Artificial surfaces (including urban and associated areas) β Area in Western Asia
Western Asia: Artificial surfaces (including urban and associated areas) β Area was 3,366 1000 ha in 2024. β¬ Flat
Artificial surfaces (including urban and associated areas) β Area in Western Asia, 2001β2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in 1000 ha.
Analysis
In 2024, artificial surfaces (including urban and associated areas) β area in Western Asia stood at 3,366 1000 ha. That is the highest value across all 24 years on record.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 0.2% on the previous year and up 2.0% over ten years.
Over the whole period, artificial surfaces (including urban and associated areas) β area in Western Asia peaked at 3,366 1000 ha in 2024 and was at its lowest, 3,251 1000 ha, in 2001.
Western Asia ranks 9th of 44 groups on this measure, in the top quarter.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 3,265 1000 ha | 3,251 1000 ha | 3,278 1000 ha | 9 |
| 2010s | 3,304 1000 ha | 3,281 1000 ha | 3,332 1000 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 3,351 1000 ha | 3,337 1000 ha | 3,366 1000 ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near Western Asia
More environment data for Western Asia
- Standard Deviation, annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2025)
- Standard Deviation 0.404 Β°C (2025)
- Temperature change 1.7 Β°C (2025)
- Recovered paper β Production 5.50 million t (2024)
- Total fibre furnish β Production 5.65 million t (2024)
- Value Added Deflator (Agriculture, forestry and fishery) β Value US$ 106.1 USD (2024)
- Nutrient potash K2O (total) β Agricultural Use 386,319 t (2024)
- Nutrient potash K2O (total) β Use per area of cropland 8.43 kg/ha (2024)
- Nutrient potash K2O (total) β Use per capita 1.25 kg/cap (2024)
- Nutrient potash K2O (total) β Use per value of agricultural production 2.95 g/Int$ (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is artificial surfaces (including urban and associated areas) β area in Western Asia?
- Artificial surfaces (including urban and associated areas) β area in Western Asia was 3,366 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) β area recorded in Western Asia?
- The highest recorded value was 3,366 1000 ha in 2024.
- What is the lowest artificial surfaces (including urban and associated areas) β area recorded in Western Asia?
- The lowest recorded value was 3,251 1000 ha in 2001.
- How does Western Asia rank for artificial surfaces (including urban and associated areas) β area?
- Western Asia ranks 9th out of 44 groups with data for 2024.
- Is artificial surfaces (including urban and associated areas) β area rising or falling in Western Asia?
- Over the last ten years it is up 2.0%. The long-run trend across the full record is flat.
- Where does this Western Asia 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) β 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 UniversitΓ© 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.