River flooding exposure — Cropland share exposed to river flooding in United Arab Emirates
United Arab Emirates: River flooding exposure — Cropland share exposed to river flooding was 0.0245 Percentage of agricultural land area in 2022. ▲ Rising
River flooding exposure — Cropland share exposed to river flooding in United Arab Emirates, 2000–2022
Source: Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development. Measured in Percentage of agricultural land area.
Analysis
United Arab Emirates recorded 0.0245 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.
The figure is up 0.2% on the previous year and up 39.2% over ten years.
Over the whole period, river flooding exposure — cropland share exposed to river flooding in United Arab Emirates peaked at 0.0245 Percentage of agricultural land area in 2022 and was at its lowest, 0.0176 Percentage of agricultural land area, in 2004.
That places United Arab Emirates 141st out of 204 countries with data for 2022, putting it in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 23 years of available data.
River flooding exposure — Cropland share exposed to river flooding in United Arab Emirates, year by year
| Year | Percentage of agricultural land area | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2000 | 0.0176 Percentage of agricultural land area | — |
| 2001 | 0.0176 Percentage of agricultural land area | +0.1% |
| 2002 | 0.0176 Percentage of agricultural land area | -0.0% |
| 2003 | 0.0176 Percentage of agricultural land area | +0.0% |
| 2004 | 0.0176 Percentage of agricultural land area | -0.1% |
| 2005 | 0.0176 Percentage of agricultural land area | +0.1% |
| 2006 | 0.0176 Percentage of agricultural land area | +0.1% |
| 2007 | 0.0176 Percentage of agricultural land area | +0.0% |
| 2008 | 0.0176 Percentage of agricultural land area | -0.0% |
| 2009 | 0.0176 Percentage of agricultural land area | +0.0% |
| 2010 | 0.0176 Percentage of agricultural land area | +0.0% |
| 2011 | 0.0176 Percentage of agricultural land area | +0.0% |
| 2012 | 0.0176 Percentage of agricultural land area | +0.0% |
| 2013 | 0.0176 Percentage of agricultural land area | +0.0% |
| 2014 | 0.0176 Percentage of agricultural land area | +0.0% |
| 2015 | 0.0176 Percentage of agricultural land area | +0.0% |
| 2016 | 0.0176 Percentage of agricultural land area | -0.2% |
| 2017 | 0.0177 Percentage of agricultural land area | +0.8% |
| 2018 | 0.0177 Percentage of agricultural land area | +0.0% |
| 2019 | 0.0177 Percentage of agricultural land area | +0.0% |
| 2020 | 0.0178 Percentage of agricultural land area | +0.3% |
| 2021 | 0.0245 Percentage of agricultural land area | +37.7% |
| 2022 | 0.0245 Percentage of agricultural land area | +0.2% |
United Arab Emirates compared with similar countries
- United Arab Emirates's 0.0245 Percentage of agricultural land area is below the median for high income countries, which is 0.4252 Percentage of agricultural land area, 6% of the median. (69 countries reporting)
- United Arab Emirates's 0.0245 Percentage of agricultural land area is below the median for Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan, which is 1.17 Percentage of agricultural land area, 2% of the median. (22 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where River flooding exposure — Cropland share exposed to river flooding in United Arab Emirates changed far more than this series normally does. A large move can be a real event or a change in how the figure was measured — the source note below says who published it.
| Year | Change | From | To |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | +37.7% | 0.0178 Percentage of agricultural land area | 0.0245 Percentage of agricultural land area |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 0.0176 Percentage of agricultural land area | 0.0176 Percentage of agricultural land area | 0.0176 Percentage of agricultural land area | 10 |
| 2010s | 0.0176 Percentage of agricultural land area | 0.0176 Percentage of agricultural land area | 0.0177 Percentage of agricultural land area | 10 |
| 2020s | 0.0222 Percentage of agricultural land area | 0.0178 Percentage of agricultural land area | 0.0245 Percentage of agricultural land area | 3 |
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- 142 Guadeloupe 0 Percentage of agricultural land area
- 142 Martinique 0 Percentage of agricultural land area
- 142 Mayotte 0 Percentage of agricultural land area
- 142 Malta 0 Percentage of agricultural land area
- 142 American Samoa 0 Percentage of agricultural land area
- 142 Andorra 0 Percentage of agricultural land area
- 142 Antigua and Barbuda 0 Percentage of agricultural land area
- 142 Aruba 0 Percentage of agricultural land area
- 142 Bahamas 0 Percentage of agricultural land area
- 142 Bahrain 0 Percentage of agricultural land area
- 142 Guernsey 0 Percentage of agricultural land area
- 142 Barbados 0 Percentage of agricultural land area
