River flooding exposure — Cropland share exposed to river flooding in Aberdeen City and Aberdeenshire
Aberdeen City and Aberdeenshire: River flooding exposure — Cropland share exposed to river flooding was 0.824 Percentage of agricultural land area in 2022. ▬ Flat
River flooding exposure — Cropland share exposed to river flooding in Aberdeen City and Aberdeenshire, 2000–2022
Source: Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development. Measured in Percentage of agricultural land area.
Analysis
In 2022, river flooding exposure — cropland share exposed to river flooding in Aberdeen City and Aberdeenshire stood at 0.824 Percentage of agricultural land area. That is the lowest value across all 23 years on record.
That represents a change of down 0.5% on the previous year and down 2.8% over ten years.
Over the whole period, river flooding exposure — cropland share exposed to river flooding in Aberdeen City and Aberdeenshire peaked at 0.8675 Percentage of agricultural land area in 2000 and was at its lowest, 0.824 Percentage of agricultural land area, in 2022.
That places Aberdeen City and Aberdeenshire 2079th out of 3147 regions with data for 2022, putting it in the middle of the range.
River flooding exposure — Cropland share exposed to river flooding in Aberdeen City and Aberdeenshire, year by year
| Year | Percentage of agricultural land area | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2000 | 0.8675 Percentage of agricultural land area | — |
| 2001 | 0.8594 Percentage of agricultural land area | -0.9% |
| 2002 | 0.8547 Percentage of agricultural land area | -0.5% |
| 2003 | 0.8544 Percentage of agricultural land area | -0.0% |
| 2004 | 0.8544 Percentage of agricultural land area | -0.0% |
| 2005 | 0.8545 Percentage of agricultural land area | +0.0% |
| 2006 | 0.8545 Percentage of agricultural land area | +0.0% |
| 2007 | 0.855 Percentage of agricultural land area | +0.1% |
| 2008 | 0.8479 Percentage of agricultural land area | -0.8% |
| 2009 | 0.8484 Percentage of agricultural land area | +0.1% |
| 2010 | 0.8495 Percentage of agricultural land area | +0.1% |
| 2011 | 0.8487 Percentage of agricultural land area | -0.1% |
| 2012 | 0.8481 Percentage of agricultural land area | -0.1% |
| 2013 | 0.8496 Percentage of agricultural land area | +0.2% |
| 2014 | 0.8487 Percentage of agricultural land area | -0.1% |
| 2015 | 0.8487 Percentage of agricultural land area | +0.0% |
| 2016 | 0.8503 Percentage of agricultural land area | +0.2% |
| 2017 | 0.8456 Percentage of agricultural land area | -0.6% |
| 2018 | 0.8374 Percentage of agricultural land area | -1.0% |
| 2019 | 0.8387 Percentage of agricultural land area | +0.2% |
| 2020 | 0.8386 Percentage of agricultural land area | -0.0% |
| 2021 | 0.8281 Percentage of agricultural land area | -1.3% |
| 2022 | 0.824 Percentage of agricultural land area | -0.5% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 0.8551 Percentage of agricultural land area | 0.8479 Percentage of agricultural land area | 0.8675 Percentage of agricultural land area | 10 |
| 2010s | 0.8465 Percentage of agricultural land area | 0.8374 Percentage of agricultural land area | 0.8503 Percentage of agricultural land area | 10 |
| 2020s | 0.8302 Percentage of agricultural land area | 0.824 Percentage of agricultural land area | 0.8386 Percentage of agricultural land area | 3 |
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Frequently asked questions
- What is river flooding exposure — cropland share exposed to river flooding in Aberdeen City and Aberdeenshire?
- River flooding exposure — cropland share exposed to river flooding in Aberdeen City and Aberdeenshire was 0.824 Percentage of agricultural land area in 2022, according to Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development.
- What is the highest river flooding exposure — cropland share exposed to river flooding recorded in Aberdeen City and Aberdeenshire?
- The highest recorded value was 0.8675 Percentage of agricultural land area in 2000.
- What is the lowest river flooding exposure — cropland share exposed to river flooding recorded in Aberdeen City and Aberdeenshire?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.824 Percentage of agricultural land area in 2022.
- How does Aberdeen City and Aberdeenshire rank for river flooding exposure — cropland share exposed to river flooding?
- Aberdeen City and Aberdeenshire ranks 2079th out of 3147 regions with data for 2022.
- Is river flooding exposure — cropland share exposed to river flooding rising or falling in Aberdeen City and Aberdeenshire?
- Over the last ten years it is down 2.8%. The long-run trend across the full record is flat.
- Where does this Aberdeen City and Aberdeenshire data come from?
- The figures come from Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development, published as part of River flooding exposure — Cropland share exposed to river flooding. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
The dataset provides a global assessment of land, population, built-up area and cropland exposure to river flooding for different return periods. Exposure indicators to river flooding have been prepared by the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD). Please see the working paper for a more complete description of the methods. The datasets span the period 2000-2020 depending on data availability and is based on river flood hazard maps with a 10-, 20-, 50- and 100-year return period. A return period is the average or estimated time that a specific hazard is likely to recur. The dataset has a global coverage on a national level; 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. A number of aggregates are included: Euro area, European Union, Advanced economies, Emerging market economies, G7, G20, OECD, OECD Europe, OECD Asia Oceania, OECD Americas and the LAC region. Data source(s): JRC River flood hazard map data, Copernicus Climate Change Initiative land cover data and Global Human Settlement Layer population grid data. Contact: ENV.Stat@oecd.org