Artificial surfaces (including urban and associated areas) — Area in Western Africa
Western Africa: Artificial surfaces (including urban and associated areas) — Area was 1,866 1000 ha in 2024. ▲ Rising
Artificial surfaces (including urban and associated areas) — Area in Western Africa, 2001–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in 1000 ha.
Analysis
Western Africa recorded 1,866 1000 ha for artificial surfaces (including urban and associated areas) — area in 2024. That is the highest value across all 24 years on record.
The figure is up 0.9% on the previous year and up 10.2% over ten years.
Over the whole period, artificial surfaces (including urban and associated areas) — area in Western Africa peaked at 1,866 1000 ha in 2024 and was at its lowest, 1,541 1000 ha, in 2001.
That places Western Africa 17th out of 26 groups with data for 2024, putting it in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 24 years of available data.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 1,579 1000 ha | 1,541 1000 ha | 1,619 1000 ha | 9 |
| 2010s | 1,708 1000 ha | 1,631 1000 ha | 1,782 1000 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 1,834 1000 ha | 1,798 1000 ha | 1,866 1000 ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near Western Africa
More environment data for Western Africa
- Standard Deviation, annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2025)
- Historical exposure to drought — Land soil moisture anomaly -6.69 Percentage change (2025)
- Historical exposure to drought — Cropland soil moisture anomaly -6.59 Percentage change (2025)
- Temperature change 1.37 °C (2025)
- Standard Deviation 0.311 °C (2025)
- Industrial roundwood — Import value 18,051 1000 USD (2024)
- Wood fuel — Production 221.11 million m3 (2024)
- Wood fuel, coniferous — Production 0 m3 (2024)
- Wood fuel, non-coniferous — Production 221.11 million m3 (2024)
- Industrial roundwood — Production 20.68 million m3 (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is artificial surfaces (including urban and associated areas) — area in Western Africa?
- Artificial surfaces (including urban and associated areas) — area in Western Africa was 1,866 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 Western Africa?
- The highest recorded value was 1,866 1000 ha in 2024.
- What is the lowest artificial surfaces (including urban and associated areas) — area recorded in Western Africa?
- The lowest recorded value was 1,541 1000 ha in 2001.
- How does Western Africa rank for artificial surfaces (including urban and associated areas) — area?
- Western Africa ranks 17th out of 26 groups with data for 2024.
- Is artificial surfaces (including urban and associated areas) — area rising or falling in Western Africa?
- Over the last ten years it is up 10.2%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Western 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.