Barbados vs Ethiopia: Exposure to drought — Land soil moisture anomaly
Exposure to drought — Land soil moisture anomaly over time
- Barbados
- Ethiopia
How they compare
Barbados currently reports 2.81 Percentage change against -4.52 Percentage change in Ethiopia, a difference of 7.33 Percentage change.
The two have swapped places 16 times across 44 shared years of data; in 1981 it was Barbados ahead.
Barbados ranks 31st and Ethiopia ranks 31st of 193 countries.
Across the 5 decades both report, Barbados averaged higher in 3 and Ethiopia in 2.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Barbados | Ethiopia | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1980s | 0.9283 Percentage change | 2.99 Percentage change | 2.06 Percentage change | Ethiopia |
| 1990s | -1.04 Percentage change | 0.514 Percentage change | 1.55 Percentage change | Ethiopia |
| 2000s | -0.1274 Percentage change | -3.23 Percentage change | 3.1 Percentage change | Barbados |
| 2010s | 0.2147 Percentage change | -1.52 Percentage change | 1.73 Percentage change | Barbados |
| 2020s | -2.14 Percentage change | -5.84 Percentage change | 3.7 Percentage change | Barbados |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher exposure to drought — land soil moisture anomaly, Barbados or Ethiopia?
- Barbados, at 2.81 Percentage change against -4.52 Percentage change in Ethiopia as of 2024.
- What is the difference in exposure to drought — land soil moisture anomaly between Barbados and Ethiopia?
- 7.33 Percentage change, with Barbados ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Barbados and Ethiopia?
- 44 years are reported by both, from 1981 to 2024.
- How do Barbados and Ethiopia rank globally for exposure to drought — land soil moisture anomaly?
- Barbados ranks 31st and Ethiopia ranks 31st of 193 countries.
- Where does this data come from?
- Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development, published as Exposure to drought — Land soil moisture anomaly. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.
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About this data
The dataset provides annual anomalies in land and cropland soil moisture content of the top soil layer compared to the reference period 1981-2010. Exposure indicators to drought have been prepared by the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD). Please see the working paper for a more complete description of the methods. The datasets span the period 1981-2022 and is the result of the use of a variety of geospatial data sources, including the ERA5-Land averaged monthly data of volumetric soil moisture and ESA CCI land cover data. Average anomalies have been calculated for both land and cropland exposure to drought. The dataset has a global coverage on a national level; on the sub-national TL2 level (i.e. large subnational regions) results are reported for all OECD countries as well as for Argentina, Brazil, China, India, Indonesia and South Africa. A number of aggregates are included: Euro area, European Union, Advanced economies, Emerging market economies, G7, G20, OECD, OECD Europe, OECD Asia Oceania, OECD Americas and the LAC region. Data source(s): Copernicus Climate Change Initiative land cover data and Copernicus Climate Data Store monthly soil moisture data (ERA5). Contact: ENV.Stat@oecd.org Database documentation