Artificial surfaces (including urban and associated areas) — Area in Southern Europe
Southern Europe: Artificial surfaces (including urban and associated areas) — Area was 3,103 1000 ha in 2024. ▬ Flat
Artificial surfaces (including urban and associated areas) — Area in Southern Europe, 2001–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in 1000 ha.
Analysis
Southern Europe recorded 3,103 1000 ha for artificial surfaces (including urban and associated areas) — area in 2024. That is the highest value across all 24 years on record.
That represents a change of up 0.4% over ten years.
Over the whole period, artificial surfaces (including urban and associated areas) — area in Southern Europe peaked at 3,103 1000 ha in 2024 and was at its lowest, 3,054 1000 ha, in 2001.
Southern Europe ranks 15th of 26 groups on this measure, in the middle of the range.
Artificial surfaces (including urban and associated areas) — Area in Southern Europe, year by year
| Year | 1000 ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2001 | 3,054 1000 ha | — |
| 2002 | 3,064 1000 ha | +0.4% |
| 2003 | 3,068 1000 ha | +0.1% |
| 2004 | 3,068 1000 ha | +0.0% |
| 2005 | 3,071 1000 ha | +0.1% |
| 2006 | 3,074 1000 ha | +0.1% |
| 2007 | 3,076 1000 ha | +0.1% |
| 2008 | 3,079 1000 ha | +0.1% |
| 2009 | 3,083 1000 ha | +0.1% |
| 2010 | 3,085 1000 ha | +0.1% |
| 2011 | 3,088 1000 ha | +0.1% |
| 2012 | 3,090 1000 ha | +0.1% |
| 2013 | 3,091 1000 ha | +0.0% |
| 2014 | 3,091 1000 ha | -0.0% |
| 2015 | 3,092 1000 ha | +0.0% |
| 2016 | 3,093 1000 ha | +0.0% |
| 2017 | 3,096 1000 ha | +0.1% |
| 2018 | 3,098 1000 ha | +0.1% |
| 2019 | 3,099 1000 ha | +0.0% |
| 2020 | 3,099 1000 ha | +0.0% |
| 2021 | 3,100 1000 ha | +0.0% |
| 2022 | 3,103 1000 ha | +0.1% |
| 2023 | 3,103 1000 ha | -0.0% |
| 2024 | 3,103 1000 ha | +0.0% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 3,071 1000 ha | 3,054 1000 ha | 3,083 1000 ha | 9 |
| 2010s | 3,092 1000 ha | 3,085 1000 ha | 3,099 1000 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 3,102 1000 ha | 3,099 1000 ha | 3,103 1000 ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near Southern Europe
- 12 Australia and New Zealand 1,256 1000 ha compare
- 13 Uzbekistan 1,172 1000 ha compare
- 14 Ukraine 1,169 1000 ha compare
- 15 United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland 1,145 1000 ha compare
- 16 Australia 1,125 1000 ha compare
- 17 Mexico 1,114 1000 ha compare
- 18 South Africa 1,111 1000 ha compare
More environment data for Southern Europe
- Historical exposure to drought — Cropland soil moisture anomaly -0.1235 Percentage change (2025)
- Historical exposure to drought — Land soil moisture anomaly -0.3167 Percentage change (2025)
- Standard Deviation 0.323 °C (2025)
- Temperature change 2.19 °C (2025)
- Standard Deviation, annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2025)
- Total fibre furnish — Production, annual growth rate 2.54 % change on previous year (2024)
- Other paper and paperboard, not elsewhere specified — Import value 0.7558 % change on previous year (2024)
- Exposure to drought — Cropland soil moisture anomaly -2.66 Percentage change (2024)
- Exposure to drought — Land soil moisture anomaly -0.8967 Percentage change (2024)
- Other paper and paperboard, not elsewhere specified — Import -24.03 % change on previous year (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is artificial surfaces (including urban and associated areas) — area in Southern Europe?
- Artificial surfaces (including urban and associated areas) — area in Southern Europe was 3,103 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 Southern Europe?
- The highest recorded value was 3,103 1000 ha in 2024.
- What is the lowest artificial surfaces (including urban and associated areas) — area recorded in Southern Europe?
- The lowest recorded value was 3,054 1000 ha in 2001.
- How does Southern Europe rank for artificial surfaces (including urban and associated areas) — area?
- Southern Europe ranks 15th out of 26 groups with data for 2024.
- Is artificial surfaces (including urban and associated areas) — area rising or falling in Southern Europe?
- Over the last ten years it is up 0.4%. The long-run trend across the full record is flat.
- Where does this Southern 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.