Coastal flooding - Cities and FUAs — Built-up area exposure to in Los Angeles (Greater)
Los Angeles (Greater): Coastal flooding - Cities and FUAs — Built-up area exposure to was 0.0106 Percentage of built-up area in 2022. ▼ Falling
Coastal flooding - Cities and FUAs — Built-up area exposure to in Los Angeles (Greater), 2000–2022
Source: Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development. Measured in Percentage of built-up area.
Analysis
In 2022, coastal flooding - cities and fuas — built-up area exposure to in Los Angeles (Greater) stood at 0.0106 Percentage of built-up area. That is the lowest value across all 23 years on record.
That represents a change of down 0.2% on the previous year and down 19.7% over ten years.
Over the whole period, coastal flooding - cities and fuas — built-up area exposure to in Los Angeles (Greater) peaked at 0.0147 Percentage of built-up area in 2000 and was at its lowest, 0.0106 Percentage of built-up area, in 2022.
That places Los Angeles (Greater) 251st out of 1315 regions with data for 2022, putting it in the top quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 23 years of available data.
Coastal flooding - Cities and FUAs — Built-up area exposure to in Los Angeles (Greater), year by year
| Year | Percentage of built-up area | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2000 | 0.0147 Percentage of built-up area | — |
| 2001 | 0.0144 Percentage of built-up area | -2.5% |
| 2002 | 0.0142 Percentage of built-up area | -1.0% |
| 2003 | 0.0142 Percentage of built-up area | -0.3% |
| 2004 | 0.0141 Percentage of built-up area | -0.2% |
| 2005 | 0.0139 Percentage of built-up area | -1.5% |
| 2006 | 0.0138 Percentage of built-up area | -1.2% |
| 2007 | 0.0136 Percentage of built-up area | -1.1% |
| 2008 | 0.0135 Percentage of built-up area | -0.8% |
| 2009 | 0.0134 Percentage of built-up area | -0.7% |
| 2010 | 0.0133 Percentage of built-up area | -0.7% |
| 2011 | 0.0132 Percentage of built-up area | -0.5% |
| 2012 | 0.0132 Percentage of built-up area | -0.6% |
| 2013 | 0.013 Percentage of built-up area | -1.1% |
| 2014 | 0.0129 Percentage of built-up area | -0.8% |
| 2015 | 0.0129 Percentage of built-up area | -0.4% |
| 2016 | 0.0128 Percentage of built-up area | -0.3% |
| 2017 | 0.0126 Percentage of built-up area | -1.5% |
| 2018 | 0.0123 Percentage of built-up area | -2.7% |
| 2019 | 0.0121 Percentage of built-up area | -1.9% |
| 2020 | 0.0121 Percentage of built-up area | +0.0% |
| 2021 | 0.0106 Percentage of built-up area | -12.2% |
| 2022 | 0.0106 Percentage of built-up area | -0.2% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 0.014 Percentage of built-up area | 0.0134 Percentage of built-up area | 0.0147 Percentage of built-up area | 10 |
| 2010s | 0.0128 Percentage of built-up area | 0.0121 Percentage of built-up area | 0.0133 Percentage of built-up area | 10 |
| 2020s | 0.0111 Percentage of built-up area | 0.0106 Percentage of built-up area | 0.0121 Percentage of built-up area | 3 |
More reference data data for Los Angeles (Greater)
- Cooling and heating degree days - Cities and FUAs — Cooling degree 923.07 Degree days (2025)
- Cooling and heating degree days - Cities and FUAs — Change in cooling -76.26 Degree days (2025)
- Cooling and heating degree days - Cities and FUAs 531.83 Degree days (2025)
- Cooling and heating degree days - Cities and FUAs — Change in heating -289.21 Degree days (2025)
- Precipitation - Cities and FUAs — Extreme precipitation days 1.72 Days per year (2024)
- Precipitation - Cities and FUAs — Change in extreme precipitation -0.1706 Days per year (2024)
- Dependency ratio - Cities and FUAs 23.9 Percentage of population aged 15-64 years (2024)
- Wind threats - Cities and FUAs — Exposure to wind threats 0 Percentage of area (2023)
- Main mode of transport to work - Cities and FUAs — Employed persons 7.10 million Persons (2023)
- Internet speed - Cities and FUAs — Downloading speed 2.5 Percentage of national value (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is coastal flooding - cities and fuas — built-up area exposure to in Los Angeles (Greater)?
- Coastal flooding - cities and fuas — built-up area exposure to in Los Angeles (Greater) was 0.0106 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 Los Angeles (Greater)?
- The highest recorded value was 0.0147 Percentage of built-up area in 2000.
- What is the lowest coastal flooding - cities and fuas — built-up area exposure to recorded in Los Angeles (Greater)?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.0106 Percentage of built-up area in 2022.
- How does Los Angeles (Greater) rank for coastal flooding - cities and fuas — built-up area exposure to?
- Los Angeles (Greater) ranks 251st out of 1315 regions with data for 2022.
- Is coastal flooding - cities and fuas — built-up area exposure to rising or falling in Los Angeles (Greater)?
- Over the last ten years it is down 19.7%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Los Angeles (Greater) 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
This dataset provides indicators of population and built-up exposure to coastal floods. Data sources and methodology Coastal flooding indicators are estimated using the Global coastal flood hazard maps (Muis, S. et al., 2016). 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 (Copernicus Climate Change Service, Climate Data Store, 2019) and population exposure is computed using the Global Human Settlement Population layer (European Commission, GHSL Data Package 2023). 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. Defining FUAs and cities The OECD, in cooperation with the EU, has developed a harmonised definition of functional urban areas (FUAs) to capture the economic and functional reach of cities based on daily commuting patterns (OECD, 2012). FUAs consist of: A city – defined by urban centres in the degree of urbanisation, adapted to the closest local administrative units to define a city. A commuting zone – including all local areas where at least 15% of employed residents work in the city. The delineation process includes: Assigning municipalities surrounded by a single FUA to that FUA. Excluding non-contiguous municipalities. The correspondence table between SAUs and FUAs/cities is available in parquet and csv format. The definition identifies 1 272 FUAs and 1 269 cities in all OECD member countries except Costa Rica and three accession countries. Cite this dataset OECD Regions, cities and local areas database (Coastal flooding - Cities and FUAs), http://oe.cd/geostats Further information OECD Local Data Portal OECD Regions and Cities at a Glance For questions and/or comments, please email CitiesStat@oecd.org