River flooding exposure — Cropland share exposed to river flooding in Cairns
Cairns: River flooding exposure — Cropland share exposed to river flooding was 0.0096 Percentage of agricultural land area in 2022. ▲ Rising
River flooding exposure — Cropland share exposed to river flooding in Cairns, 2000–2022
Source: Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development. Measured in Percentage of agricultural land area.
Analysis
Cairns recorded 0.0096 Percentage of agricultural land area for river flooding exposure — cropland share exposed to river flooding in 2022.
That represents a change of down 0.1% on the previous year and down 0.5% over ten years.
Over the whole period, river flooding exposure — cropland share exposed to river flooding in Cairns peaked at 0.0121 Percentage of agricultural land area in 2019 and was at its lowest, 0.0051 Percentage of agricultural land area, in 2009.
Cairns ranks 2565th of 3147 regions on this measure, in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 23 years of available data.
River flooding exposure — Cropland share exposed to river flooding in Cairns, year by year
| Year | Percentage of agricultural land area | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2000 | 0.0055 Percentage of agricultural land area | — |
| 2001 | 0.0055 Percentage of agricultural land area | +0.5% |
| 2002 | 0.0055 Percentage of agricultural land area | -0.0% |
| 2003 | 0.0055 Percentage of agricultural land area | -0.2% |
| 2004 | 0.0055 Percentage of agricultural land area | -0.4% |
| 2005 | 0.0055 Percentage of agricultural land area | -0.1% |
| 2006 | 0.0054 Percentage of agricultural land area | -1.9% |
| 2007 | 0.0053 Percentage of agricultural land area | -1.6% |
| 2008 | 0.0052 Percentage of agricultural land area | -2.6% |
| 2009 | 0.0051 Percentage of agricultural land area | -0.6% |
| 2010 | 0.0075 Percentage of agricultural land area | +45.7% |
| 2011 | 0.0098 Percentage of agricultural land area | +31.0% |
| 2012 | 0.0097 Percentage of agricultural land area | -1.0% |
| 2013 | 0.0097 Percentage of agricultural land area | -0.0% |
| 2014 | 0.0097 Percentage of agricultural land area | -0.1% |
| 2015 | 0.0097 Percentage of agricultural land area | +0.0% |
| 2016 | 0.0097 Percentage of agricultural land area | -0.2% |
| 2017 | 0.0097 Percentage of agricultural land area | +0.0% |
| 2018 | 0.0121 Percentage of agricultural land area | +25.0% |
| 2019 | 0.0121 Percentage of agricultural land area | +0.0% |
| 2020 | 0.0121 Percentage of agricultural land area | -0.0% |
| 2021 | 0.0097 Percentage of agricultural land area | -20.1% |
| 2022 | 0.0096 Percentage of agricultural land area | -0.1% |
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where River flooding exposure — Cropland share exposed to river flooding in Cairns changed far more than this series normally does. A large move can be a real event or a change in how the figure was measured — the source note below says who published it.
| Year | Change | From | To |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2010 | +45.7% | 0.0051 Percentage of agricultural land area | 0.0075 Percentage of agricultural land area |
| 2011 | +31.0% | 0.0075 Percentage of agricultural land area | 0.0098 Percentage of agricultural land area |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 0.0054 Percentage of agricultural land area | 0.0051 Percentage of agricultural land area | 0.0055 Percentage of agricultural land area | 10 |
| 2010s | 0.01 Percentage of agricultural land area | 0.0075 Percentage of agricultural land area | 0.0121 Percentage of agricultural land area | 10 |
| 2020s | 0.0105 Percentage of agricultural land area | 0.0096 Percentage of agricultural land area | 0.0121 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 Cairns?
- River flooding exposure — cropland share exposed to river flooding in Cairns was 0.0096 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 Cairns?
- The highest recorded value was 0.0121 Percentage of agricultural land area in 2019.
- What is the lowest river flooding exposure — cropland share exposed to river flooding recorded in Cairns?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.0051 Percentage of agricultural land area in 2009.
- How does Cairns rank for river flooding exposure — cropland share exposed to river flooding?
- Cairns ranks 2565th out of 3147 regions with data for 2022.
- Is river flooding exposure — cropland share exposed to river flooding rising or falling in Cairns?
- Over the last ten years it is down 0.5%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Cairns 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