Eastern Europe 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 Europe
- United States of America
How they compare
Eastern Europe currently reports 125,498 Square kilometres against 49,608 Square kilometres in United States of America, a difference of 75,890 Square kilometres.
That makes Eastern Europe's figure about 2.5 times United States of America's.
Across all 5 years both countries report, Eastern Europe has been ahead every year.
Eastern Europe ranks 5th and United States of America ranks 7th of 57 groups.
Eastern Europe has averaged higher in every one of the 3 decades both report.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Eastern Europe | United States of America | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 53,320 Square kilometres | 17,853 Square kilometres | 35,468 Square kilometres | Eastern Europe |
| 2010s | 92,284 Square kilometres | 33,901 Square kilometres | 58,383 Square kilometres | Eastern Europe |
| 2020s | 122,394 Square kilometres | 47,677 Square kilometres | 74,717 Square kilometres | Eastern Europe |
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 Europe or United States of America?
- Eastern Europe, at 125,498 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 Europe and United States of America?
- 75,890 Square kilometres, with Eastern Europe ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Eastern Europe and United States of America?
- 5 years are reported by both, from 2005 to 2022.
- How do Eastern Europe and United States of America rank globally for land cover and land cover change — loss of cropland?
- Eastern Europe ranks 5th 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