Sri Lanka vs Wide Bay: Historical exposure to drought — Land soil moisture anomaly
Historical exposure to drought — Land soil moisture anomaly over time
- Sri Lanka
- Wide Bay
How they compare
Wide Bay currently reports 15.06 Percentage change against 5.24 Percentage change in Sri Lanka, a difference of 9.82 Percentage change.
That makes Wide Bay's figure about 2.9 times Sri Lanka's.
The two have swapped places 30 times across 76 shared years of data; in 1950 it was Wide Bay ahead.
Sri Lanka ranks 12th and Wide Bay ranks 13th of 191 countries.
Across the 8 decades both report, Sri Lanka averaged higher in 3 and Wide Bay in 5.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Sri Lanka | Wide Bay | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1950s | -2.89 Percentage change | -2.23 Percentage change | 0.6611 Percentage change | Wide Bay |
| 1960s | 6.55 Percentage change | -4.56 Percentage change | 11.11 Percentage change | Sri Lanka |
| 1970s | -1.13 Percentage change | 4.16 Percentage change | 5.29 Percentage change | Wide Bay |
| 1980s | -0.9176 Percentage change | 3.42 Percentage change | 4.34 Percentage change | Wide Bay |
| 1990s | -1.65 Percentage change | 0.1443 Percentage change | 1.8 Percentage change | Wide Bay |
| 2000s | 1.4 Percentage change | -5.93 Percentage change | 7.34 Percentage change | Sri Lanka |
| 2010s | 3.71 Percentage change | 0.1056 Percentage change | 3.61 Percentage change | Sri Lanka |
| 2020s | 4.4 Percentage change | 6.25 Percentage change | 1.85 Percentage change | Wide Bay |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher historical exposure to drought — land soil moisture anomaly, Sri Lanka or Wide Bay?
- Wide Bay, at 15.06 Percentage change against 5.24 Percentage change in Sri Lanka as of 2025.
- What is the difference in historical exposure to drought — land soil moisture anomaly between Sri Lanka and Wide Bay?
- 9.82 Percentage change, with Wide Bay ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Sri Lanka and Wide Bay?
- 76 years are reported by both, from 1950 to 2025.
- How do Sri Lanka and Wide Bay rank globally for historical exposure to drought — land soil moisture anomaly?
- Sri Lanka ranks 12th and Wide Bay ranks 13th of 191 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