Costa Rica vs French Southern Territories: Exposure to drought — Land soil moisture anomaly
Exposure to drought — Land soil moisture anomaly over time
- Costa Rica
- French Southern Territories
How they compare
Costa Rica currently reports -0.4173 Percentage change against -0.6273 Percentage change in French Southern Territories, a difference of 0.21 Percentage change.
The two have swapped places 22 times across 44 shared years of data; in 1981 it was Costa Rica ahead.
Costa Rica ranks 84th and French Southern Territories ranks 87th of 193 countries.
Across the 5 decades both report, Costa Rica averaged higher in 4 and French Southern Territories in 1.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Costa Rica | French Southern Territories | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1980s | -0.1382 Percentage change | -0.1765 Percentage change | 0.0383 Percentage change | Costa Rica |
| 1990s | -0.7983 Percentage change | 0.0714 Percentage change | 0.8697 Percentage change | French Southern Territories |
| 2000s | 0.5449 Percentage change | -0.1141 Percentage change | 0.659 Percentage change | Costa Rica |
| 2010s | 0.4302 Percentage change | 0.0699 Percentage change | 0.3603 Percentage change | Costa Rica |
| 2020s | -0.3304 Percentage change | -0.3771 Percentage change | 0.0467 Percentage change | Costa Rica |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher exposure to drought — land soil moisture anomaly, Costa Rica or French Southern Territories?
- Costa Rica, at -0.4173 Percentage change against -0.6273 Percentage change in French Southern Territories as of 2024.
- What is the difference in exposure to drought — land soil moisture anomaly between Costa Rica and French Southern Territories?
- 0.21 Percentage change, with Costa Rica ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Costa Rica and French Southern Territories?
- 44 years are reported by both, from 1981 to 2024.
- How do Costa Rica and French Southern Territories rank globally for exposure to drought — land soil moisture anomaly?
- Costa Rica ranks 84th and French Southern Territories ranks 87th 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