Datasets - ESDAC - European Commission

The European Soil Data Centre (ESDAC) contains currently many soil data and information; most of the offered data are at European scale, while, when possible, links to national or global datasets are provided.

Datasets are organized in some broad categories.

A first category contains the European Soil Database (ESDB), datasets that have been derived with the help of the ESDB and general European datasets that contain soil properties.
A second category offers data that are related to soil threats (erosion, soil organic carbon, landslides, compaction, salinization, soil biodiversity, contaminated sites, soil sealing, etc.)
A third category offers data related to soil functions
A fourth category offers soil point data (LUCAS, SPADE, etc)
A fifth category contains data that stem from projects.

Some datasets can be freely downloaded; others will be made accessible after prior registration, through a fill-in form, indicated by the button.

On top of the list below, there is also a handy one-page overview of all datasets publicly available in ESDAC: the name (and link) for the dataset and a short abstract.

More information about some of the datasets in the European Soil Data Centre can be found in the following publications:

Panagos, P., Van Liedekerke, M., Borrelli, P., Köninger, J., Ballabio, C., Orgiazzi, A., Lugato, E., Liakos, L., Hervas, J., Jones, A. Montanarella, L. 2022. European Soil Data Centre 2.0: Soil data and knowledge in support of the EU policies. European Journal of Soil Science, 73(6), e13315. DOI: 10.1111/ejss.13315
Panagos P., Van Liedekerke M., Jones A., Montanarella L. European Soil Data Centre: Response to European policy support and public data requirements. (2012) Land Use Policy, 29 (2), pp. 329-338, doi:10.1016/j.landusepol.2011.07.003

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	Title: Pan-European SOC stock of agricultural soils
	Resource Type: Datasets Soil Threats Data Theme/Sub-Theme: Soil Organic Carbon Content, Agricultural SOC Stocks Registration requested: Request Form	Year: 2013 Publisher: European Commission Joint Research Centre Keywords: SOC Stocvks CAPRESE CENTURY

	Title: European Soil Database Derived data
	Resource Type: Datasets European Soil Database & soil properties Registration requested: Request Form	Year: 2013 Publisher: European Commission Joint Research Centre Keywords: European Soil Database HWSD layers Texture Bulk density Water Retention

	Title: LUCAS 2009 TOPSOIL data
	Resource Type: Datasets Soil Point Data Theme/Sub-Theme: Soil Sampling Project/s: LUCAS Registration requested: Request Form	Year: 2013

	Title: Climate Change Regional Indicators of Change and Extremes for Europe
	Resource Type: Datasets Soil Projects Data Project/s: Completed Projects, CC_ICE Registration requested: Request Form	Year: 2012 Publisher: Joint Research Centre of the European Commission Keywords: Climate change Indicators Temperature Precipitation Precipitation intensity Relative Humidity Aridity Index Humidex

	Title: European Landslide Susceptibility Map version 2 (ELSUS v2)
	Resource Type: Datasets Soil Threats Data Theme/Sub-Theme: Landslides Registration requested: Request Form	Year: 2018 Keywords: landslides natural hazards susceptibility

	Title: Soil erosion by wind
	Resource Type: Datasets Soil Threats Data Theme/Sub-Theme: Wind Erosion, Wind erosion in European agricultural soils - RWEQ, Land susceptibility to wind erosion Registration requested: Request Form	Year: 2016 Publisher: European Commission, Joint Research Centre (JRC) Language: EN Keywords: RWEQ wind erosion ILSWE Sustainability
	Attachments: wind erosion in European agricultural soils (Rweq), Wind erosion Susceptibility, Erodible fraction of Soil (for wind erosion)

	Title: Rainfall Erosivity in the EU and Switzerland (R-factor)
	Resource Type: Datasets Soil Threats Data Theme/Sub-Theme: Erosion by water, Rainfall Erosivity in Europe, Future rainfall erosivity (projections for 2050 based on climate change), Monthly erosivity, R-factor in Italy, R-factor and Erosivity Density in Greece, R-Factor in Switzerland Registration requested: Request Form	Year: 2015 Publisher: European Commission, Joint Research Centre Keywords: Rainfall erosivity R-Factor RUSLE REDES Rainfall intensity soil degradation erosivity density

	Title: Global Soil Organic Carbon Estimates
	Resource Type: Datasets Soil Threats Data Theme/Sub-Theme: Soil Organic Carbon Content Registration requested: Request Form	Author: R. Hiederer, M. Köchy Year: 2012 Publisher: Joint Research Centre of the European Commission Keywords: organic carbon Harmonized World Soil Database Climate change

	Title: Soil Erodibility (K- Factor) High Resolution dataset for Europe
	Resource Type: Datasets Soil Threats Data Theme/Sub-Theme: Erosion by water, Soil Erodibility in Europe Registration requested: Request Form	Year: 2014 Publisher: Joint Research Centre of the European Commission Keywords: K-Factor

	Title: iSOIL project (Interactions between soil related sciences)
	Resource Type: Datasets Soil Projects Data Project/s: iSOIL Registration requested: Request Form	Year: 2011 Publisher: JRC and iSOIL partners Keywords: iSOIL digital soil mapping EMI electromagnetic induction measurement EM31 apparent electrical conductivity soil moisture content TDR

