Belgium vs Luxembourg: Standardised Precipitation-Evapotranspiration Index
Standardised Precipitation-Evapotranspiration Index over time
- Belgium
- Luxembourg
How they compare
Belgium currently reports 0.5641 against 0.5375 in Luxembourg, a difference of 0.0266.
The two have swapped places 26 times across 64 shared years of data; in 1960 it was Belgium ahead.
Belgium ranks 25th and Luxembourg ranks 28th of 189 countries.
Across the 7 decades both report, Belgium averaged higher in 3 and Luxembourg in 4.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Belgium | Luxembourg | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 0.615 | 0.4728 | 0.1421 | Belgium |
| 1970s | -0.1918 | -0.2225 | 0.0307 | Belgium |
| 1980s | 0.5954 | 0.7192 | 0.1238 | Luxembourg |
| 1990s | -0.1704 | -0.1507 | 0.0197 | Luxembourg |
| 2000s | 0.1387 | 0.0854 | 0.0534 | Belgium |
| 2010s | -0.5527 | -0.5272 | 0.0254 | Luxembourg |
| 2020s | -0.5127 | -0.4592 | 0.0535 | Luxembourg |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher standardised precipitation-evapotranspiration index, Belgium or Luxembourg?
- Belgium, at 0.5641 against 0.5375 in Luxembourg as of 2023.
- What is the difference in standardised precipitation-evapotranspiration index between Belgium and Luxembourg?
- 0.0266, with Belgium ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Belgium and Luxembourg?
- 64 years are reported by both, from 1960 to 2023.
- How do Belgium and Luxembourg rank globally for standardised precipitation-evapotranspiration index?
- Belgium ranks 25th and Luxembourg ranks 28th of 189 countries.
- Where does this data come from?
- Global SPEI database (SPEIbase). https://spei.csic.es/database.html, published as Standardised Precipitation-Evapotranspiration Index. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.
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About this data
The SPEI fulfills the requirements of a drought index since its multi-scalar character enables it to be used by different scientific disciplines to detect, monitor, and analyze droughts. Like the sc-PDSI and the SPI, the SPEI can measure drought severity according to its intensity and duration, and can identify the onset and end of drought episodes. The SPEI allows comparison of drought severity through time and space, since it can be calculated over a wide range of climates, as can the SPI.