Central America vs United States of America: Land cover and land cover change — Loss of cropland
Land cover and land cover change — Loss of cropland over time
- Central America
- United States of America
How they compare
United States of America currently reports 49,608 Square kilometres against 33,211 Square kilometres in Central America, a difference of 16,397 Square kilometres.
That makes United States of America's figure about 1.5 times Central America's.
Across all 5 years both countries report, United States of America has been ahead every year.
Central America ranks 9th and United States of America ranks 7th of 57 groups.
United States of America has averaged higher in every one of the 3 decades both report.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Central America | United States of America | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 11,994 Square kilometres | 17,853 Square kilometres | 5,859 Square kilometres | United States of America |
| 2010s | 22,621 Square kilometres | 33,901 Square kilometres | 11,280 Square kilometres | United States of America |
| 2020s | 31,374 Square kilometres | 47,677 Square kilometres | 16,303 Square kilometres | United States of America |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher land cover and land cover change — loss of cropland, Central America or United States of America?
- United States of America, at 49,608 Square kilometres against 33,211 Square kilometres in Central America as of 2022.
- What is the difference in land cover and land cover change — loss of cropland between Central America and United States of America?
- 16,397 Square kilometres, with United States of America ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Central America and United States of America?
- 5 years are reported by both, from 2005 to 2022.
- How do Central America and United States of America rank globally for land cover and land cover change — loss of cropland?
- Central America ranks 9th and United States of America ranks 7th of 57 groups.
- Where does this data come from?
- Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development, published as Land cover and land cover change — Loss of cropland. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.
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About this data
The land cover dataset provides a global assessment of land cover and land cover change to monitor pressures on ecosystems and biodiversity. By using geospatial data with high spatio-temporal resolution, it develops a set of internationally comparable indicators with a long time series and a five-year interval from 2000 to 2022 for the Climate Change Initiative Land Cover dataset, and from 1975 to 2030 for the Global Human Settlement Layer dataset. Please see the working paper for a more complete description of the methods. The dataset has a global coverage on the national level, while on the sub-national TL2 level (i.e. large subnational regions) results are reported for all OECD countries as well as for Argentina, Brazil, China, India, Indonesia and South Africa. The following country aggregates are included: Euro area, European Union, Advanced economies, Emerging market economies, G7, G20, OECD, OECD Europe, OECD Asia Oceania, OECD Americas, the LAC region and the World. Data source(s): Climate Change Initiative land cover data and Global Human Settlement Layer built-up area data. Contact: ENV.Stat@oecd.org Database documentation