River flooding exposure — Cropland share exposed to river flooding in Essex Thames Gateway
Essex Thames Gateway: River flooding exposure — Cropland share exposed to river flooding was 0.0143 Percentage of agricultural land area in 2022. ▼ Falling
River flooding exposure — Cropland share exposed to river flooding in Essex Thames Gateway, 2000–2022
Source: Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development. Measured in Percentage of agricultural land area.
Analysis
The most recent figure for river flooding exposure — cropland share exposed to river flooding in Essex Thames Gateway is 0.0143 Percentage of agricultural land area, measured in 2022.
That represents a change of up 0.1% on the previous year and down 39.1% over ten years.
Over the whole period, river flooding exposure — cropland share exposed to river flooding in Essex Thames Gateway peaked at 0.0235 Percentage of agricultural land area in 2019 and was at its lowest, 0.0143 Percentage of agricultural land area, in 2021.
That places Essex Thames Gateway 2558th out of 3147 regions with data for 2022, putting it in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 23 years of available data.
River flooding exposure — Cropland share exposed to river flooding in Essex Thames Gateway, year by year
| Year | Percentage of agricultural land area | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2000 | 0.0225 Percentage of agricultural land area | — |
| 2001 | 0.0228 Percentage of agricultural land area | +1.5% |
| 2002 | 0.0232 Percentage of agricultural land area | +1.6% |
| 2003 | 0.0233 Percentage of agricultural land area | +0.3% |
| 2004 | 0.0234 Percentage of agricultural land area | +0.7% |
| 2005 | 0.0234 Percentage of agricultural land area | +0.0% |
| 2006 | 0.0234 Percentage of agricultural land area | +0.0% |
| 2007 | 0.0234 Percentage of agricultural land area | +0.0% |
| 2008 | 0.0234 Percentage of agricultural land area | +0.0% |
| 2009 | 0.0234 Percentage of agricultural land area | +0.0% |
| 2010 | 0.0234 Percentage of agricultural land area | +0.0% |
| 2011 | 0.0234 Percentage of agricultural land area | +0.0% |
| 2012 | 0.0234 Percentage of agricultural land area | +0.0% |
| 2013 | 0.0234 Percentage of agricultural land area | +0.0% |
| 2014 | 0.0235 Percentage of agricultural land area | +0.1% |
| 2015 | 0.0235 Percentage of agricultural land area | +0.0% |
| 2016 | 0.0235 Percentage of agricultural land area | +0.0% |
| 2017 | 0.0235 Percentage of agricultural land area | +0.0% |
| 2018 | 0.0235 Percentage of agricultural land area | +0.0% |
| 2019 | 0.0235 Percentage of agricultural land area | +0.2% |
| 2020 | 0.0235 Percentage of agricultural land area | +0.0% |
| 2021 | 0.0143 Percentage of agricultural land area | -39.4% |
| 2022 | 0.0143 Percentage of agricultural land area | +0.1% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 0.0232 Percentage of agricultural land area | 0.0225 Percentage of agricultural land area | 0.0234 Percentage of agricultural land area | 10 |
| 2010s | 0.0235 Percentage of agricultural land area | 0.0234 Percentage of agricultural land area | 0.0235 Percentage of agricultural land area | 10 |
| 2020s | 0.0174 Percentage of agricultural land area | 0.0143 Percentage of agricultural land area | 0.0235 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 Essex Thames Gateway?
- River flooding exposure — cropland share exposed to river flooding in Essex Thames Gateway was 0.0143 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 Essex Thames Gateway?
- The highest recorded value was 0.0235 Percentage of agricultural land area in 2019.
- What is the lowest river flooding exposure — cropland share exposed to river flooding recorded in Essex Thames Gateway?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.0143 Percentage of agricultural land area in 2021.
- How does Essex Thames Gateway rank for river flooding exposure — cropland share exposed to river flooding?
- Essex Thames Gateway ranks 2558th out of 3147 regions with data for 2022.
- Is river flooding exposure — cropland share exposed to river flooding rising or falling in Essex Thames Gateway?
- Over the last ten years it is down 39.1%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Essex Thames Gateway 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