Land cover and land cover change — Loss of cropland in Sri Lanka
Sri Lanka: Land cover and land cover change — Loss of cropland was 1,884 Square kilometres in 2022. ◆ Volatile
Land cover and land cover change — Loss of cropland in Sri Lanka, 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 Sri Lanka is 1,884 Square kilometres, measured in 2022. That is the highest value across all 5 years on record.
That represents a change of up 6.8% on the previous year and up 242.2% over ten years.
Over the whole period, land cover and land cover change — loss of cropland in Sri Lanka peaked at 1,884 Square kilometres in 2022 and was at its lowest, 152.99 Square kilometres, in 2005.
Sri Lanka ranks 79th of 169 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.
Land cover and land cover change — Loss of cropland in Sri Lanka, year by year
| Year | Square kilometres | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2005 | 152.99 Square kilometres | — |
| 2010 | 550.5 Square kilometres | +259.8% |
| 2015 | 789.6 Square kilometres | +43.4% |
| 2020 | 1,764 Square kilometres | +123.4% |
| 2022 | 1,884 Square kilometres | +6.8% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 152.99 Square kilometres | 152.99 Square kilometres | 152.99 Square kilometres | 1 |
| 2010s | 670.05 Square kilometres | 550.5 Square kilometres | 789.6 Square kilometres | 2 |
| 2020s | 1,824 Square kilometres | 1,764 Square kilometres | 1,884 Square kilometres | 2 |
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More environment data for Sri Lanka
- Historical exposure to drought — Land soil moisture anomaly 5.24 Percentage change (2025)
- Historical exposure to drought — Cropland soil moisture anomaly 5.49 Percentage change (2025)
- Standard Deviation, annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2025)
- Standard Deviation 0.207 °C (2025)
- Temperature change 0.849 °C (2025)
- Industrial roundwood — Import quantity, per unit of GDP 0 m3 per US$ of GDP (2024)
- Industrial roundwood — Import quantity, per capita 0 m3 per person (2024)
- Industrial roundwood — Import value, per unit of GDP 0 1000 USD per US$ of GDP (2024)
- Industrial roundwood — Import value, per capita 0 1000 USD per person (2024)
- Industrial roundwood — Export quantity, annual growth rate -92.21 % change on previous year (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is land cover and land cover change — loss of cropland in Sri Lanka?
- Land cover and land cover change — loss of cropland in Sri Lanka was 1,884 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 Sri Lanka?
- The highest recorded value was 1,884 Square kilometres in 2022.
- What is the lowest land cover and land cover change — loss of cropland recorded in Sri Lanka?
- The lowest recorded value was 152.99 Square kilometres in 2005.
- How does Sri Lanka rank for land cover and land cover change — loss of cropland?
- Sri Lanka ranks 79th out of 169 countries with data for 2022.
- Is land cover and land cover change — loss of cropland rising or falling in Sri Lanka?
- Over the last ten years it is up 242.2%. The long-run trend across the full record is volatile.
- Where does this Sri Lanka 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