Papua New Guinea vs Ravenna: Historical exposure to drought — Cropland soil moisture anomaly

Papua New Guinea
2.24 Percentage change
in 2025
Ravenna
12.84 Percentage change
in 2025
Papua New Guinea rank
25th
Ravenna rank
23rd

Historical exposure to drought — Cropland soil moisture anomaly over time

  • Papua New Guinea
  • Ravenna
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How they compare

Ravenna currently reports 12.84 Percentage change against 2.24 Percentage change in Papua New Guinea, a difference of 10.6 Percentage change.

That makes Ravenna's figure about 5.7 times Papua New Guinea's.

The two have swapped places 31 times across 76 shared years of data; in 1950 it was Papua New Guinea ahead.

Papua New Guinea ranks 25th and Ravenna ranks 23rd of 168 countries.

Across the 8 decades both report, Papua New Guinea averaged higher in 2 and Ravenna in 6.

Head to head by decade

Decade Papua New Guinea Ravenna Difference Ahead
1950s 0.114 Percentage change 4.3 Percentage change 4.19 Percentage change Ravenna
1960s -0.3475 Percentage change 7.09 Percentage change 7.43 Percentage change Ravenna
1970s 0.5256 Percentage change 10.03 Percentage change 9.51 Percentage change Ravenna
1980s 0.222 Percentage change 2.56 Percentage change 2.34 Percentage change Ravenna
1990s -1 Percentage change -3.81 Percentage change 2.81 Percentage change Papua New Guinea
2000s 0.2556 Percentage change 0.7612 Percentage change 0.5057 Percentage change Ravenna
2010s 1.45 Percentage change 2.27 Percentage change 0.8211 Percentage change Ravenna
2020s 1.7 Percentage change -0.8406 Percentage change 2.54 Percentage change Papua New Guinea

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher historical exposure to drought — cropland soil moisture anomaly, Papua New Guinea or Ravenna?
Ravenna, at 12.84 Percentage change against 2.24 Percentage change in Papua New Guinea as of 2025.
What is the difference in historical exposure to drought — cropland soil moisture anomaly between Papua New Guinea and Ravenna?
10.6 Percentage change, with Ravenna ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Papua New Guinea and Ravenna?
76 years are reported by both, from 1950 to 2025.
How do Papua New Guinea and Ravenna rank globally for historical exposure to drought — cropland soil moisture anomaly?
Papua New Guinea ranks 25th and Ravenna ranks 23rd of 168 countries.
Where does this data come from?
Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development, published as Historical exposure to drought — Cropland 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
Historical exposure to drought — Cropland soil moisture anomaly
Unit
Percentage change
Source
Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development
Licence
OECD Terms and Conditions (attribution required)
Coverage
3,200 places, 243,200 data points, 1950–2025
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The dataset provides annual anomalies in land and cropland soil moisture content of the top soil layer (0 to 7 cm) 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 1981-2024 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 based on the ERA5-Land reanalysis dataset. Contact: ENV.Stat@oecd.org