The 2015-2024 global annual cropland extent at 30-m spatial resolution was derived from the Landsat Analysis Ready Data archive. Cropland is defined as land used for annual and perennial herbaceous crops for human consumption, forage (including hay), and biofuel.

Dataset Reference

A. Khan, P. Potapov, S. Turubanova, M.C. Hansen, A. Tyukavina, A. Poulson, A. Hernandez-Serna, M. Khan, X.-P., Song, N. Harris, F. Stolle (2025, in review) Global annual cropland dynamics 2015–2024.

Data visualization using Google Earth Engine Apps     https://glad-other.projects.earthengine.app/view/global-annual-cropland

Dataset Access in Google Earth Engine Image collection IDs for each cropland layer: 2015 "projects/glad/Cropland_Annual_2015_2024/2015" 2016 "projects/glad/Cropland_Annual_2015_2024/2016" 2017 "projects/glad/Cropland_Annual_2015_2024/2017" 2018 "projects/glad/Cropland_Annual_2015_2024/2018" 2019 "projects/glad/Cropland_Annual_2015_2024/2019" 2020 "projects/glad/Cropland_Annual_2015_2024/2020" 2021 "projects/glad/Cropland_Annual_2015_2024/2021" 2022 "projects/glad/Cropland_Annual_2015_2024/2022" 2023 "projects/glad/Cropland_Annual_2015_2024/2023" 2024 "projects/glad/Cropland_Annual_2015_2024/2024"

Data Download

Annual cropland data are provided in geographic coordinates using the WGS84 reference system.
Data format:  8-bit unsigned LZW-compressed GeoTiff. Pixel size is 0.00025 x 0.00025 degrees. Data aggregated into 10 x 10 degree tiles. Pixel values:  100  - cropland presence

https://glad.umd.edu/datasets/annual-croplands/