Eastern Asia vs Palau: Exposure to drought — Land soil moisture anomaly
Exposure to drought — Land soil moisture anomaly over time
- Eastern Asia
- Palau
How they compare
Palau currently reports 4.9 Percentage change against -0.7603 Percentage change in Eastern Asia, a difference of 5.66 Percentage change.
That makes Palau's figure about 6.4 times Eastern Asia's.
The two have swapped places 15 times across 44 shared years of data; in 1981 it was Eastern Asia ahead.
Eastern Asia ranks 16th and Palau ranks 18th of 67 groups.
Across the 5 decades both report, Eastern Asia averaged higher in 2 and Palau in 3.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Eastern Asia | Palau | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1980s | 0.9798 Percentage change | -2.28 Percentage change | 3.26 Percentage change | Eastern Asia |
| 1990s | 1.26 Percentage change | -3.8 Percentage change | 5.06 Percentage change | Eastern Asia |
| 2000s | -2.01 Percentage change | 5.83 Percentage change | 7.84 Percentage change | Palau |
| 2010s | -1.79 Percentage change | 2.49 Percentage change | 4.28 Percentage change | Palau |
| 2020s | -2.14 Percentage change | 7.79 Percentage change | 9.93 Percentage change | Palau |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher exposure to drought — land soil moisture anomaly, Eastern Asia or Palau?
- Palau, at 4.9 Percentage change against -0.7603 Percentage change in Eastern Asia as of 2024.
- What is the difference in exposure to drought — land soil moisture anomaly between Eastern Asia and Palau?
- 5.66 Percentage change, with Palau ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Eastern Asia and Palau?
- 44 years are reported by both, from 1981 to 2024.
- How do Eastern Asia and Palau rank globally for exposure to drought — land soil moisture anomaly?
- Eastern Asia ranks 16th and Palau ranks 18th of 67 groups.
- 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