Coastal flooding - Cities and FUAs — Built-up area exposure to in Ancona
Ancona: Coastal flooding - Cities and FUAs — Built-up area exposure to was 0.0308 Percentage of built-up area in 2022. ◆ Volatile
Coastal flooding - Cities and FUAs — Built-up area exposure to in Ancona, 2000–2022
Source: Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development. Measured in Percentage of built-up area.
Analysis
Ancona recorded 0.0308 Percentage of built-up area for coastal flooding - cities and fuas — built-up area exposure to in 2022.
That represents a change of down 0.4% on the previous year and down 44.9% over ten years.
Over the whole period, coastal flooding - cities and fuas — built-up area exposure to in Ancona peaked at 0.0559 Percentage of built-up area in 2012 and was at its lowest, 0 Percentage of built-up area, in 2000.
That places Ancona 221st out of 1324 regions with data for 2022, putting it in the top quarter.
The series is highly variable year to year, so single readings are best treated with caution.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 0.0145 Percentage of built-up area | 0 Percentage of built-up area | 0.0297 Percentage of built-up area | 10 |
| 2010s | 0.0486 Percentage of built-up area | 0.0283 Percentage of built-up area | 0.0559 Percentage of built-up area | 10 |
| 2020s | 0.0382 Percentage of built-up area | 0.0308 Percentage of built-up area | 0.053 Percentage of built-up area | 3 |
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- Cooling and heating degree days - Cities and FUAs — Cooling degree 352.88 Degree days (2025)
- Precipitation - Cities and FUAs — Change in extreme precipitation 1.97 Days per year (2024)
- Precipitation - Cities and FUAs — Extreme precipitation days 6.25 Days per year (2024)
- Assumptions for probability of dying by age, sex, type of projection 0.0002 (2100)
- Cooling and heating degree days by NUTS 2 regions - monthly data 298.56 (2025)
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- Dependency ratio - Cities and FUAs 42.7 Percentage of population aged 15-64 years (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is coastal flooding - cities and fuas — built-up area exposure to in Ancona?
- Coastal flooding - cities and fuas — built-up area exposure to in Ancona was 0.0308 Percentage of built-up area in 2022, according to Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development.
- What is the highest coastal flooding - cities and fuas — built-up area exposure to recorded in Ancona?
- The highest recorded value was 0.0559 Percentage of built-up area in 2012.
- What is the lowest coastal flooding - cities and fuas — built-up area exposure to recorded in Ancona?
- The lowest recorded value was 0 Percentage of built-up area in 2000.
- How does Ancona rank for coastal flooding - cities and fuas — built-up area exposure to?
- Ancona ranks 221st out of 1324 regions with data for 2022.
- Is coastal flooding - cities and fuas — built-up area exposure to rising or falling in Ancona?
- Over the last ten years it is down 44.9%. The long-run trend across the full record is volatile.
- Where does this Ancona data come from?
- The figures come from Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development, published as part of Coastal flooding - Cities and FUAs — Built-up area exposure to coastal flooding. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
<p align="justify">This dataset provides indicators of population and built-up exposure to coastal floods.</p> <h3>Data sources and methodology</h3> <p align="justify">Coastal flooding indicators are estimated using the Global coastal flood hazard maps <a href=https://doi.org/10.1038/ncomms11969>(Muis, S. et al., 2016)</a>. This dataset provides the extent of coastal floods for different return periods (10 to 100 years) with a 1-kilometre resolution. A return period corresponds to the estimated time interval between floods of similar intensity. Built-up area exposure to coastal floods is computed by intersecting this map with Copernius annual land cover data <a href=https://doi.org/10.24381/cds.006f2c9a>(Copernicus Climate Change Service, Climate Data Store, 2019)</a> and population exposure is computed using the Global Human Settlement Population layer <a href=https://doi.org/10.2760/098587>(European Commission, GHSL Data Package 2023)</a>. Harmonised international hazard models are used to ensure global comparability, consistent modelling assumptions across countries, and complete subnational coverage. These estimates may differ from official subnational flood risk statistics due to differences in methodological approaches - such as the use of global, modelled top down hazard maps versus national hydrological models or administrative flood zone delineations - as well as variations in input data sources, spatial resolution, and hydraulic modelling techniques.</p> <h3>Defining FUAs and cities</h3> <p align="justify">The OECD, in cooperation with the EU, has developed a harmonised <a href="https://www.oecd.org/en/data/datasets/oecd-definition-of-cities-and-functional-urban-areas.html">definition of functional urban areas</a> (FUAs) to capture the economic and functional reach of cities based on daily commuting patterns <a href=https://doi.org/10.1787/9789264174108-en>(OECD, 2012)</a>. FUAs consist of: <ol> <li><b>A city</b> – defined by urban centres in the degree of urbanisation, adapted to the closest local administrative units to define a city.</li> <li><b>A commuting zone</b> – including all local areas where at least 15% of employed residents work in the city.</li> </ol> The delineation process includes: <ul> <li>Assigning municipalities surrounded by a single FUA to that FUA.</li> <li>Excluding non-contiguous municipalities.</li> </ul> The correspondence table between SAUs and FUAs/cities is available in <a href=https://webfs-cfe.oecd.org/files/.Stat/cities_local_areas/fua_cities_sau_mapping.parquet>parquet </a> and <a href=https://webfs-cfe.oecd.org/files/.Stat/cities_local_areas/fua_cities_sau_mapping.csv>csv</a> format. The definition identifies 1 272 FUAs and 1 269 cities in all OECD member countries except Costa Rica and three accession countries.</p> <h3>Cite this dataset</h3> <p>OECD Regions, cities and local areas database (<a href="http://data-explorer.oecd.org/s/1da">Coastal flooding - Cities and FUAs</a>), <a href=http://oe.cd/geostats>http://oe.cd/geostats</a></p> <h3>Further information</h3> <ul> <li> <a href=https://localdataportal.oecd.org/>OECD Local Data Portal </a> </li> <li> <a href=https://www.oecd.org/en/publications/oecd-regions-and-cities-at-a-glance-2024_f42db3bf-en.html/>OECD Regions and Cities at a Glance </a> </li> </ul> <p align="justify">For questions and/or comments, please email <a href="mailto:CitiesStat@oecd.org">CitiesStat@oecd.org</a>