Shikoku vs Yorkshire and The Humber: Historical exposure to drought — Land soil moisture anomaly
Historical exposure to drought — Land soil moisture anomaly over time
- Shikoku
- Yorkshire and The Humber
How they compare
Yorkshire and The Humber currently reports -7.74 Percentage change against -7.79 Percentage change in Shikoku, a difference of 0.05 Percentage change.
The two have swapped places 37 times across 76 shared years of data; in 1950 it was Shikoku ahead.
Shikoku ranks 2640th and Yorkshire and The Humber ranks 2635th of 3112 regions.
Across the 8 decades both report, Shikoku averaged higher in 4 and Yorkshire and The Humber in 4.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Shikoku | Yorkshire and The Humber | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1950s | -0.3893 Percentage change | -2.54 Percentage change | 2.15 Percentage change | Shikoku |
| 1960s | 0.0058 Percentage change | -1.73 Percentage change | 1.74 Percentage change | Shikoku |
| 1970s | 0.4135 Percentage change | -0.9386 Percentage change | 1.35 Percentage change | Shikoku |
| 1980s | -0.2197 Percentage change | 0.7586 Percentage change | 0.9783 Percentage change | Yorkshire and The Humber |
| 1990s | -0.3835 Percentage change | -2.22 Percentage change | 1.83 Percentage change | Shikoku |
| 2000s | 0.8818 Percentage change | 2.11 Percentage change | 1.23 Percentage change | Yorkshire and The Humber |
| 2010s | 0.4465 Percentage change | 0.585 Percentage change | 0.1385 Percentage change | Yorkshire and The Humber |
| 2020s | -1.61 Percentage change | -0.109 Percentage change | 1.5 Percentage change | Yorkshire and The Humber |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher historical exposure to drought — land soil moisture anomaly, Shikoku or Yorkshire and The Humber?
- Yorkshire and The Humber, at -7.74 Percentage change against -7.79 Percentage change in Shikoku as of 2025.
- What is the difference in historical exposure to drought — land soil moisture anomaly between Shikoku and Yorkshire and The Humber?
- 0.05 Percentage change, with Yorkshire and The Humber ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Shikoku and Yorkshire and The Humber?
- 76 years are reported by both, from 1950 to 2025.
- How do Shikoku and Yorkshire and The Humber rank globally for historical exposure to drought — land soil moisture anomaly?
- Shikoku ranks 2640th and Yorkshire and The Humber ranks 2635th of 3112 regions.
- 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