Historical exposure to drought — Cropland soil moisture anomaly in Melanesia
Melanesia: Historical exposure to drought — Cropland soil moisture anomaly was 2.37 Percentage change in 2025. ◆ Volatile
Historical exposure to drought — Cropland soil moisture anomaly in Melanesia, 1950–2025
Source: Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development. Measured in Percentage change.
Analysis
The most recent figure for historical exposure to drought — cropland soil moisture anomaly in Melanesia is 2.37 Percentage change, measured in 2025.
That represents a change of up 170.7% on the previous year and up 209.8% over ten years.
Over the whole period, historical exposure to drought — cropland soil moisture anomaly in Melanesia peaked at 3.58 Percentage change in 2011 and was at its lowest, -5.53 Percentage change, in 1997.
That places Melanesia 458th out of 2960 countries with data for 2025, putting it in the top quarter.
The series is highly variable year to year, so single readings are best treated with caution.
Historical exposure to drought — Cropland soil moisture anomaly in Melanesia, year by year
| Year | Percentage change | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1950 | 3.56 Percentage change | — |
| 1951 | -0.675 Percentage change | -119.0% |
| 1952 | 1.83 Percentage change | -370.8% |
| 1953 | -2.56 Percentage change | -240.1% |
| 1954 | 1.75 Percentage change | -168.3% |
| 1955 | 0.1629 Percentage change | -90.7% |
| 1956 | 1.14 Percentage change | +599.8% |
| 1957 | 0.8452 Percentage change | -25.9% |
| 1958 | -0.1823 Percentage change | -121.6% |
| 1959 | -0.856 Percentage change | +369.5% |
| 1960 | 0.4334 Percentage change | -150.6% |
| 1961 | 2.2 Percentage change | +408.4% |
| 1962 | 2.82 Percentage change | +28.0% |
| 1963 | -2.66 Percentage change | -194.2% |
| 1964 | 0.8758 Percentage change | -133.0% |
| 1965 | -4.03 Percentage change | -560.6% |
| 1966 | -2.19 Percentage change | -45.7% |
| 1967 | 1.68 Percentage change | -176.8% |
| 1968 | -0.7421 Percentage change | -144.2% |
| 1969 | 0.6487 Percentage change | -187.4% |
| 1970 | 2.59 Percentage change | +298.9% |
| 1971 | 3.49 Percentage change | +34.9% |
| 1972 | -3.09 Percentage change | -188.4% |
| 1973 | 0.4421 Percentage change | -114.3% |
| 1974 | 0.5487 Percentage change | +24.1% |
| 1975 | 3.32 Percentage change | +505.6% |
| 1976 | 1.47 Percentage change | -55.9% |
| 1977 | 0.5649 Percentage change | -61.5% |
| 1978 | 1.42 Percentage change | +151.0% |
| 1979 | -1.39 Percentage change | -197.8% |
| 1980 | -1.66 Percentage change | +19.7% |
| 1981 | 1.57 Percentage change | -194.8% |
| 1982 | -2.32 Percentage change | -247.6% |
| 1983 | 0.8409 Percentage change | -136.3% |
| 1984 | 2.12 Percentage change | +152.7% |
| 1985 | 2.7 Percentage change | +27.0% |
| 1986 | -0.8525 Percentage change | -131.6% |
| 1987 | -4.51 Percentage change | +428.6% |
| 1988 | 1.06 Percentage change | -123.6% |
| 1989 | 3.18 Percentage change | +199.3% |
| 1990 | -0.2748 Percentage change | -108.6% |
| 1991 | -1.56 Percentage change | +467.9% |
| 1992 | -2.36 Percentage change | +51.0% |
| 1993 | -3.82 Percentage change | +62.2% |
| 1994 | -2.49 Percentage change | -34.8% |
| 1995 | 0.2466 Percentage change | -109.9% |
| 1996 | 2.11 Percentage change | +754.3% |
| 1997 | -5.53 Percentage change | -362.7% |
| 1998 | 0.5485 Percentage change | -109.9% |
| 1999 | 1.86 Percentage change | +239.7% |
| 2000 | 2.15 Percentage change | +15.1% |
| 2001 | 0.125 Percentage change | -94.2% |
| 2002 | -0.5711 Percentage change | -556.7% |
| 2003 | -1.51 Percentage change | +164.3% |
| 2004 | -0.723 Percentage change | -52.1% |
| 2005 | -0.1154 Percentage change | -84.0% |
| 2006 | 0.2779 Percentage change | -340.8% |
| 2007 | 1.25 Percentage change | +349.1% |
| 2008 | 2.9 Percentage change | +132.4% |
| 2009 | 1.21 Percentage change | -58.4% |
| 2010 | 2.49 Percentage change | +106.9% |
| 2011 | 3.58 Percentage change | +43.6% |
| 2012 | 1.41 Percentage change | -60.6% |
| 2013 | 3.11 Percentage change | +120.4% |
| 2014 | -0.1506 Percentage change | -104.8% |
| 2015 | -2.16 Percentage change | +1337.0% |
| 2016 | 1.16 Percentage change | -153.7% |
| 2017 | 2.61 Percentage change | +124.6% |
| 2018 | 0.6359 Percentage change | -75.6% |
| 2019 | 0.7344 Percentage change | +15.5% |
| 2020 | 2.4 Percentage change | +227.1% |
| 2021 | 2.87 Percentage change | +19.6% |
| 2022 | 1.95 Percentage change | -32.1% |
| 2023 | 0.5199 Percentage change | -73.3% |
| 2024 | 0.8773 Percentage change | +68.7% |
| 2025 | 2.37 Percentage change | +170.7% |
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Historical exposure to drought — Cropland soil moisture anomaly in Melanesia changed far more than this series normally does. A large move can be a real event or a change in how the figure was measured — the source note below says who published it.
