Eswatini vs Gujarat: Historical exposure to drought — Land soil moisture anomaly
Historical exposure to drought — Land soil moisture anomaly over time
- Eswatini
- Gujarat
How they compare
Gujarat currently reports 25.84 Percentage change against 5.34 Percentage change in Eswatini, a difference of 20.5 Percentage change.
That makes Gujarat's figure about 4.8 times Eswatini's.
The two have swapped places 31 times across 76 shared years of data; in 1950 it was Eswatini ahead.
Eswatini ranks 2nd and Gujarat ranks 3rd of 72 countries.
Across the 8 decades both report, Eswatini averaged higher in 4 and Gujarat in 4.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Eswatini | Gujarat | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1950s | -3.63 Percentage change | 5.73 Percentage change | 9.36 Percentage change | Gujarat |
| 1960s | -4.17 Percentage change | -4.6 Percentage change | 0.4317 Percentage change | Eswatini |
| 1970s | 1.78 Percentage change | 1.34 Percentage change | 0.4479 Percentage change | Eswatini |
| 1980s | -0.3446 Percentage change | -2.31 Percentage change | 1.96 Percentage change | Eswatini |
| 1990s | 0.2444 Percentage change | -0.1406 Percentage change | 0.385 Percentage change | Eswatini |
| 2000s | -0.5045 Percentage change | 1.97 Percentage change | 2.47 Percentage change | Gujarat |
| 2010s | -4.45 Percentage change | 5.7 Percentage change | 10.14 Percentage change | Gujarat |
| 2020s | 1.92 Percentage change | 12.67 Percentage change | 10.75 Percentage change | Gujarat |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher historical exposure to drought — land soil moisture anomaly, Eswatini or Gujarat?
- Gujarat, at 25.84 Percentage change against 5.34 Percentage change in Eswatini as of 2025.
- What is the difference in historical exposure to drought — land soil moisture anomaly between Eswatini and Gujarat?
- 20.5 Percentage change, with Gujarat ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Eswatini and Gujarat?
- 76 years are reported by both, from 1950 to 2025.
- How do Eswatini and Gujarat rank globally for historical exposure to drought — land soil moisture anomaly?
- Eswatini ranks 2nd and Gujarat ranks 3rd of 72 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.
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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