Drained organic soils — Area — UNFCCC in United States of America

United States of America: Drained organic soils — Area — UNFCCC was 1.28 million ha in 2020. ▼ Falling

Latest (2020)
1.28 million ha
Change on year
unchanged
Rank
1st
of 1 groups
All-time high
1.34 million ha
in 1990
All-time low
1.28 million ha
in 2015
Years of data
31
1990–2020

Drained organic soils — Area — UNFCCC in United States of America, 1990–2020

0500.0k1.0M1.5M1990200520201990: 1.3M ha1991: 1.3M ha1992: 1.3M ha1993: 1.3M ha1994: 1.3M ha1995: 1.3M ha1996: 1.3M ha1997: 1.3M ha1998: 1.3M ha1999: 1.3M ha2000: 1.3M ha2001: 1.3M ha2002: 1.3M ha2003: 1.3M ha2004: 1.3M ha2005: 1.3M ha2006: 1.3M ha2007: 1.3M ha2008: 1.3M ha2009: 1.3M ha2010: 1.3M ha2011: 1.3M ha2012: 1.3M ha2013: 1.3M ha2014: 1.3M ha2015: 1.3M ha2016: 1.3M ha2017: 1.3M ha2018: 1.3M ha2019: 1.3M ha2020: 1.3M ha

Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.

Analysis

United States of America recorded 1.28 million ha for drained organic soils — area — unfccc in 2020.

Compared with earlier readings it is down 1.1% over ten years.

Over the whole period, drained organic soils — area — unfccc in United States of America peaked at 1.34 million ha in 1990 and was at its lowest, 1.28 million ha, in 2015.

The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 31 years of available data.

Drained organic soils — Area — UNFCCC in United States of America, year by year

Annual values for Drained organic soils — Area — UNFCCC in United States of America, 1990 to 2020.
Year ha Change
1990 1.34 million ha
1991 1.33 million ha -0.8%
1992 1.33 million ha +0.0%
1993 1.34 million ha +0.1%
1994 1.34 million ha +0.3%
1995 1.33 million ha -0.5%
1996 1.33 million ha -0.3%
1997 1.32 million ha -0.7%
1998 1.31 million ha -0.5%
1999 1.32 million ha +0.3%
2000 1.32 million ha -0.1%
2001 1.32 million ha -0.0%
2002 1.32 million ha +0.2%
2003 1.30 million ha -1.6%
2004 1.31 million ha +1.1%
2005 1.31 million ha +0.1%
2006 1.31 million ha -0.4%
2007 1.29 million ha -1.0%
2008 1.29 million ha -0.1%
2009 1.29 million ha -0.2%
2010 1.29 million ha +0.1%
2011 1.29 million ha +0.2%
2012 1.29 million ha +0.0%
2013 1.29 million ha -0.4%
2014 1.29 million ha -0.3%
2015 1.28 million ha -0.7%
2016 1.28 million ha +0.0%
2017 1.28 million ha +0.0%
2018 1.28 million ha +0.0%
2019 1.28 million ha +0.0%
2020 1.28 million ha +0.0%

Averages by decade

DecadeAverage LowestHighest Years
1990s 1.33 million ha 1.31 million ha 1.34 million ha 10
2000s 1.31 million ha 1.29 million ha 1.32 million ha 10
2010s 1.28 million ha 1.28 million ha 1.29 million ha 10
2020s 1.28 million ha 1.28 million ha 1.28 million ha 1

Countries ranked near United States of America

  1. 1 Russian Federation 4.26 million ha compare
  2. 1 Türkiye 21,840 ha compare
  3. 2 Germany 1.28 million ha compare
  4. 3 Belarus 1.00 million ha compare
  5. 4 Poland 921,485 ha compare

See the full ranking of 33 places →

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Frequently asked questions

What is drained organic soils — area — unfccc in United States of America?
Drained organic soils — area — unfccc in United States of America was 1.28 million ha in 2020, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
What is the highest drained organic soils — area — unfccc recorded in United States of America?
The highest recorded value was 1.34 million ha in 1990.
What is the lowest drained organic soils — area — unfccc recorded in United States of America?
The lowest recorded value was 1.28 million ha in 2015.
How does United States of America rank for drained organic soils — area — unfccc?
United States of America ranks 1st out of 1 groups with data for 2020.
Is drained organic soils — area — unfccc rising or falling in United States of America?
Over the last ten years it is down 1.1%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
Where does this United States of America data come from?
The figures come from Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as part of Drained organic soils — Area — UNFCCC. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.

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Indicator
Drained organic soils — Area — UNFCCC
Unit
ha
Source
Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations
Licence
CC BY-NC-SA 3.0 IGO (FAO)
Coverage
33 places, 997 data points, 1990–2020
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The FAOSTAT domain on Emissions from drained organic soils consists of nitrous oxide (N2O) and carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions generated from the mineralization and oxidation of organic matter in organic soils that are drained for agricultural activities.