Samoa vs Switzerland: Exposure to drought — Land soil moisture anomaly
Exposure to drought — Land soil moisture anomaly over time
- Samoa
- Switzerland
How they compare
Samoa currently reports 0.7823 Percentage change against 0.7024 Percentage change in Switzerland, a difference of 0.0799 Percentage change.
That makes Samoa's figure about 1.1 times Switzerland's.
The two have swapped places 20 times across 44 shared years of data; in 1981 it was Samoa ahead.
Samoa ranks 91st and Switzerland ranks 93rd of 234 countries.
Across the 5 decades both report, Samoa averaged higher in 3 and Switzerland in 2.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Samoa | Switzerland | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1980s | -1.12 Percentage change | 0.0569 Percentage change | 1.18 Percentage change | Switzerland |
| 1990s | -0.5956 Percentage change | 0.1145 Percentage change | 0.7101 Percentage change | Switzerland |
| 2000s | 1.36 Percentage change | -0.2 Percentage change | 1.56 Percentage change | Samoa |
| 2010s | 0.0973 Percentage change | -0.1656 Percentage change | 0.2629 Percentage change | Samoa |
| 2020s | 0.7856 Percentage change | -0.8174 Percentage change | 1.6 Percentage change | Samoa |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher exposure to drought — land soil moisture anomaly, Samoa or Switzerland?
- Samoa, at 0.7823 Percentage change against 0.7024 Percentage change in Switzerland as of 2024.
- What is the difference in exposure to drought — land soil moisture anomaly between Samoa and Switzerland?
- 0.0799 Percentage change, with Samoa ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Samoa and Switzerland?
- 44 years are reported by both, from 1981 to 2024.
- How do Samoa and Switzerland rank globally for exposure to drought — land soil moisture anomaly?
- Samoa ranks 91st and Switzerland ranks 93rd of 234 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