Land cover and land cover change — Loss of cropland in United Arab Emirates
United Arab Emirates: Land cover and land cover change — Loss of cropland was 49.47 Square kilometres in 2022. ◆ Volatile
Land cover and land cover change — Loss of cropland in United Arab Emirates, 2005–2022
Source: Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development. Measured in Square kilometres.
Analysis
United Arab Emirates recorded 49.47 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 12.8% on the previous year and up 369.7% over ten years.
Over the whole period, land cover and land cover change — loss of cropland in United Arab Emirates peaked at 49.47 Square kilometres in 2022 and was at its lowest, 6.99 Square kilometres, in 2005.
United Arab Emirates ranks 142nd of 169 countries on this measure, in the bottom quarter.
Land cover and land cover change — Loss of cropland in United Arab Emirates, year by year
| Year | Square kilometres | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2005 | 6.99 Square kilometres | — |
| 2010 | 10.53 Square kilometres | +50.6% |
| 2015 | 12.26 Square kilometres | +16.4% |
| 2020 | 43.86 Square kilometres | +257.8% |
| 2022 | 49.47 Square kilometres | +12.8% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 6.99 Square kilometres | 6.99 Square kilometres | 6.99 Square kilometres | 1 |
| 2010s | 11.4 Square kilometres | 10.53 Square kilometres | 12.26 Square kilometres | 2 |
| 2020s | 46.67 Square kilometres | 43.86 Square kilometres | 49.47 Square kilometres | 2 |
Countries ranked near United Arab Emirates
- 139 Hong Kong, China 60.19 Square kilometres compare
- 140 Kuwait 59.42 Square kilometres compare
- 141 Mauritius 56.52 Square kilometres compare
- 143 Lithuania 1,832 Square kilometres compare
- 143 Suriname 46.69 Square kilometres compare
- 144 Sao Tome and Principe 36.09 Square kilometres compare
- 145 Barbados 25.24 Square kilometres compare
More environment data for United Arab Emirates
- Historical exposure to drought — Land soil moisture anomaly -80.98 Percentage change (2025)
- Historical exposure to drought — Cropland soil moisture anomaly -85.4 Percentage change (2025)
- Standard Deviation, annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2025)
- Standard Deviation 0.331 °C (2025)
- Temperature change 1.5 °C (2025)
- Cropland — Area, annual growth rate 0.3277 % change on previous year (2024)
- Cropland — Area, per unit of GDP 0 1000 ha per US$ of GDP (2024)
- Cropland — Area, per capita 0 1000 ha per person (2024)
- Arable land — Area, annual growth rate 0.4641 % change on previous year (2024)
- Arable land — Area, per unit of GDP 0 1000 ha per US$ of GDP (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is land cover and land cover change — loss of cropland in United Arab Emirates?
- Land cover and land cover change — loss of cropland in United Arab Emirates was 49.47 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 United Arab Emirates?
- The highest recorded value was 49.47 Square kilometres in 2022.
- What is the lowest land cover and land cover change — loss of cropland recorded in United Arab Emirates?
- The lowest recorded value was 6.99 Square kilometres in 2005.
- How does United Arab Emirates rank for land cover and land cover change — loss of cropland?
- United Arab Emirates ranks 142nd out of 169 countries with data for 2022.
- Is land cover and land cover change — loss of cropland rising or falling in United Arab Emirates?
- Over the last ten years it is up 369.7%. The long-run trend across the full record is volatile.
- Where does this United Arab Emirates 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