El Salvador vs Iceland: Exposure to drought — Land soil moisture anomaly
Exposure to drought — Land soil moisture anomaly over time
- El Salvador
- Iceland
How they compare
El Salvador currently reports 2.89 Percentage change against 2.52 Percentage change in Iceland, a difference of 0.37 Percentage change.
That makes El Salvador's figure about 1.1 times Iceland's.
The two have swapped places 22 times across 44 shared years of data; in 1981 it was El Salvador ahead.
El Salvador ranks 30th and Iceland ranks 33rd of 193 countries.
Across the 5 decades both report, El Salvador averaged higher in 2 and Iceland in 3.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | El Salvador | Iceland | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1980s | -0.2219 Percentage change | 0.6905 Percentage change | 0.9124 Percentage change | Iceland |
| 1990s | 0.4985 Percentage change | -0.126 Percentage change | 0.6246 Percentage change | El Salvador |
| 2000s | -0.5809 Percentage change | -0.2306 Percentage change | 0.3503 Percentage change | Iceland |
| 2010s | -0.852 Percentage change | -0.5131 Percentage change | 0.3388 Percentage change | Iceland |
| 2020s | 2.41 Percentage change | 0.1624 Percentage change | 2.25 Percentage change | El Salvador |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher exposure to drought — land soil moisture anomaly, El Salvador or Iceland?
- El Salvador, at 2.89 Percentage change against 2.52 Percentage change in Iceland as of 2024.
- What is the difference in exposure to drought — land soil moisture anomaly between El Salvador and Iceland?
- 0.37 Percentage change, with El Salvador ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for El Salvador and Iceland?
- 44 years are reported by both, from 1981 to 2024.
- How do El Salvador and Iceland rank globally for exposure to drought — land soil moisture anomaly?
- El Salvador ranks 30th and Iceland ranks 33rd 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