How many hectares of each Syrian sub-district are cropland, trees, built-up or bare?

10 m land-cover cells for every governorate in 8 classes, with the area of each class in hectares per sub-district, district and governorate, using each cell's true area. Cropland covers 26.3% of Syria.

In short

Cropland 4,922,841 ha (26.3%); bare land 51.2%.

Governorates with most cropland: Al-Hasakeh, Aleppo, Ar-Raqqa.

Trees cover 2.05% of Syria; built-up 294,358 ha.

Syria land cover map at 10 m: cropland, built-up, tree and bare land area per sub-district — Reduced-resolution preview with a watermark; the full-resolution map is in the package.

Who it is for

Researchers and postgraduate students, agricultural directorates, food-security and environmental organisations, and regional planners.

Method: what we add to the raw data

Land-cover cells (2021, 10 m) were clipped to each governorate in a separate file, with an embedded colour table so they open coloured.
Each cell's true area at its latitude was used (cells get smaller northwards), not a cell count.
Areas were summed per class for each sub-district, then districts, governorates and the national total.
Shares of trees, cropland, built-up and bare land and the dominant class were added per sub-district.

Product details

What you get	1 spatial layer in GeoPackage, 14 GeoTIFF rasters, 4 CSV tables, lyrx and qml symbology for ArcGIS Pro and QGIS, a PNG map at 220 dpi, and an Arabic and English guide
Formats	GPKG, GeoTIFF, CSV, lyrx, qml, PNG
Coordinate system	WGS 84 (EPSG:4326)
Licence	Commercial use allowed for you and the organisation you buy for; no resale or redistribution
Delivery	A private download link valid for 24 hours, within 6 hours of payment confirmation
Package size	ZIP 131.0 MB
Personal data	The product contains no personal data

Spatial layers

subdistricts_land_cover — polygons, 272: Sub-districts with area of each class

Raster files (GeoTIFF)

land_cover_10m/ — 14 files, 10 m: Land cover — one file per governorate

Tables

D085_land_cover_by_subdistrict.csv — 272 rows: Areas per sub-district
D085_land_cover_by_district.csv — 62 rows: Areas per district
D085_land_cover_by_governorate.csv — 14 rows: Areas per governorate
D085_national_totals.csv — 8 rows: National total per class

Limitations

The classification is for 2021 and does not separate irrigated from rain-fed farming or crops.
Fallow fields or rangeland may be classified as grassland or bare depending on season.
Overall accuracy is about 75% globally, lower between similar classes (shrubland and grassland).

FAQ

How long does delivery take?: Up to 6 hours after payment is confirmed.
How long does the download link last?: 24 hours, and it is renewed free on request.
Can I get a refund?: Digital products are not refundable once downloaded — unless the file is defective or does not match the description, in which case it is replaced or fully refunded.
What does the licence allow?: Commercial use is allowed for you and the organisation you buy for; resale or redistribution is not.

Syria land cover map at 10 m: cropland, built-up, tree and bare land area per sub-district