Ecuador vs Samoa: Historical exposure to drought — Land soil moisture anomaly
Historical exposure to drought — Land soil moisture anomaly over time
- Ecuador
- Samoa
How they compare
Ecuador currently reports 0.3767 Percentage change against 0.3482 Percentage change in Samoa, a difference of 0.0285 Percentage change.
That makes Ecuador's figure about 1.1 times Samoa's.
The two have swapped places 34 times across 76 shared years of data; in 1950 it was Ecuador ahead.
Ecuador ranks 55th and Samoa ranks 56th of 232 countries.
Across the 8 decades both report, Ecuador averaged higher in 3 and Samoa in 5.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Ecuador | Samoa | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1950s | -1.61 Percentage change | -1.66 Percentage change | 0.044 Percentage change | Ecuador |
| 1960s | -2.21 Percentage change | 0.7479 Percentage change | 2.96 Percentage change | Samoa |
| 1970s | -0.7138 Percentage change | -0.6008 Percentage change | 0.1131 Percentage change | Samoa |
| 1980s | -0.4406 Percentage change | -1.58 Percentage change | 1.14 Percentage change | Ecuador |
| 1990s | 0.5706 Percentage change | -0.2173 Percentage change | 0.7878 Percentage change | Ecuador |
| 2000s | -0.1959 Percentage change | 1.78 Percentage change | 1.98 Percentage change | Samoa |
| 2010s | -0.3779 Percentage change | 0.6831 Percentage change | 1.06 Percentage change | Samoa |
| 2020s | -1.27 Percentage change | 1.02 Percentage change | 2.28 Percentage change | Samoa |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher historical exposure to drought — land soil moisture anomaly, Ecuador or Samoa?
- Ecuador, at 0.3767 Percentage change against 0.3482 Percentage change in Samoa as of 2025.
- What is the difference in historical exposure to drought — land soil moisture anomaly between Ecuador and Samoa?
- 0.0285 Percentage change, with Ecuador ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Ecuador and Samoa?
- 76 years are reported by both, from 1950 to 2025.
- How do Ecuador and Samoa rank globally for historical exposure to drought — land soil moisture anomaly?
- Ecuador ranks 55th and Samoa ranks 56th of 232 countries.
- 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.
Individual pages
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