Somalia vs South Sudan: Standardised Precipitation-Evapotranspiration Index
Standardised Precipitation-Evapotranspiration Index over time
- Somalia
- South Sudan
How they compare
South Sudan currently reports -0.8559 against -0.8577 in Somalia, a difference of 0.0018.
The two have swapped places 31 times across 64 shared years of data; in 1960 it was Somalia ahead.
Somalia ranks 127th and South Sudan ranks 126th of 189 countries.
Somalia has averaged higher in every one of the 7 decades both report.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Somalia | South Sudan | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 0.9856 | 0.8366 | 0.149 | Somalia |
| 1970s | -0.1121 | -0.2813 | 0.1692 | Somalia |
| 1980s | 0.2795 | -0.8117 | 1.09 | Somalia |
| 1990s | -0.0142 | -0.0771 | 0.0629 | Somalia |
| 2000s | -0.1933 | -0.5656 | 0.3724 | Somalia |
| 2010s | 0.0952 | -0.3428 | 0.438 | Somalia |
| 2020s | -0.0864 | -0.2631 | 0.1767 | Somalia |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher standardised precipitation-evapotranspiration index, Somalia or South Sudan?
- South Sudan, at -0.8559 against -0.8577 in Somalia as of 2023.
- What is the difference in standardised precipitation-evapotranspiration index between Somalia and South Sudan?
- 0.0018, with South Sudan ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Somalia and South Sudan?
- 64 years are reported by both, from 1960 to 2023.
- How do Somalia and South Sudan rank globally for standardised precipitation-evapotranspiration index?
- Somalia ranks 127th and South Sudan ranks 126th 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.