River flooding exposure — Cropland share exposed to river flooding in South West Wales
South West Wales: River flooding exposure — Cropland share exposed to river flooding was 0.2017 Percentage of agricultural land area in 2022. ▼ Falling
River flooding exposure — Cropland share exposed to river flooding in South West Wales, 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 South West Wales is 0.2017 Percentage of agricultural land area, measured in 2022. That is the lowest value across all 23 years on record.
That represents a change of down 3.3% on the previous year and down 5.5% over ten years.
Over the whole period, river flooding exposure — cropland share exposed to river flooding in South West Wales peaked at 0.3015 Percentage of agricultural land area in 2001 and was at its lowest, 0.2017 Percentage of agricultural land area, in 2022.
That places South West Wales 2427th 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 South West Wales, year by year
| Year | Percentage of agricultural land area | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2000 | 0.3002 Percentage of agricultural land area | — |
| 2001 | 0.3015 Percentage of agricultural land area | +0.4% |
| 2002 | 0.2724 Percentage of agricultural land area | -9.7% |
| 2003 | 0.2595 Percentage of agricultural land area | -4.7% |
| 2004 | 0.2177 Percentage of agricultural land area | -16.1% |
| 2005 | 0.2177 Percentage of agricultural land area | +0.0% |
| 2006 | 0.2173 Percentage of agricultural land area | -0.2% |
| 2007 | 0.2173 Percentage of agricultural land area | +0.0% |
| 2008 | 0.2157 Percentage of agricultural land area | -0.7% |
| 2009 | 0.2157 Percentage of agricultural land area | +0.0% |
| 2010 | 0.2147 Percentage of agricultural land area | -0.5% |
| 2011 | 0.2147 Percentage of agricultural land area | +0.0% |
| 2012 | 0.2136 Percentage of agricultural land area | -0.5% |
| 2013 | 0.213 Percentage of agricultural land area | -0.3% |
| 2014 | 0.2124 Percentage of agricultural land area | -0.3% |
| 2015 | 0.2124 Percentage of agricultural land area | +0.0% |
| 2016 | 0.2139 Percentage of agricultural land area | +0.7% |
| 2017 | 0.2152 Percentage of agricultural land area | +0.6% |
| 2018 | 0.2152 Percentage of agricultural land area | +0.0% |
| 2019 | 0.2157 Percentage of agricultural land area | +0.2% |
| 2020 | 0.2154 Percentage of agricultural land area | -0.2% |
| 2021 | 0.2087 Percentage of agricultural land area | -3.1% |
| 2022 | 0.2017 Percentage of agricultural land area | -3.3% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 0.2435 Percentage of agricultural land area | 0.2157 Percentage of agricultural land area | 0.3015 Percentage of agricultural land area | 10 |
| 2010s | 0.2141 Percentage of agricultural land area | 0.2124 Percentage of agricultural land area | 0.2157 Percentage of agricultural land area | 10 |
| 2020s | 0.2086 Percentage of agricultural land area | 0.2017 Percentage of agricultural land area | 0.2154 Percentage of agricultural land area | 3 |
Frequently asked questions
- What is river flooding exposure — cropland share exposed to river flooding in South West Wales?
- River flooding exposure — cropland share exposed to river flooding in South West Wales was 0.2017 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 South West Wales?
- The highest recorded value was 0.3015 Percentage of agricultural land area in 2001.
- What is the lowest river flooding exposure — cropland share exposed to river flooding recorded in South West Wales?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.2017 Percentage of agricultural land area in 2022.
- How does South West Wales rank for river flooding exposure — cropland share exposed to river flooding?
- South West Wales ranks 2427th out of 3147 regions with data for 2022.
- Is river flooding exposure — cropland share exposed to river flooding rising or falling in South West Wales?
- Over the last ten years it is down 5.5%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this South West Wales 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