Eastern Asia 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
- Eastern Asia
- United States of America
How they compare
Eastern Asia currently reports 215,007 Square kilometres against 49,608 Square kilometres in United States of America, a difference of 165,399 Square kilometres.
That makes Eastern Asia's figure about 4.3 times United States of America's.
Across all 5 years both countries report, Eastern Asia has been ahead every year.
Eastern Asia ranks 4th and United States of America ranks 7th of 57 groups.
Eastern Asia has averaged higher in every one of the 3 decades both report.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Eastern Asia | United States of America | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 51,055 Square kilometres | 17,853 Square kilometres | 33,202 Square kilometres | Eastern Asia |
| 2010s | 108,846 Square kilometres | 33,901 Square kilometres | 74,945 Square kilometres | Eastern Asia |
| 2020s | 204,752 Square kilometres | 47,677 Square kilometres | 157,075 Square kilometres | Eastern Asia |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher land cover and land cover change — loss of cropland, Eastern Asia or United States of America?
- Eastern Asia, at 215,007 Square kilometres against 49,608 Square kilometres in United States of America as of 2022.
- What is the difference in land cover and land cover change — loss of cropland between Eastern Asia and United States of America?
- 165,399 Square kilometres, with Eastern Asia ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Eastern Asia and United States of America?
- 5 years are reported by both, from 2005 to 2022.
- How do Eastern Asia and United States of America rank globally for land cover and land cover change — loss of cropland?
- Eastern Asia ranks 4th 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