Land cover and land cover change — Loss of cropland in Beijing
Beijing: Land cover and land cover change — Loss of cropland was 1,387 Square kilometres in 2022. ▲ Rising
Land cover and land cover change — Loss of cropland in Beijing, 2005–2022
Source: Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development. Measured in Square kilometres.
Analysis
Beijing recorded 1,387 Square kilometres for land cover and land cover change — loss of cropland in 2022. That is the highest value across all 5 years on record.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 15.7% on the previous year and up 78.6% over ten years.
Over the whole period, land cover and land cover change — loss of cropland in Beijing peaked at 1,387 Square kilometres in 2022 and was at its lowest, 498.67 Square kilometres, in 2005.
Beijing ranks 177th of 753 regions on this measure, in the top quarter.
Land cover and land cover change — Loss of cropland in Beijing, year by year
| Year | Square kilometres | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2005 | 498.67 Square kilometres | — |
| 2010 | 776.26 Square kilometres | +55.7% |
| 2015 | 964.26 Square kilometres | +24.2% |
| 2020 | 1,198 Square kilometres | +24.3% |
| 2022 | 1,387 Square kilometres | +15.7% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 498.67 Square kilometres | 498.67 Square kilometres | 498.67 Square kilometres | 1 |
| 2010s | 870.26 Square kilometres | 776.26 Square kilometres | 964.26 Square kilometres | 2 |
| 2020s | 1,292 Square kilometres | 1,198 Square kilometres | 1,387 Square kilometres | 2 |
More environment data for Beijing
- Historical exposure to drought — Cropland soil moisture anomaly 1.75 Percentage change (2025)
- Historical exposure to drought — Land soil moisture anomaly 1.47 Percentage change (2025)
- Exposure to drought — Cropland soil moisture anomaly -14.62 Percentage change (2024)
- Exposure to drought — Land soil moisture anomaly -2.32 Percentage change (2024)
- River flooding exposure — Cropland share exposed to river flooding 11.05 Percentage of agricultural land area (2022)
- Land cover and land cover change — Grassland 1,841 Square kilometres (2022)
- Land cover and land cover change — Gain of artificial surfaces 1,527 Square kilometres (2022)
Frequently asked questions
- What is land cover and land cover change — loss of cropland in Beijing?
- Land cover and land cover change — loss of cropland in Beijing was 1,387 Square kilometres in 2022, according to Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development.
- What is the highest land cover and land cover change — loss of cropland recorded in Beijing?
- The highest recorded value was 1,387 Square kilometres in 2022.
- What is the lowest land cover and land cover change — loss of cropland recorded in Beijing?
- The lowest recorded value was 498.67 Square kilometres in 2005.
- How does Beijing rank for land cover and land cover change — loss of cropland?
- Beijing ranks 177th out of 753 regions with data for 2022.
- Is land cover and land cover change — loss of cropland rising or falling in Beijing?
- Over the last ten years it is up 78.6%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Beijing data come from?
- The figures come from Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development, published as part of Land cover and land cover change — Loss of cropland. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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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