Historical exposure to drought — Land soil moisture anomaly in Central Pacific
Central Pacific: Historical exposure to drought — Land soil moisture anomaly was 4.87 Percentage change in 2025. ◆ Volatile
Historical exposure to drought — Land soil moisture anomaly in Central Pacific, 1950–2025
Source: Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development. Measured in Percentage change.
Analysis
The most recent figure for historical exposure to drought — land soil moisture anomaly in Central Pacific is 4.87 Percentage change, measured in 2025. That is the highest value across all 76 years on record.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 595.0% on the previous year and up 372.3% over ten years.
Over the whole period, historical exposure to drought — land soil moisture anomaly in Central Pacific peaked at 4.87 Percentage change in 2025 and was at its lowest, -6.51 Percentage change, in 2019.
Central Pacific ranks 187th of 3127 regions on this measure, in the top 10%.
The series is highly variable year to year, so single readings are best treated with caution.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1950s | -0.1767 Percentage change | -3.36 Percentage change | 2.58 Percentage change | 10 |
| 1960s | -0.9148 Percentage change | -3.38 Percentage change | 0.1133 Percentage change | 10 |
| 1970s | 1.04 Percentage change | -1.61 Percentage change | 3.04 Percentage change | 10 |
| 1980s | -0.1788 Percentage change | -2.8 Percentage change | 4.04 Percentage change | 10 |
| 1990s | 0.225 Percentage change | -4.19 Percentage change | 4.77 Percentage change | 10 |
| 2000s | -0.3323 Percentage change | -2.87 Percentage change | 1.37 Percentage change | 10 |
| 2010s | -0.4479 Percentage change | -6.51 Percentage change | 3.89 Percentage change | 10 |
| 2020s | 1.74 Percentage change | -0.573 Percentage change | 4.87 Percentage change | 6 |
Countries ranked near Central Pacific
- 184 Comoros -9.29 Percentage change compare
- 185 West Midlands -9.38 Percentage change compare
- 186 East Midlands -9.5 Percentage change compare
- 187 Benin -9.6 Percentage change compare
- 188 Congo -9.96 Percentage change compare
- 189 Côte d’Ivoire -10.2 Percentage change compare
- 190 East of England -10.25 Percentage change compare
More environment data for Central Pacific
- Historical exposure to drought — Cropland soil moisture anomaly 4.9 Percentage change (2025)
- Exposure to drought — Cropland soil moisture anomaly 0.8623 Percentage change (2024)
- Exposure to drought — Land soil moisture anomaly 0.75 Percentage change (2024)
- River flooding exposure — Cropland share exposed to river flooding 0 Percentage of agricultural land area (2022)
- Land cover and land cover change — Grassland 1.25 Square kilometres (2022)
- Land cover and land cover change — Loss of cropland 322.17 Square kilometres (2022)
- Land cover and land cover change — Gain of artificial surfaces 12.37 Square kilometres (2022)
Frequently asked questions
- What is historical exposure to drought — land soil moisture anomaly in Central Pacific?
- Historical exposure to drought — land soil moisture anomaly in Central Pacific was 4.87 Percentage change in 2025, according to Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development.
- What is the highest historical exposure to drought — land soil moisture anomaly recorded in Central Pacific?
- The highest recorded value was 4.87 Percentage change in 2025.
- What is the lowest historical exposure to drought — land soil moisture anomaly recorded in Central Pacific?
- The lowest recorded value was -6.51 Percentage change in 2019.
- How does Central Pacific rank for historical exposure to drought — land soil moisture anomaly?
- Central Pacific ranks 187th out of 3127 regions with data for 2025.
- Is historical exposure to drought — land soil moisture anomaly rising or falling in Central Pacific?
- Over the last ten years it is up 372.3%. The long-run trend across the full record is volatile.
- Where does this Central Pacific data come from?
- The figures come from Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development, published as part of Historical exposure to drought — Land 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