Land cover and land cover change — Loss of cropland in Romania
Romania: Land cover and land cover change — Loss of cropland was 7,448 Square kilometres in 2022. ▲ Rising
Land cover and land cover change — Loss of cropland in Romania, 2005–2022
Source: Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development. Measured in Square kilometres.
Analysis
Romania recorded 7,448 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.
That represents a change of up 2.8% on the previous year and up 25.7% over ten years.
Over the whole period, land cover and land cover change — loss of cropland in Romania peaked at 7,448 Square kilometres in 2022 and was at its lowest, 4,547 Square kilometres, in 2005.
Romania ranks 30th of 169 countries on this measure, in the top quarter.
Land cover and land cover change — Loss of cropland in Romania, year by year
| Year | Square kilometres | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2005 | 4,547 Square kilometres | — |
| 2010 | 5,925 Square kilometres | +30.3% |
| 2015 | 7,101 Square kilometres | +19.8% |
| 2020 | 7,247 Square kilometres | +2.1% |
| 2022 | 7,448 Square kilometres | +2.8% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 4,547 Square kilometres | 4,547 Square kilometres | 4,547 Square kilometres | 1 |
| 2010s | 6,513 Square kilometres | 5,925 Square kilometres | 7,101 Square kilometres | 2 |
| 2020s | 7,348 Square kilometres | 7,247 Square kilometres | 7,448 Square kilometres | 2 |
Countries ranked near Romania
- 27 Madagascar 4,495 Square kilometres compare
- 27 Philippines 9,297 Square kilometres compare
- 28 Canada 8,874 Square kilometres compare
- 29 Bolivia, Plurinational State of 7,872 Square kilometres compare
- 30 Mauritania 2,241 Square kilometres compare
- 31 Belarus 7,400 Square kilometres compare
- 32 Ghana 7,375 Square kilometres compare
- 33 Pakistan 7,150 Square kilometres compare
More environment data for Romania
- Historical exposure to drought — Land soil moisture anomaly -4.68 Percentage change (2025)
- Historical exposure to drought — Cropland soil moisture anomaly -5.2 Percentage change (2025)
- Standard Deviation, annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2025)
- Standard Deviation 0.634 °C (2025)
- Temperature change 2.03 °C (2025)
- Sawnwood — Production, annual growth rate -4.88 % change on previous year (2024)
- Sawnwood — Production, per unit of GDP 0 m3 per US$ of GDP (2024)
- Sawnwood — Production, per capita 0.2047 m3 per person (2024)
- Sawnwood — Import quantity, annual growth rate 21.34 % change on previous year (2024)
- Sawnwood — Import quantity, per unit of GDP 0 m3 per US$ of GDP (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is land cover and land cover change — loss of cropland in Romania?
- Land cover and land cover change — loss of cropland in Romania was 7,448 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 Romania?
- The highest recorded value was 7,448 Square kilometres in 2022.
- What is the lowest land cover and land cover change — loss of cropland recorded in Romania?
- The lowest recorded value was 4,547 Square kilometres in 2005.
- How does Romania rank for land cover and land cover change — loss of cropland?
- Romania ranks 30th out of 169 countries with data for 2022.
- Is land cover and land cover change — loss of cropland rising or falling in Romania?
- Over the last ten years it is up 25.7%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Romania 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