El Salvador vs Uruguay: Exposure to drought — Land soil moisture anomaly
Exposure to drought — Land soil moisture anomaly over time
- El Salvador
- Uruguay
How they compare
Uruguay currently reports 3.41 Percentage change against 2.89 Percentage change in El Salvador, a difference of 0.52 Percentage change.
That makes Uruguay's figure about 1.2 times El Salvador's.
The two have swapped places 21 times across 44 shared years of data; in 1981 it was El Salvador ahead.
El Salvador ranks 30th and Uruguay ranks 27th of 193 countries.
Across the 5 decades both report, El Salvador averaged higher in 3 and Uruguay in 2.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | El Salvador | Uruguay | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1980s | -0.2219 Percentage change | -0.6587 Percentage change | 0.4368 Percentage change | El Salvador |
| 1990s | 0.4985 Percentage change | 1.22 Percentage change | 0.7175 Percentage change | Uruguay |
| 2000s | -0.5809 Percentage change | -0.6967 Percentage change | 0.1158 Percentage change | El Salvador |
| 2010s | -0.852 Percentage change | 0.059 Percentage change | 0.911 Percentage change | Uruguay |
| 2020s | 2.41 Percentage change | -5.37 Percentage change | 7.78 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 Uruguay?
- Uruguay, at 3.41 Percentage change against 2.89 Percentage change in El Salvador as of 2024.
- What is the difference in exposure to drought — land soil moisture anomaly between El Salvador and Uruguay?
- 0.52 Percentage change, with Uruguay ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for El Salvador and Uruguay?
- 44 years are reported by both, from 1981 to 2024.
- How do El Salvador and Uruguay rank globally for exposure to drought — land soil moisture anomaly?
- El Salvador ranks 30th and Uruguay ranks 27th 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