[TP03] Land take
Key message
In Slovenia, built-up areas continue to increase, representing 5.7% of the land use structure in 2023. In the period 2019-2023 built-up areas were predominantly spread to grasslands (42%), forest (18.6%) and the category other (16.1%), with the total built-up area increasing by 1,618.9 ha over this period. Existing data sources in Slovenia have recently made it possible to evaluate the actual loss of land to development.
Charts
Graphic data Land use for the whole of Slovenia, Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Food, 2023
| Field[ha] | Permanent plantation[ha] | Grassland[ha] | Afforestation[ha] | Forest[ha] | Build-up areas[ha] | Other[ha] | Water[ha] | Field[%] | Permanent plantation[%] | Grassland[%] | Afforestation[%] | Forest[%] | Build-up areas[%] | Other[%] | Water[%] | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 | 178893.23 | 54267.40 | 350370.07 | 34809.14 | 1231883.03 | 114747.66 | 48772.69 | 14494.96 | 8.82 | 2.68 | 17.27 | 1.72 | 60.74 | 5.66 | 2.40 | 0.71 |
Graphic data Land use for the whole of Slovenia, Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Food, 2023
| Field[ha] | Permanent plantation[ha] | Grassland[ha] | Afforestation[ha] | Forest[ha] | Build-up areas[ha] | Other[ha] | Water[ha] | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2012-2019 | -3243.01 | 1610.74 | -14815.78 | 133.88 | 1147.84 | 3965.88 | 6565.78 | 865.15 |
| 2019-2023 | -773.03 | -1913.56 | -2969.14 | -1522.52 | 989.39 | 1618.94 | 4363.19 | 212.75 |
Graphic data Land use for the whole of Slovenia, Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Food, 2023
| Field[ha] | Permanent plantation[ha] | Grassland[ha] | Afforestation[ha] | Forest[ha] | Other[ha] | Water[ha] | Field[%] | Permanent plantation[%] | Grassland[%] | Afforestation[%] | Forest[%] | Other[%] | Water[%] | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 | 325.92 | 365.12 | 1529.00 | 127.50 | 676.05 | 582.88 | 22.84 | 8.98 | 10.06 | 42.13 | 3.51 | 18.63 | 16.06 | 0.63 |
Corine Land Cover 2006 and 2018, summarized by Land accounts data viewer 1990, 2000, 2006 (http://www.eea.europa.eu/data-and-maps/data/data-viewers/land-accounts) and Land cover and change 2000-2018 (https://www.eea.europa.eu/data-and-maps/dashboards/land-cover-and-chang…), EEA (2020)
| 2006[%] | 2018[%] | |
|---|---|---|
| Malta | 23.06 | 29.81 |
| Belgium | 20.52 | 20.91 |
| Netherlands | 12.58 | 13.74 |
| Liechtenstein | 11.87 | 13.25 |
| Luxembourg | 9.30 | 10.57 |
| Germany | 8.27 | 9.37 |
| Cyprus | 8.14 | 9.50 |
| United Kingdom | 7.65 | 8.72 |
| Denmark | 6.87 | 8.24 |
| Switzerland | 6.56 | 6.83 |
| Czech Republic | 6.34 | 6.71 |
| Romania | 6.29 | 5.57 |
| Hungary | 6.01 | 6.48 |
| Slovakia | 5.47 | 6.08 |
| France | 5.08 | 6 |
| Bulgaria | 5.02 | 4.82 |
| Italy | 4.89 | 5.56 |
| Austria | 4.87 | 5.94 |
| Poland | 4.00 | 6.21 |
| Portugal | 3.56 | 4.07 |
| Serbia | 3.35 | 3.79 |
| Lithuania | 3.27 | 3.43 |
| Croatia | 3.00 | 3.84 |
| Slovenia | 2.74 | 3.52 |
| Albania | 2.63 | 2.92 |
| Kosovo | 2.35 | 4.74 |
| Ireland | 2.21 | 2.46 |
| Estonia | 2.00 | 2.29 |
| Spain | 1.99 | 2.70 |
| Macedonia | 1.62 | 1.84 |
| Turkey | 1.61 | 2.08 |
| Bosnia and Herzegovina | 1.49 | 1.74 |
| Finland | 1.41 | 1.41 |
| Sweden | 1.39 | 1.53 |
| Latvia | 1.32 | 2.08 |
| Montenegro | 1.09 | 1.96 |
| Norway | 0.79 | 0.92 |
| Iceland | 0.37 | 0.39 |
| Greece | 0.00 | 3.28 |
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