- 142 Bermuda 0 Percentage of agricultural land area
- 142 British Virgin Islands 0 Percentage of agricultural land area
- 142 Cayman Islands 0 Percentage of agricultural land area
- 142 Christmas Island 0 Percentage of agricultural land area
- 142 Comoros 0 Percentage of agricultural land area
- 142 Cook Islands 0 Percentage of agricultural land area
- 142 Dominica 0 Percentage of agricultural land area
- 142 Faroe Islands 0 Percentage of agricultural land area
- 142 French Polynesia 0 Percentage of agricultural land area
- 142 French Southern Territories 0 Percentage of agricultural land area
- 142 Grenada 0 Percentage of agricultural land area
- 142 Guam 0 Percentage of agricultural land area
- 142 Hong Kong 0 Percentage of agricultural land area
- 142 Isle of Man 0 Percentage of agricultural land area
- 142 Jamaica 0 Percentage of agricultural land area
- 142 Jersey 0 Percentage of agricultural land area
- 142 Kiribati 0 Percentage of agricultural land area
- 142 Kosovo 0 Percentage of agricultural land area
- 142 Macao 0 Percentage of agricultural land area
- 142 Maldives 0 Percentage of agricultural land area
- 142 Marshall Islands 0 Percentage of agricultural land area
- 142 Mauritius 0 Percentage of agricultural land area
- 142 Monaco 0 Percentage of agricultural land area
- 142 Montserrat 0 Percentage of agricultural land area
- 142 Nauru 0 Percentage of agricultural land area
- 142 New Caledonia 0 Percentage of agricultural land area
- 142 Niue 0 Percentage of agricultural land area
- 142 Northern Mariana Islands 0 Percentage of agricultural land area
- 142 Palau 0 Percentage of agricultural land area
- 142 Pitcairn 0 Percentage of agricultural land area
- 142 Puerto Rico 0 Percentage of agricultural land area
- 142 Qatar 0 Percentage of agricultural land area
- 142 Réunion 0 Percentage of agricultural land area
- 142 Saint Helena 0 Percentage of agricultural land area
- 142 Saint Kitts and Nevis 0 Percentage of agricultural land area
- 142 Saint Lucia 0 Percentage of agricultural land area
- 142 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 0 Percentage of agricultural land area
- 142 Samoa 0 Percentage of agricultural land area
- 142 San Marino 0 Percentage of agricultural land area
- 142 Sao Tome and Principe 0 Percentage of agricultural land area
- 142 Seychelles 0 Percentage of agricultural land area
- 142 Singapore 0 Percentage of agricultural land area
- 142 Solomon Islands 0 Percentage of agricultural land area
- 142 Taiwan 0 Percentage of agricultural land area
- 142 Tonga 0 Percentage of agricultural land area
- 142 Trinidad and Tobago 0 Percentage of agricultural land area
- 142 Turks and Caicos Islands 0 Percentage of agricultural land area
- 142 Tuvalu 0 Percentage of agricultural land area
- 142 United States Virgin Islands 0 Percentage of agricultural land area
- 142 Vanuatu 0 Percentage of agricultural land area
- 142 Wallis and Futuna 0 Percentage of agricultural land area
More environment data for United Arab Emirates
- Historical exposure to drought — Land soil moisture anomaly -80.98 Percentage change (2025)
- Historical exposure to drought — Cropland soil moisture anomaly -85.4 Percentage change (2025)
- Standard Deviation, annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2025)
- Standard Deviation 0.331 °C (2025)
- Temperature change 1.5 °C (2025)
- Total greenhouse gas emissions excluding LULUCF (Mt CO2e), annual 3.87 % change on previous year (2024)
- Total greenhouse gas emissions excluding LULUCF (Mt CO2e), per unit 0 Mt CO2e per US$ of GDP (2024)
- Total greenhouse gas emissions excluding LULUCF (Mt CO2e), per capita 0 Mt CO2e per person (2024)
- Methane (CH4) emissions from Agriculture (Mt CO2e), annual growth rate 1.89 % change on previous year (2024)
- Methane (CH4) emissions from Agriculture (Mt CO2e), per unit of GDP 0 Mt CO2e per US$ of GDP (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is river flooding exposure — cropland share exposed to river flooding in United Arab Emirates?
- River flooding exposure — cropland share exposed to river flooding in United Arab Emirates was 0.0245 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 United Arab Emirates?
- The highest recorded value was 0.0245 Percentage of agricultural land area in 2022.
- What is the lowest river flooding exposure — cropland share exposed to river flooding recorded in United Arab Emirates?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.0176 Percentage of agricultural land area in 2004.
- How does United Arab Emirates rank for river flooding exposure — cropland share exposed to river flooding?
- United Arab Emirates ranks 141st out of 204 countries with data for 2022.
- Is river flooding exposure — cropland share exposed to river flooding rising or falling in United Arab Emirates?
- Over the last ten years it is up 39.2%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this United Arab Emirates 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