	Title: G2 soil erosion model data
	Resource Type: Datasets Soil Projects Data Theme/Sub-Theme: Erosion by water, G2 Model Project/s: Geoland2 Registration requested: Request Form	Country: AF Author: xfgvccb, vbbv Year: 2013 Publisher: JRC and Aristotle University of Thessaloniki Keywords: erosion; G2; modelling; USLE; Spatio-Temporal mapping; Critical zones; Crete; Cyprus; Albania; Strymonas

	Title: European Food Safety Authority (EFSA) Data & PERSAM software tool
	Resource Type: Datasets Soil Projects Data Project/s: EFSA Data & Tools Registration requested: Request Form	Year: 2015 Publisher: EFSA and JRC Keywords: EFSA food safety ECOREGION FATE

	Title: Global Spatial Layers for Estimating Soil GHG Emissions from Indirect Land Use Changes(ILUC) due to the Production of Biofuels
	Resource Type: Datasets Soil Projects Data Registration requested: Request Form	Year: 2011 Publisher: JRC Keywords: land use Climate change greenhouse gas

	Title: Soil Erosion Risk Assessment in Europe data (MESALES model) - Dataset
	Resource Type: Datasets Soil Threats Data Theme/Sub-Theme: Erosion by water, MESALES Model Registration requested: Request Form	Year: 2002 Language: EN Keywords: erosion risk MESALES Soil Erosion

	Title: Groundwater Resources maps of Europe
	Resource Type: Datasets Soil Projects Data Project/s: Completed Projects, Groundwater Resources Registration requested: Request Form	Year: 2006 Publisher: European Commission - DG JRC Keywords: groundwater flow

	Title: Soil pH in Europe
	Resource Type: Datasets Soil Threats Data Maps & Documents Maps Soil Data Maps Theme/Sub-Theme: Soil pH Registration requested: Request Form	Year: 2010 Language: EN Keywords: pH
	Attachments: pH in Europe

	Title: Saline and Sodic Soils in European Union
	Resource Type: Datasets Soil Threats Data Maps & Documents Maps Soil Data Maps Theme/Sub-Theme: Soil Salinization Registration requested: Request Form	Year: 2008 Language: EN
	Attachments: Saline and Sodic Soils in European Union

	Title: Natural susceptibility to soil compaction in Europe
	Resource Type: Datasets Soil Threats Data Maps & Documents Maps Soil Data Maps Theme/Sub-Theme: Soil Compaction, Soil Susceptibility to Compaction Registration requested: Request Form	Author: Beata Houšková Year: 2008 Language: EN Keywords: Soil Soil susceptibility to compaction compaction soil compaction
	Attachments: Natural susceptibility to compaction

	Title: OCTOP: Topsoil Organic Carbon Content for Europe
	Resource Type: Datasets Soil Threats Data Theme/Sub-Theme: Soil Organic Carbon Content, European Data Registration requested: Request Form	Author: Jones, R.J.A., Hiederer, R., Rusco, E., Loveland, P.J. and Montanarella, L. Year: 2004 Language: EN Keywords: organic carbon SOC octop
	Attachments: Topsoil Organic Carbon Content (%)

	Title: Pan European Soil Erosion Risk Assessment - PESERA
	Resource Type: Datasets Soil Threats Data Maps & Documents Maps Soil Data Maps Theme/Sub-Theme: Erosion by water, PESERA Model Registration requested: Request Form	Year: 2003 Language: EN
	Attachments: pesera_small.jpg

	Title: Soil Profile Analytical Database 2
	Resource Type: Datasets Soil Point Data Registration requested: Request Form	Year: 2009 Keywords: Topsoil SPADE European Soil Database STU

	Title: SINFO: ESDB Data adapted for the MARS Crop Yield Forecasting System
	Resource Type: Datasets European Soil Database & soil properties Registration requested: Request Form	Year: 2005 Publisher: European Commission - DG JRC Keywords: Soil CGMS MCYFS Crop Mars Growth Monitoring System MARS Crop Yield Forecasting System
	Attachments: data_sinfo.png

	Title: Legend Files
	Resource Type: Datasets European Soil Database & soil properties	Year: 2010

	Title: Soil microbiome and ecosystem multifunctionality
	Resource Type: Datasets Soil Functions Data Soil Threats Data	Country: AX Year: 2026

	Title: SML soil descriptors
	Resource Type: Datasets	Year: 2026 Keywords: SML Article 9 Descriptors

14 Apr 2026	Global Dataset of cumulative post fire soil erosion estimates (2001–2019) as in the relevant Nature Geoscience publication.
6 Mar 2026	Data on "Impact of Healthy Diet Shifts on Soil Greenhouse Gas Emissions Across Europe" and relevant publication
23 Feb 2026	Data on the impact of Pesticides and Soil Biodiversity.The analysed data contributed to the development of a high scientific article published in NATURE.
11 Feb 2026	New dataset containing the data for Heavy Metals from samples taken during the LUCAS 2009/2012 and 2018 campaigns. The data are georeferenced to European NUTS. (LUCAS Heavy Metals)
16 Jan 2026	Inter- and intra-laboratory replicate measurements of SOC for LUCAS and relevant publication