| Year | Change | From | To |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2015 | -1337.0% | -0.1506 Percentage change | -2.16 Percentage change |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1950s | 0.501 Percentage change | -2.56 Percentage change | 3.56 Percentage change | 10 |
| 1960s | -0.0958 Percentage change | -4.03 Percentage change | 2.82 Percentage change | 10 |
| 1970s | 0.9368 Percentage change | -3.09 Percentage change | 3.49 Percentage change | 10 |
| 1980s | 0.2138 Percentage change | -4.51 Percentage change | 3.18 Percentage change | 10 |
| 1990s | -1.13 Percentage change | -5.53 Percentage change | 2.11 Percentage change | 10 |
| 2000s | 0.4982 Percentage change | -1.51 Percentage change | 2.9 Percentage change | 10 |
| 2010s | 1.34 Percentage change | -2.16 Percentage change | 3.58 Percentage change | 10 |
| 2020s | 1.83 Percentage change | 0.5199 Percentage change | 2.87 Percentage change | 6 |
More environment data for Melanesia
- Standard Deviation, annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2025)
- Historical exposure to drought — Land soil moisture anomaly 1.59 Percentage change (2025)
- Standard Deviation 0.179 °C (2025)
- Temperature change 0.857 °C (2025)
- Nutrient phosphate P2O5 (total) — Use per area of cropland 3.85 kg/ha (2024)
- Land area — Area 52,995 1000 ha (2024)
- Nutrient phosphate P2O5 (total) — Use per capita 0.47 kg/cap (2024)
- Nutrient phosphate P2O5 (total) — Use per value of agricultural 1.3 g/Int$ (2024)
- Nutrient potash K2O (total) — Import quantity 21,133 t (2024)
- Value Added Deflator (Agriculture, forestry and fishery) — Value US$ 118.85 USD (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is historical exposure to drought — cropland soil moisture anomaly in Melanesia?
- Historical exposure to drought — cropland soil moisture anomaly in Melanesia was 2.37 Percentage change in 2025, according to Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development.
- What is the highest historical exposure to drought — cropland soil moisture anomaly recorded in Melanesia?
- The highest recorded value was 3.58 Percentage change in 2011.
- What is the lowest historical exposure to drought — cropland soil moisture anomaly recorded in Melanesia?
- The lowest recorded value was -5.53 Percentage change in 1997.
- How does Melanesia rank for historical exposure to drought — cropland soil moisture anomaly?
- Melanesia ranks 458th out of 2960 countries with data for 2025.
- Is historical exposure to drought — cropland soil moisture anomaly rising or falling in Melanesia?
- Over the last ten years it is up 209.8%. The long-run trend across the full record is volatile.
- Where does this Melanesia data come from?
- The figures come from Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development, published as part of Historical exposure to drought — Cropland soil moisture anomaly. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
The dataset provides annual anomalies in land and cropland soil moisture content of the top soil layer (0 to 7 cm) compared to the reference period 1981-2010. Exposure indicators to drought have been prepared by the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD). Please see the working paper for a more complete description of the methods. The datasets span the period 1981-2024 and is the result of the use of a variety of geospatial data sources, including the ERA5-Land averaged monthly data of volumetric soil moisture and ESA CCI land cover data. Average anomalies have been calculated for both land and cropland exposure to drought. The dataset has a global coverage on a national level; on the sub-national TL2 level (i.e. large subnational regions) results are reported for all OECD countries as well as for Argentina, Brazil, China, India, Indonesia and South Africa. A number of aggregates are included: Euro area, European Union, Advanced economies, Emerging market economies, G7, G20, OECD, OECD Europe, OECD Asia Oceania, OECD Americas and the LAC region. Data source(s): Copernicus Climate Change Initiative land cover data and Copernicus Climate Data Store monthly soil moisture data based on the ERA5-Land reanalysis dataset. Contact: ENV.Stat@oecd.org