Guinea vs Switzerland: Standardised Precipitation-Evapotranspiration Index
Standardised Precipitation-Evapotranspiration Index over time
- Guinea
- Switzerland
How they compare
Guinea currently reports -0.1507 against -0.165 in Switzerland, a difference of 0.0143.
The two have swapped places 23 times across 64 shared years of data; in 1960 it was Switzerland ahead.
Guinea ranks 81st and Switzerland ranks 84th of 188 countries.
Across the 7 decades both report, Guinea averaged higher in 3 and Switzerland in 4.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Guinea | Switzerland | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 0.7881 | 0.2463 | 0.5418 | Guinea |
| 1970s | -0.4815 | 0.2009 | 0.6825 | Switzerland |
| 1980s | -1.35 | 0.414 | 1.77 | Switzerland |
| 1990s | -0.6752 | 0.2595 | 0.9347 | Switzerland |
| 2000s | -0.7078 | 0.0318 | 0.7395 | Switzerland |
| 2010s | -0.4949 | -0.5443 | 0.0494 | Guinea |
| 2020s | -0.2187 | -0.7748 | 0.5561 | Guinea |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher standardised precipitation-evapotranspiration index, Guinea or Switzerland?
- Guinea, at -0.1507 against -0.165 in Switzerland as of 2023.
- What is the difference in standardised precipitation-evapotranspiration index between Guinea and Switzerland?
- 0.0143, with Guinea ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Guinea and Switzerland?
- 64 years are reported by both, from 1960 to 2023.
- How do Guinea and Switzerland rank globally for standardised precipitation-evapotranspiration index?
- Guinea ranks 81st and Switzerland ranks 84th 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
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.