United States vs Western Europe: Land cover and land cover change — Loss of cropland
Land cover and land cover change — Loss of cropland over time
- United States
- Western Europe
How they compare
United States currently reports 49,608 Square kilometres against 26,916 Square kilometres in Western Europe, a difference of 22,692 Square kilometres.
That makes United States's figure about 1.8 times Western Europe's.
Across all 5 years both countries report, United States has been ahead every year.
United States ranks 7th and Western Europe ranks 10th of 169 countries.
United States has averaged higher in every one of the 3 decades both report.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | United States | Western Europe | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 17,853 Square kilometres | 15,569 Square kilometres | 2,284 Square kilometres | United States |
| 2010s | 33,901 Square kilometres | 20,326 Square kilometres | 13,575 Square kilometres | United States |
| 2020s | 47,677 Square kilometres | 26,102 Square kilometres | 21,576 Square kilometres | United States |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher land cover and land cover change — loss of cropland, United States or Western Europe?
- United States, at 49,608 Square kilometres against 26,916 Square kilometres in Western Europe as of 2022.
- What is the difference in land cover and land cover change — loss of cropland between United States and Western Europe?
- 22,692 Square kilometres, with United States ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for United States and Western Europe?
- 5 years are reported by both, from 2005 to 2022.
- How do United States and Western Europe rank globally for land cover and land cover change — loss of cropland?
- United States ranks 7th and Western Europe ranks 10th of 169 countries.
- 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