River flooding exposure — Cropland share exposed to river flooding in Vestland
Vestland: River flooding exposure — Cropland share exposed to river flooding was 0.2743 Percentage of agricultural land area in 2022. ▲ Rising
River flooding exposure — Cropland share exposed to river flooding in Vestland, 2000–2022
Source: Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development. Measured in Percentage of agricultural land area.
Analysis
Vestland recorded 0.2743 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 0.7% on the previous year and up 20.0% over ten years.
Over the whole period, river flooding exposure — cropland share exposed to river flooding in Vestland peaked at 0.2743 Percentage of agricultural land area in 2022 and was at its lowest, 0.2211 Percentage of agricultural land area, in 2000.
Vestland ranks 2402nd of 3163 regions on this measure, in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 23 years of available data.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 0.2291 Percentage of agricultural land area | 0.2211 Percentage of agricultural land area | 0.2355 Percentage of agricultural land area | 10 |
| 2010s | 0.237 Percentage of agricultural land area | 0.2276 Percentage of agricultural land area | 0.2581 Percentage of agricultural land area | 10 |
| 2020s | 0.2681 Percentage of agricultural land area | 0.2576 Percentage of agricultural land area | 0.2743 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 Vestland?
- River flooding exposure — cropland share exposed to river flooding in Vestland was 0.2743 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 Vestland?
- The highest recorded value was 0.2743 Percentage of agricultural land area in 2022.
- What is the lowest river flooding exposure — cropland share exposed to river flooding recorded in Vestland?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.2211 Percentage of agricultural land area in 2000.
- How does Vestland rank for river flooding exposure — cropland share exposed to river flooding?
- Vestland ranks 2402nd out of 3163 regions with data for 2022.
- Is river flooding exposure — cropland share exposed to river flooding rising or falling in Vestland?
- Over the last ten years it is up 20.0%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Vestland 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