Eastern Europe vs Faroe Islands: Historical exposure to drought — Land soil moisture anomaly
Historical exposure to drought — Land soil moisture anomaly over time
- Eastern Europe
- Faroe Islands
How they compare
Faroe Islands currently reports 3.37 Percentage change against -2.03 Percentage change in Eastern Europe, a difference of 5.4 Percentage change.
That makes Faroe Islands's figure about 1.7 times Eastern Europe's.
The two have swapped places 38 times across 76 shared years of data; in 1950 it was Faroe Islands ahead.
Eastern Europe ranks 21st and Faroe Islands ranks 19th of 72 groups.
Across the 8 decades both report, Eastern Europe averaged higher in 2 and Faroe Islands in 6.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Eastern Europe | Faroe Islands | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1950s | -1.71 Percentage change | -1.26 Percentage change | 0.4497 Percentage change | Faroe Islands |
| 1960s | -0.0357 Percentage change | 0.1196 Percentage change | 0.1553 Percentage change | Faroe Islands |
| 1970s | 0.7236 Percentage change | -0.4156 Percentage change | 1.14 Percentage change | Eastern Europe |
| 1980s | 0.2808 Percentage change | 0.9195 Percentage change | 0.6387 Percentage change | Faroe Islands |
| 1990s | 0.0987 Percentage change | 0.8029 Percentage change | 0.7042 Percentage change | Faroe Islands |
| 2000s | -0.2644 Percentage change | -1.12 Percentage change | 0.8598 Percentage change | Eastern Europe |
| 2010s | -1.5 Percentage change | -0.1646 Percentage change | 1.34 Percentage change | Faroe Islands |
| 2020s | -2.26 Percentage change | -1.18 Percentage change | 1.08 Percentage change | Faroe Islands |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher historical exposure to drought — land soil moisture anomaly, Eastern Europe or Faroe Islands?
- Faroe Islands, at 3.37 Percentage change against -2.03 Percentage change in Eastern Europe as of 2025.
- What is the difference in historical exposure to drought — land soil moisture anomaly between Eastern Europe and Faroe Islands?
- 5.4 Percentage change, with Faroe Islands ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Eastern Europe and Faroe Islands?
- 76 years are reported by both, from 1950 to 2025.
- How do Eastern Europe and Faroe Islands rank globally for historical exposure to drought — land soil moisture anomaly?
- Eastern Europe ranks 21st and Faroe Islands ranks 19th of 72 groups.
- Where does this data come from?
- Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development, published as Historical 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 (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