Niger vs Puducherry: Exposure to drought — Land soil moisture anomaly

Niger
23.95 Percentage change
in 2024
Puducherry
15.69 Percentage change
in 2024
Niger rank
3rd
Puducherry rank
1st

Exposure to drought — Land soil moisture anomaly over time

  • Niger
  • Puducherry
-20-1001020198120022024

How they compare

Niger currently reports 23.95 Percentage change against 15.69 Percentage change in Puducherry, a difference of 8.26 Percentage change.

That makes Niger's figure about 1.5 times Puducherry's.

The two have swapped places 22 times across 44 shared years of data; in 1981 it was Niger ahead.

Niger ranks 3rd and Puducherry ranks 1st of 193 countries.

Across the 5 decades both report, Niger averaged higher in 3 and Puducherry in 2.

Head to head by decade

Decade Niger Puducherry Difference Ahead
1980s -0.3812 Percentage change -2.73 Percentage change 2.35 Percentage change Niger
1990s 3 Percentage change -0.7742 Percentage change 3.78 Percentage change Niger
2000s -3.45 Percentage change 1.62 Percentage change 5.07 Percentage change Puducherry
2010s 5.11 Percentage change 1.07 Percentage change 4.04 Percentage change Niger
2020s 1.18 Percentage change 11.15 Percentage change 9.96 Percentage change Puducherry

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher exposure to drought — land soil moisture anomaly, Niger or Puducherry?
Niger, at 23.95 Percentage change against 15.69 Percentage change in Puducherry as of 2024.
What is the difference in exposure to drought — land soil moisture anomaly between Niger and Puducherry?
8.26 Percentage change, with Niger ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Niger and Puducherry?
44 years are reported by both, from 1981 to 2024.
How do Niger and Puducherry rank globally for exposure to drought — land soil moisture anomaly?
Niger ranks 3rd and Puducherry ranks 1st 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

Indicator
Exposure to drought — Land soil moisture anomaly
Unit
Percentage change
Source
Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development
Licence
OECD Terms and Conditions (attribution required)
Coverage
979 places, 43,076 data points, 1981–2024
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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