Land cover and land cover change — Loss of cropland in Eastern and South-Eastern Asia
Eastern and South-Eastern Asia: Land cover and land cover change — Loss of cropland was 321,812 Square kilometres in 2022. ▲ Rising
Land cover and land cover change — Loss of cropland in Eastern and South-Eastern Asia, 2005–2022
Source: Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development. Measured in Square kilometres.
Analysis
The most recent figure for land cover and land cover change — loss of cropland in Eastern and South-Eastern Asia is 321,812 Square kilometres, measured in 2022. That is the highest value across all 5 years on record.
That represents a change of up 12.5% on the previous year and up 135.2% over ten years.
Over the whole period, land cover and land cover change — loss of cropland in Eastern and South-Eastern Asia peaked at 321,812 Square kilometres in 2022 and was at its lowest, 75,795 Square kilometres, in 2005.
That places Eastern and South-Eastern Asia 3rd out of 57 groups with data for 2022, putting it in the top 10%.
Land cover and land cover change — Loss of cropland in Eastern and South-Eastern Asia, year by year
| Year | Square kilometres | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2005 | 75,795 Square kilometres | — |
| 2010 | 136,819 Square kilometres | +80.5% |
| 2015 | 193,995 Square kilometres | +41.8% |
| 2020 | 285,950 Square kilometres | +47.4% |
| 2022 | 321,812 Square kilometres | +12.5% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 75,795 Square kilometres | 75,795 Square kilometres | 75,795 Square kilometres | 1 |
| 2010s | 165,407 Square kilometres | 136,819 Square kilometres | 193,995 Square kilometres | 2 |
| 2020s | 303,881 Square kilometres | 285,950 Square kilometres | 321,812 Square kilometres | 2 |
Countries ranked near Eastern and South-Eastern Asia
More environment data for Eastern and South-Eastern Asia
- River flooding exposure — Cropland share exposed to river flooding 9.08 Percentage of agricultural land area (2022)
- Average proportion of Marine Key Biodiversity Areas (KBAs) covered by 34.4% (2025)
- Average proportion of Terrestrial Key Biodiversity Areas (KBAs) 32.2% (2025)
- Average proportion of Mountain Key Biodiversity Areas (KBAs) covered 34.5% (2025)
- Average proportion of Freshwater Key Biodiversity Areas (KBAs) 28.9% (2025)
- Proportion of population using safely managed sanitation services, by 64.1% (2024)
- Proportion of population using safely managed drinking water 75.3% (2024)
- Proportion of population using basic drinking water services, by 95.4% (2024)
- Proportion of population using basic sanitation services, by location 95.1% (2024)
- Level of water stress: freshwater withdrawal as a proportion of 30.3% (2023)
Frequently asked questions
- What is land cover and land cover change — loss of cropland in Eastern and South-Eastern Asia?
- Land cover and land cover change — loss of cropland in Eastern and South-Eastern Asia was 321,812 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 Eastern and South-Eastern Asia?
- The highest recorded value was 321,812 Square kilometres in 2022.
- What is the lowest land cover and land cover change — loss of cropland recorded in Eastern and South-Eastern Asia?
- The lowest recorded value was 75,795 Square kilometres in 2005.
- How does Eastern and South-Eastern Asia rank for land cover and land cover change — loss of cropland?
- Eastern and South-Eastern Asia ranks 3rd out of 57 groups with data for 2022.
- Is land cover and land cover change — loss of cropland rising or falling in Eastern and South-Eastern Asia?
- Over the last ten years it is up 135.2%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Eastern and South-Eastern Asia 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