Artificial surfaces (including urban and associated areas) — Area in Western Sahara
Western Sahara: Artificial surfaces (including urban and associated areas) — Area was 4.52 1000 ha in 2024. ▬ Flat
Artificial surfaces (including urban and associated areas) — Area in Western Sahara, 2001–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in 1000 ha.
Analysis
Western Sahara recorded 4.52 1000 ha for artificial surfaces (including urban and associated areas) — area in 2024. That is the highest value across all 24 years on record.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 0.4% on the previous year and up 0.9% over ten years.
Over the whole period, artificial surfaces (including urban and associated areas) — area in Western Sahara peaked at 4.52 1000 ha in 2024 and was at its lowest, 4.35 1000 ha, in 2001.
Western Sahara ranks 163rd of 218 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 4.4 1000 ha | 4.35 1000 ha | 4.46 1000 ha | 9 |
| 2010s | 4.48 1000 ha | 4.48 1000 ha | 4.48 1000 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 4.49 1000 ha | 4.48 1000 ha | 4.52 1000 ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near Western Sahara
- 160 Mauritius 5.42 1000 ha compare
- 161 Martinique 4.86 1000 ha compare
- 162 Barbados 4.75 1000 ha compare
- 164 Equatorial Guinea, Republic of 4.36 1000 ha compare
- 165 New Caledonia 3.66 1000 ha compare
- 166 United States Virgin Islands 3.51 1000 ha compare
More environment data for Western Sahara
- Temperature change 1.89 °C (2025)
- Standard Deviation, annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2025)
- Standard Deviation 0.503 °C (2025)
- Arable land — Area 4 1000 ha (2024)
- Cropland — Share in Agricultural land 0.08 % (2024)
- Cropland — Share in Land area 0.02 % (2024)
- Cropland — Area per capita 0.01 ha/cap (2024)
- Permanent meadows and pastures — Share in Agricultural land 99.92 % (2024)
- Permanent meadows and pastures — Share in Land area 18.8 % (2024)
- Cropland — Area 4 1000 ha (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is artificial surfaces (including urban and associated areas) — area in Western Sahara?
- Artificial surfaces (including urban and associated areas) — area in Western Sahara was 4.52 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 Sahara?
- The highest recorded value was 4.52 1000 ha in 2024.
- What is the lowest artificial surfaces (including urban and associated areas) — area recorded in Western Sahara?
- The lowest recorded value was 4.35 1000 ha in 2001.
- How does Western Sahara rank for artificial surfaces (including urban and associated areas) — area?
- Western Sahara ranks 163rd out of 218 countries with data for 2024.
- Is artificial surfaces (including urban and associated areas) — area rising or falling in Western Sahara?
- Over the last ten years it is up 0.9%. The long-run trend across the full record is flat.
- Where does this Western Sahara 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.