Land cover and land cover change — Loss of cropland in Ceará
Ceará: Land cover and land cover change — Loss of cropland was 2,073 Square kilometres in 2022. ▲ Rising
Land cover and land cover change — Loss of cropland in Ceará, 2005–2022
Source: Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development. Measured in Square kilometres.
Analysis
In 2022, land cover and land cover change — loss of cropland in Ceará stood at 2,073 Square kilometres. That is the highest value across all 5 years on record.
The figure is up 18.3% on the previous year and up 122.0% over ten years.
Over the whole period, land cover and land cover change — loss of cropland in Ceará peaked at 2,073 Square kilometres in 2022 and was at its lowest, 270.92 Square kilometres, in 2005.
Ceará ranks 31st of 57 groups on this measure, in the middle of the range.
Land cover and land cover change — Loss of cropland in Ceará, year by year
| Year | Square kilometres | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2005 | 270.92 Square kilometres | — |
| 2010 | 933.57 Square kilometres | +244.6% |
| 2015 | 1,366 Square kilometres | +46.4% |
| 2020 | 1,753 Square kilometres | +28.3% |
| 2022 | 2,073 Square kilometres | +18.3% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 270.92 Square kilometres | 270.92 Square kilometres | 270.92 Square kilometres | 1 |
| 2010s | 1,150 Square kilometres | 933.57 Square kilometres | 1,366 Square kilometres | 2 |
| 2020s | 1,913 Square kilometres | 1,753 Square kilometres | 2,073 Square kilometres | 2 |
Countries ranked near Ceará
- 28 Canada 8,874 Square kilometres compare
- 29 Bolivia, Plurinational State of 7,872 Square kilometres compare
- 30 Mauritania 2,241 Square kilometres compare
- 30 Romania 7,448 Square kilometres compare
- 31 Belarus 7,400 Square kilometres compare
- 32 Ghana 7,375 Square kilometres compare
- 33 Pakistan 7,150 Square kilometres compare
- 34 Kenya 6,561 Square kilometres compare
More environment data for Ceará
- Historical exposure to drought — Cropland soil moisture anomaly -12.14 Percentage change (2025)
- Historical exposure to drought — Land soil moisture anomaly -10.37 Percentage change (2025)
- Exposure to drought — Cropland soil moisture anomaly -10.14 Percentage change (2024)
- Exposure to drought — Land soil moisture anomaly -6.09 Percentage change (2024)
- River flooding exposure — Cropland share exposed to river flooding 5.01 Percentage of agricultural land area (2022)
- Land cover and land cover change — Grassland 7,352 Square kilometres (2022)
- Land cover and land cover change — Gain of artificial surfaces 329.83 Square kilometres (2022)
Frequently asked questions
- What is land cover and land cover change — loss of cropland in Ceará?
- Land cover and land cover change — loss of cropland in Ceará was 2,073 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 Ceará?
- The highest recorded value was 2,073 Square kilometres in 2022.
- What is the lowest land cover and land cover change — loss of cropland recorded in Ceará?
- The lowest recorded value was 270.92 Square kilometres in 2005.
- How does Ceará rank for land cover and land cover change — loss of cropland?
- Ceará ranks 31st out of 57 groups with data for 2022.
- Is land cover and land cover change — loss of cropland rising or falling in Ceará?
- Over the last ten years it is up 122.0%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Ceará 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