River flooding exposure — Cropland share exposed to river flooding in Pennsylvania
Pennsylvania: River flooding exposure — Cropland share exposed to river flooding was 0.7234 Percentage of agricultural land area in 2022. ▼ Falling
River flooding exposure — Cropland share exposed to river flooding in Pennsylvania, 2000–2022
Source: Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development. Measured in Percentage of agricultural land area.
Analysis
Pennsylvania recorded 0.7234 Percentage of agricultural land area for river flooding exposure — cropland share exposed to river flooding in 2022. That is the lowest value across all 23 years on record.
That represents a change of down 0.1% on the previous year and down 3.2% over ten years.
Over the whole period, river flooding exposure — cropland share exposed to river flooding in Pennsylvania peaked at 0.781 Percentage of agricultural land area in 2000 and was at its lowest, 0.7234 Percentage of agricultural land area, in 2022.
Pennsylvania ranks 2141st of 3163 regions on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 23 years of available data.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 0.7597 Percentage of agricultural land area | 0.7484 Percentage of agricultural land area | 0.781 Percentage of agricultural land area | 10 |
| 2010s | 0.7409 Percentage of agricultural land area | 0.7247 Percentage of agricultural land area | 0.7479 Percentage of agricultural land area | 10 |
| 2020s | 0.7237 Percentage of agricultural land area | 0.7234 Percentage of agricultural land area | 0.7243 Percentage of agricultural land area | 3 |
More environment data for Pennsylvania
- Historical exposure to drought — Cropland soil moisture anomaly 2.62 Percentage change (2025)
- Historical exposure to drought — Land soil moisture anomaly 2.57 Percentage change (2025)
- Exposure to drought — Cropland soil moisture anomaly -5.19 Percentage change (2024)
- Exposure to drought — Land soil moisture anomaly -2.97 Percentage change (2024)
- Land cover and land cover change — Grassland 9,622 Square kilometres (2022)
- Land cover and land cover change — Loss of cropland 662.14 Square kilometres (2022)
- Land cover and land cover change — Gain of artificial surfaces 1,229 Square kilometres (2022)
Frequently asked questions
- What is river flooding exposure — cropland share exposed to river flooding in Pennsylvania?
- River flooding exposure — cropland share exposed to river flooding in Pennsylvania was 0.7234 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 Pennsylvania?
- The highest recorded value was 0.781 Percentage of agricultural land area in 2000.
- What is the lowest river flooding exposure — cropland share exposed to river flooding recorded in Pennsylvania?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.7234 Percentage of agricultural land area in 2022.
- How does Pennsylvania rank for river flooding exposure — cropland share exposed to river flooding?
- Pennsylvania ranks 2141st out of 3163 regions with data for 2022.
- Is river flooding exposure — cropland share exposed to river flooding rising or falling in Pennsylvania?
- Over the last ten years it is down 3.2%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Pennsylvania 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