Lebanon vs Papua New Guinea: Standardised Precipitation-Evapotranspiration Index
Standardised Precipitation-Evapotranspiration Index over time
- Lebanon
- Papua New Guinea
How they compare
Papua New Guinea currently reports 0.2258 against 0.2115 in Lebanon, a difference of 0.0143.
That makes Papua New Guinea's figure about 1.1 times Lebanon's.
The two have swapped places 32 times across 64 shared years of data; in 1960 it was Papua New Guinea ahead.
Lebanon ranks 54th and Papua New Guinea ranks 51st of 189 countries.
Across the 7 decades both report, Lebanon averaged higher in 3 and Papua New Guinea in 4.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Lebanon | Papua New Guinea | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 0.1848 | 0.1142 | 0.0706 | Lebanon |
| 1970s | 0.1028 | 0.3309 | 0.2281 | Papua New Guinea |
| 1980s | 0.1336 | -0.0173 | 0.151 | Lebanon |
| 1990s | -0.2682 | -0.5425 | 0.2742 | Lebanon |
| 2000s | -0.3095 | 0.0676 | 0.3771 | Papua New Guinea |
| 2010s | -0.3806 | 0.1385 | 0.5191 | Papua New Guinea |
| 2020s | -0.1012 | 0.1492 | 0.2504 | Papua New Guinea |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher standardised precipitation-evapotranspiration index, Lebanon or Papua New Guinea?
- Papua New Guinea, at 0.2258 against 0.2115 in Lebanon as of 2023.
- What is the difference in standardised precipitation-evapotranspiration index between Lebanon and Papua New Guinea?
- 0.0143, with Papua New Guinea ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Lebanon and Papua New Guinea?
- 64 years are reported by both, from 1960 to 2023.
- How do Lebanon and Papua New Guinea rank globally for standardised precipitation-evapotranspiration index?
- Lebanon ranks 54th and Papua New Guinea ranks 51st 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.