha compare
- 23 Spain 668.72 1000 ha compare
- 24 Thailand 639.44 1000 ha compare
- 24 Caribbean 501.64 1000 ha compare
More environment data for Poland
- Standard Deviation, annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2025)
- Standard Deviation 0.777 °C (2025)
- Temperature change 2.06 °C (2025)
- Wood-based panels — Production, annual growth rate 4.47 % change on previous year (2024)
- Total greenhouse gas emissions excluding LULUCF (Mt CO2e), annual -1.73 % change on previous year (2024)
- Total greenhouse gas emissions excluding LULUCF (Mt CO2e), per unit 0 Mt CO2e per US$ of GDP (2024)
- Total greenhouse gas emissions excluding LULUCF (Mt CO2e), per capita 0 Mt CO2e per person (2024)
- Methane (CH4) emissions from Agriculture (Mt CO2e), annual growth rate 0.1029 % change on previous year (2024)
- Methane (CH4) emissions from Agriculture (Mt CO2e), per unit of GDP 0 Mt CO2e per US$ of GDP (2024)
- Methane (CH4) emissions from Agriculture (Mt CO2e), per capita 0 Mt CO2e per person (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is artificial surfaces (including urban and associated areas) — area in Poland?
- Artificial surfaces (including urban and associated areas) — area in Poland was 840.17 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 Poland?
- The highest recorded value was 840.36 1000 ha in 2021.
- What is the lowest artificial surfaces (including urban and associated areas) — area recorded in Poland?
- The lowest recorded value was 817.58 1000 ha in 2001.
- How does Poland rank for artificial surfaces (including urban and associated areas) — area?
- Poland ranks 21st out of 223 countries with data for 2024.
- Is artificial surfaces (including urban and associated areas) — area rising or falling in Poland?
- Over the last ten years it is up 1.0%. The long-run trend across the full record is flat.
- Where does this Poland 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.