Equatorial Guinea vs Kuwait: Standardised Precipitation-Evapotranspiration Index

Equatorial Guinea
-0.9329
in 2023
Kuwait
-0.9488
in 2023
Equatorial Guinea rank
135th
Kuwait rank
137th

Standardised Precipitation-Evapotranspiration Index over time

  • Equatorial Guinea
  • Kuwait
-2024196019912023

How they compare

Equatorial Guinea currently reports -0.9329 against -0.9488 in Kuwait, a difference of 0.0159.

The two have swapped places 20 times across 64 shared years of data; in 1960 it was Equatorial Guinea ahead.

Equatorial Guinea ranks 135th and Kuwait ranks 137th of 188 countries.

Across the 7 decades both report, Equatorial Guinea averaged higher in 4 and Kuwait in 3.

Head to head by decade

Decade Equatorial Guinea Kuwait Difference Ahead
1960s 0.488 0.2714 0.2167 Equatorial Guinea
1970s -0.3166 0.7078 1.02 Kuwait
1980s -0.5281 -0.3287 0.1994 Kuwait
1990s -0.3825 0.2719 0.6544 Kuwait
2000s 0.1549 -1.03 1.18 Equatorial Guinea
2010s -0.728 -1.26 0.5363 Equatorial Guinea
2020s -0.691 -1.37 0.6752 Equatorial Guinea

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher standardised precipitation-evapotranspiration index, Equatorial Guinea or Kuwait?
Equatorial Guinea, at -0.9329 against -0.9488 in Kuwait as of 2023.
What is the difference in standardised precipitation-evapotranspiration index between Equatorial Guinea and Kuwait?
0.0159, with Equatorial Guinea ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Equatorial Guinea and Kuwait?
64 years are reported by both, from 1960 to 2023.
How do Equatorial Guinea and Kuwait rank globally for standardised precipitation-evapotranspiration index?
Equatorial Guinea ranks 135th and Kuwait ranks 137th of 188 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

Indicator
Standardised Precipitation-Evapotranspiration Index
Source
Global SPEI database (SPEIbase). https://spei.csic.es/database.html
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data)
Coverage
189 places, 12,095 data points, 1960–2023
Last refreshed

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.