Is artificial surfaces (including urban and associated areas) — area rising or falling in Yemen?

Over the last ten years it is up 0.3%. The long-run trend across the full record is flat.

Where does this Yemen 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.

Artificial surfaces (including urban and associated areas) — Area in Yemen

Name: Artificial surfaces (including urban and associated areas) — Area in Yemen
Creator: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations
License: CC BY-NC-SA 3.0 IGO (FAO)

Yemen: Artificial surfaces (including urban and associated areas) — Area was 116.56 1000 ha in 2024. ▬ Flat

Latest (2024)

116.56 1000 ha

Change on year

unchanged

World rank

82nd

of 240 countries

All-time high

116.56 1000 ha

in 2023

All-time low

115.99 1000 ha

in 2001

Years of data

2001–2024

Artificial surfaces (including urban and associated areas) — Area in Yemen, 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 Yemen is 116.56 1000 ha, measured in 2024. That is the highest value across all 24 years on record.

The figure is up 0.3% over ten years.

Over the whole period, artificial surfaces (including urban and associated areas) — area in Yemen peaked at 116.56 1000 ha in 2023 and was at its lowest, 115.99 1000 ha, in 2001.

Yemen ranks 82nd of 240 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.

Averages by decade

Decade	Average	Lowest	Highest	Years
2000s	116.06 1000 ha	115.99 1000 ha	116.11 1000 ha	9
2010s	116.22 1000 ha	116.11 1000 ha	116.33 1000 ha	10
2020s	116.46 1000 ha	116.33 1000 ha	116.56 1000 ha	5

Countries ranked near Yemen

79 United Republic of Tanzania 126.01 1000 ha compare
80 Afghanistan 119.96 1000 ha compare
81 Somalia 117.87 1000 ha compare
83 Bangladesh 116.53 1000 ha compare
84 Uruguay 111.55 1000 ha compare
85 Angola 110.76 1000 ha compare

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More environment data for Yemen

Land area equipped for irrigation — Share in Cropland 46.86 % (2024)
Land area equipped for irrigation — Area 680.44 1000 ha (2024)
Permanent meadows and pastures — Share in Land area 41.67 % (2024)
Permanent meadows and pastures — Share in Agricultural land 93.81 % (2024)
Permanent meadows and pastures — Area 22,000 1000 ha (2024)
Permanent crops — Share in Agricultural land 1.33 % (2024)
Permanent crops — Area 311.21 1000 ha (2024)
Arable land — Share in Agricultural land 4.86 % (2024)
Arable land — Area 1,141 1000 ha (2024)
Cropland — Area per capita 0.04 ha/cap (2024)

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Frequently asked questions

What is artificial surfaces (including urban and associated areas) — area in Yemen?: Artificial surfaces (including urban and associated areas) — area in Yemen was 116.56 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 Yemen?: The highest recorded value was 116.56 1000 ha in 2023.
What is the lowest artificial surfaces (including urban and associated areas) — area recorded in Yemen?: The lowest recorded value was 115.99 1000 ha in 2001.
How does Yemen rank for artificial surfaces (including urban and associated areas) — area?: Yemen ranks 82nd out of 240 countries with data for 2024.
Is artificial surfaces (including urban and associated areas) — area rising or falling in Yemen?: Over the last ten years it is up 0.3%. The long-run trend across the full record is flat.
Where does this Yemen 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

Indicator: Artificial surfaces (including urban and associated areas) — Area from MODIS
Unit: 1000 ha
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations
Licence: CC BY-NC-SA 3.0 IGO (FAO)
Coverage: 269 places, 6,390 data points, 2001–2024
Last refreshed: 12 August 2026

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.