Historical exposure to drought — Land soil moisture anomaly in Kochi
Kochi: Historical exposure to drought — Land soil moisture anomaly was -7.21 Percentage change in 2025. ◆ Volatile
Historical exposure to drought — Land soil moisture anomaly in Kochi, 1950–2025
Source: Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development. Measured in Percentage change.
Analysis
Kochi recorded -7.21 Percentage change for historical exposure to drought — land soil moisture anomaly in 2025. That is the lowest value across all 76 years on record.
Compared with earlier readings it is down 346.3% on the previous year and down 932.8% over ten years.
Over the whole period, historical exposure to drought — land soil moisture anomaly in Kochi peaked at 4.09 Percentage change in 2002 and was at its lowest, -7.21 Percentage change, in 2025.
Kochi ranks 2581st of 3112 groups on this measure, in the bottom quarter.
The series is highly variable year to year, so single readings are best treated with caution.
Historical exposure to drought — Land soil moisture anomaly in Kochi, year by year
| Year | Percentage change | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1950 | 1.51 Percentage change | — |
| 1951 | -2.83 Percentage change | -287.5% |
| 1952 | -2.05 Percentage change | -27.6% |
| 1953 | -0.7215 Percentage change | -64.8% |
| 1954 | -0.215 Percentage change | -70.2% |
| 1955 | -0.2055 Percentage change | -4.4% |
| 1956 | -3.75 Percentage change | +1725.2% |
| 1957 | -2.61 Percentage change | -30.5% |
| 1958 | -1.01 Percentage change | -61.1% |
| 1959 | -0.7608 Percentage change | -25.0% |
| 1960 | 0.2327 Percentage change | -130.6% |
| 1961 | 0.0741 Percentage change | -68.1% |
| 1962 | -3.66 Percentage change | -5031.1% |
| 1963 | -0.3866 Percentage change | -89.4% |
| 1964 | -0.0963 Percentage change | -75.1% |
| 1965 | -0.3144 Percentage change | +226.4% |
| 1966 | -2.24 Percentage change | +613.8% |
| 1967 | -0.0513 Percentage change | -97.7% |
| 1968 | -1.24 Percentage change | +2324.4% |
| 1969 | 0.6772 Percentage change | -154.4% |
| 1970 | 0.9442 Percentage change | +39.4% |
| 1971 | -0.6896 Percentage change | -173.0% |
| 1972 | 0.9731 Percentage change | -241.1% |
| 1973 | -0.0684 Percentage change | -107.0% |
| 1974 | -1.32 Percentage change | +1828.6% |
| 1975 | 2.42 Percentage change | -283.8% |
| 1976 | -2.3 Percentage change | -195.1% |
| 1977 | -2.05 Percentage change | -11.1% |
| 1978 | -2.06 Percentage change | +0.3% |
| 1979 | -1.83 Percentage change | -11.2% |
| 1980 | 3.37 Percentage change | -284.6% |
| 1981 | 3.05 Percentage change | -9.4% |
| 1982 | 0.1978 Percentage change | -93.5% |
| 1983 | -2.74 Percentage change | -1487.2% |
| 1984 | -0.4836 Percentage change | -82.4% |
| 1985 | -1.61 Percentage change | +232.5% |
| 1986 | -4.08 Percentage change | +153.4% |
| 1987 | 1.27 Percentage change | -131.1% |
| 1988 | -3.62 Percentage change | -385.5% |
| 1989 | 0.063 Percentage change | -101.7% |
| 1990 | -0.5639 Percentage change | -995.0% |
| 1991 | 3.91 Percentage change | -793.6% |
| 1992 | -0.8309 Percentage change | -121.2% |
| 1993 | 3.36 Percentage change | -504.6% |
| 1994 | -3.37 Percentage change | -200.2% |
| 1995 | -0.2336 Percentage change | -93.1% |
| 1996 | 1.03 Percentage change | -539.2% |
| 1997 | -4.65 Percentage change | -553.2% |
| 1998 | 0.1307 Percentage change | -102.8% |
| 1999 | -2.72 Percentage change | -2181.6% |
| 2000 | 3.71 Percentage change | -236.5% |
| 2001 | 3.11 Percentage change | -16.1% |
| 2002 | 4.09 Percentage change | +31.4% |
| 2003 | 1.95 Percentage change | -52.3% |
| 2004 | 1.22 Percentage change | -37.8% |
| 2005 | -3.96 Percentage change | -425.5% |
| 2006 | 0.5682 Percentage change | -114.4% |
| 2007 | -2.16 Percentage change | -479.9% |
| 2008 | 1.54 Percentage change | -171.4% |
| 2009 | -1.03 Percentage change | -166.8% |
| 2010 | 2.83 Percentage change | -375.1% |
| 2011 | 0.3694 Percentage change | -87.0% |
