River flooding exposure — Cropland share exposed to river flooding in Ostalbkreis
Ostalbkreis: River flooding exposure — Cropland share exposed to river flooding was 0.0137 Percentage of agricultural land area in 2022. ▲ Rising
River flooding exposure — Cropland share exposed to river flooding in Ostalbkreis, 2000–2022
Source: Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development. Measured in Percentage of agricultural land area.
Analysis
Ostalbkreis recorded 0.0137 Percentage of agricultural land area for river flooding exposure — cropland share exposed to river flooding in 2022. That is the highest value across all 23 years on record.
That represents a change of up 0.6% on the previous year and up 4.0% over ten years.
Over the whole period, river flooding exposure — cropland share exposed to river flooding in Ostalbkreis peaked at 0.0137 Percentage of agricultural land area in 2022 and was at its lowest, 0.0124 Percentage of agricultural land area, in 2001.
That places Ostalbkreis 2576th out of 3163 regions with data for 2022, putting it in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 23 years of available data.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 0.0129 Percentage of agricultural land area | 0.0124 Percentage of agricultural land area | 0.0132 Percentage of agricultural land area | 10 |
| 2010s | 0.0133 Percentage of agricultural land area | 0.0132 Percentage of agricultural land area | 0.0135 Percentage of agricultural land area | 10 |
| 2020s | 0.0136 Percentage of agricultural land area | 0.0136 Percentage of agricultural land area | 0.0137 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 Ostalbkreis?
- River flooding exposure — cropland share exposed to river flooding in Ostalbkreis was 0.0137 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 Ostalbkreis?
- The highest recorded value was 0.0137 Percentage of agricultural land area in 2022.
- What is the lowest river flooding exposure — cropland share exposed to river flooding recorded in Ostalbkreis?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.0124 Percentage of agricultural land area in 2001.
- How does Ostalbkreis rank for river flooding exposure — cropland share exposed to river flooding?
- Ostalbkreis ranks 2576th out of 3163 regions with data for 2022.
- Is river flooding exposure — cropland share exposed to river flooding rising or falling in Ostalbkreis?
- Over the last ten years it is up 4.0%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Ostalbkreis 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