Finland vs Japan: Exposure to drought — Land soil moisture anomaly
Exposure to drought — Land soil moisture anomaly over time
- Finland
- Japan
How they compare
Japan currently reports 0.5479 Percentage change against 0.477 Percentage change in Finland, a difference of 0.0709 Percentage change.
That makes Japan's figure about 1.1 times Finland's.
The two have swapped places 21 times across 44 shared years of data; in 1981 it was Finland ahead.
Finland ranks 69th and Japan ranks 67th of 193 countries.
Across the 5 decades both report, Finland averaged higher in 3 and Japan in 2.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Finland | Japan | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1980s | 0.7471 Percentage change | -0.1985 Percentage change | 0.9456 Percentage change | Finland |
| 1990s | -0.6456 Percentage change | -0.1128 Percentage change | 0.5328 Percentage change | Japan |
| 2000s | -0.0152 Percentage change | 0.19 Percentage change | 0.2051 Percentage change | Japan |
| 2010s | 0.9152 Percentage change | 0.3728 Percentage change | 0.5424 Percentage change | Finland |
| 2020s | 0.7066 Percentage change | 0.3841 Percentage change | 0.3225 Percentage change | Finland |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher exposure to drought — land soil moisture anomaly, Finland or Japan?
- Japan, at 0.5479 Percentage change against 0.477 Percentage change in Finland as of 2024.
- What is the difference in exposure to drought — land soil moisture anomaly between Finland and Japan?
- 0.0709 Percentage change, with Japan ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Finland and Japan?
- 44 years are reported by both, from 1981 to 2024.
- How do Finland and Japan rank globally for exposure to drought — land soil moisture anomaly?
- Finland ranks 69th and Japan ranks 67th 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