River flooding exposure — Cropland share exposed to river flooding in Schwyz
Schwyz: River flooding exposure — Cropland share exposed to river flooding was 0.8831 Percentage of agricultural land area in 2022. ▼ Falling
River flooding exposure — Cropland share exposed to river flooding in Schwyz, 2000–2022
Source: Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development. Measured in Percentage of agricultural land area.
Analysis
Schwyz recorded 0.8831 Percentage of agricultural land area for river flooding exposure — cropland share exposed to river flooding in 2022.
That represents a change of up 0.4% on the previous year and down 7.6% over ten years.
Over the whole period, river flooding exposure — cropland share exposed to river flooding in Schwyz peaked at 1.06 Percentage of agricultural land area in 2003 and was at its lowest, 0.8792 Percentage of agricultural land area, in 2021.
Schwyz ranks 2065th 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 | 0.9886 Percentage of agricultural land area | 0.9647 Percentage of agricultural land area | 1.06 Percentage of agricultural land area | 10 |
| 2010s | 0.933 Percentage of agricultural land area | 0.8829 Percentage of agricultural land area | 0.9671 Percentage of agricultural land area | 10 |
| 2020s | 0.8824 Percentage of agricultural land area | 0.8792 Percentage of agricultural land area | 0.8849 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 Schwyz?
- River flooding exposure — cropland share exposed to river flooding in Schwyz was 0.8831 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 Schwyz?
- The highest recorded value was 1.06 Percentage of agricultural land area in 2003.
- What is the lowest river flooding exposure — cropland share exposed to river flooding recorded in Schwyz?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.8792 Percentage of agricultural land area in 2021.
- How does Schwyz rank for river flooding exposure — cropland share exposed to river flooding?
- Schwyz ranks 2065th out of 3163 regions with data for 2022.
- Is river flooding exposure — cropland share exposed to river flooding rising or falling in Schwyz?
- Over the last ten years it is down 7.6%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Schwyz 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