| 2012 | 1.21 Percentage change | +226.9% |
| 2013 | -0.9543 Percentage change | -179.0% |
| 2014 | 0.8071 Percentage change | -184.6% |
| 2015 | 0.8657 Percentage change | +7.3% |
| 2016 | 0.636 Percentage change | -26.5% |
| 2017 | -1.66 Percentage change | -360.3% |
| 2018 | -0.0903 Percentage change | -94.5% |
| 2019 | 1.89 Percentage change | -2194.7% |
| 2020 | -0.6424 Percentage change | -134.0% |
| 2021 | -1.81 Percentage change | +181.4% |
| 2022 | -0.2762 Percentage change | -84.7% |
| 2023 | -2.52 Percentage change | +813.6% |
| 2024 | 2.93 Percentage change | -216.0% |
| 2025 | -7.21 Percentage change | -346.3% |
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Historical exposure to drought — Land soil moisture anomaly in Kochi 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1962 | -5031.1% | 0.0741 Percentage change | -3.66 Percentage change |
| 1968 | -2324.4% | -0.0513 Percentage change | -1.24 Percentage change |
| 2019 | +2194.7% | -0.0903 Percentage change | 1.89 Percentage change |
| 1999 | -2181.6% | 0.1307 Percentage change | -2.72 Percentage change |
| 1974 | -1828.6% | -0.0684 Percentage change | -1.32 Percentage change |
| 1956 | -1725.2% | -0.2055 Percentage change | -3.75 Percentage change |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1950s | -1.27 Percentage change | -3.75 Percentage change | 1.51 Percentage change | 10 |
| 1960s | -0.7009 Percentage change | -3.66 Percentage change | 0.6772 Percentage change | 10 |
| 1970s | -0.5972 Percentage change | -2.3 Percentage change | 2.42 Percentage change | 10 |
| 1980s | -0.4574 Percentage change | -4.08 Percentage change | 3.37 Percentage change | 10 |
| 1990s | -0.3939 Percentage change | -4.65 Percentage change | 3.91 Percentage change | 10 |
| 2000s | 0.9053 Percentage change | -3.96 Percentage change | 4.09 Percentage change | 10 |
| 2010s | 0.5908 Percentage change | -1.66 Percentage change | 2.83 Percentage change | 10 |
| 2020s | -1.59 Percentage change | -7.21 Percentage change | 2.93 Percentage change | 6 |
More environment data for Kochi
- Drought - Cities and FUAs — Land soil moisture anomaly -8.3 Percentage change (2025)
- Historical exposure to drought — Cropland soil moisture anomaly -6.83 Percentage change (2025)
- Greenhouse gas emissions - Cities and FUAs — GHG emissions from waste 0.02 Tonnes of CO2-equivalent (2024)
- Greenhouse gas emissions - Cities and FUAs — GHG emissions from 0 % change on previous year (2024)
- River flooding exposure — Cropland share exposed to river flooding 0 Percentage of agricultural land area (2022)
- Land surface temperature - Cities and FUAs — Daytime summer land 30.2 Degrees celsius (2024)
- Land surface temperature - Cities and FUAs — Daytime winter land 11.41 Degrees celsius (2024)
- Land surface temperature - Cities and FUAs — Daytime yearly land 20.12 Degrees celsius (2024)
- Land surface temperature - Cities and FUAs — Nighttime summer land 21.07 Degrees celsius (2024)
- Land surface temperature - Cities and FUAs — Nighttime winter land 3.44 Degrees celsius (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is historical exposure to drought — land soil moisture anomaly in Kochi?
- Historical exposure to drought — land soil moisture anomaly in Kochi was -7.21 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 Kochi?
- The highest recorded value was 4.09 Percentage change in 2002.
- What is the lowest historical exposure to drought — land soil moisture anomaly recorded in Kochi?
- The lowest recorded value was -7.21 Percentage change in 2025.
- How does Kochi rank for historical exposure to drought — land soil moisture anomaly?
- Kochi ranks 2581st out of 3112 groups with data for 2025.
- Is historical exposure to drought — land soil moisture anomaly rising or falling in Kochi?
- Over the last ten years it is down 932.8%. The long-run trend across the full record is volatile.
- Where does this Kochi 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