River flooding exposure — Cropland share exposed to river flooding in Sunderland
Sunderland: River flooding exposure — Cropland share exposed to river flooding was 0.9674 Percentage of agricultural land area in 2022. ▲ Rising
River flooding exposure — Cropland share exposed to river flooding in Sunderland, 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 Sunderland is 0.9674 Percentage of agricultural land area, measured in 2022. That is the highest value across all 23 years on record.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 0.7% on the previous year and up 1.1% over ten years.
Over the whole period, river flooding exposure — cropland share exposed to river flooding in Sunderland peaked at 0.9674 Percentage of agricultural land area in 2022 and was at its lowest, 0.8599 Percentage of agricultural land area, in 2000.
Sunderland ranks 2022nd of 3163 regions on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 23 years of available data.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 0.9348 Percentage of agricultural land area | 0.8599 Percentage of agricultural land area | 0.953 Percentage of agricultural land area | 10 |
| 2010s | 0.9609 Percentage of agricultural land area | 0.953 Percentage of agricultural land area | 0.967 Percentage of agricultural land area | 10 |
| 2020s | 0.965 Percentage of agricultural land area | 0.9607 Percentage of agricultural land area | 0.9674 Percentage of agricultural land area | 3 |
More environment data for Sunderland
- Drought - Cities and FUAs — Land soil moisture anomaly -9.4 Percentage change (2025)
- Greenhouse gas emissions - Cities and FUAs — GHG emissions from waste 0.03 Tonnes of CO2-equivalent (2024)
- Land surface temperature - Cities and FUAs — Daytime summer land 22.81 Degrees celsius (2024)
- Land surface temperature - Cities and FUAs — Daytime winter land 4.3 Degrees celsius (2024)
- Land surface temperature - Cities and FUAs — Daytime yearly land 13.64 Degrees celsius (2024)
- Land surface temperature - Cities and FUAs — Nighttime summer land 9.82 Degrees celsius (2024)
- Land surface temperature - Cities and FUAs — Nighttime winter land 0.1513 Degrees celsius (2024)
- Land surface temperature - Cities and FUAs — Nighttime yearly land 4.62 Degrees celsius (2024)
- Air pollution - Cities and FUAs — Population exposure to nitrogen 36.55 Microgrammes per cubic metre (2025)
- Air pollution - Cities and FUAs — Population exposure to ozone 98.67 Microgrammes per cubic metre (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is river flooding exposure — cropland share exposed to river flooding in Sunderland?
- River flooding exposure — cropland share exposed to river flooding in Sunderland was 0.9674 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 Sunderland?
- The highest recorded value was 0.9674 Percentage of agricultural land area in 2022.
- What is the lowest river flooding exposure — cropland share exposed to river flooding recorded in Sunderland?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.8599 Percentage of agricultural land area in 2000.
- How does Sunderland rank for river flooding exposure — cropland share exposed to river flooding?
- Sunderland ranks 2022nd out of 3163 regions with data for 2022.
- Is river flooding exposure — cropland share exposed to river flooding rising or falling in Sunderland?
- Over the last ten years it is up 1.1%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Sunderland 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