Historical exposure to drought — Land soil moisture anomaly in Svalbard
Svalbard: Historical exposure to drought — Land soil moisture anomaly was 4.2 Percentage change in 2025. ◆ Volatile
Historical exposure to drought — Land soil moisture anomaly in Svalbard, 1950–2025
Source: Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development. Measured in Percentage change.
Analysis
In 2025, historical exposure to drought — land soil moisture anomaly in Svalbard stood at 4.2 Percentage change.
The figure is up 6.7% on the previous year and up 56.8% over ten years.
Over the whole period, historical exposure to drought — land soil moisture anomaly in Svalbard peaked at 7.42 Percentage change in 2021 and was at its lowest, -2.97 Percentage change, in 1966.
Svalbard ranks 246th 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 | 0.5118 Percentage change | -1.15 Percentage change | 2.11 Percentage change | 10 |
| 1960s | -0.7389 Percentage change | -2.97 Percentage change | 0.87 Percentage change | 10 |
| 1970s | 0.5356 Percentage change | -1.2 Percentage change | 1.88 Percentage change | 10 |
| 1980s | -0.2575 Percentage change | -2.31 Percentage change | 1.47 Percentage change | 10 |
| 1990s | -0.3163 Percentage change | -1.85 Percentage change | 0.6479 Percentage change | 10 |
| 2000s | 0.7415 Percentage change | -0.7421 Percentage change | 2.34 Percentage change | 10 |
| 2010s | 2.82 Percentage change | -0.2058 Percentage change | 5.98 Percentage change | 10 |
| 2020s | 4.62 Percentage change | 3.47 Percentage change | 7.42 Percentage change | 6 |
Frequently asked questions
- What is historical exposure to drought — land soil moisture anomaly in Svalbard?
- Historical exposure to drought — land soil moisture anomaly in Svalbard was 4.2 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 Svalbard?
- The highest recorded value was 7.42 Percentage change in 2021.
- What is the lowest historical exposure to drought — land soil moisture anomaly recorded in Svalbard?
- The lowest recorded value was -2.97 Percentage change in 1966.
- How does Svalbard rank for historical exposure to drought — land soil moisture anomaly?
- Svalbard ranks 246th out of 3127 regions with data for 2025.
- Is historical exposure to drought — land soil moisture anomaly rising or falling in Svalbard?
- Over the last ten years it is up 56.8%. The long-run trend across the full record is volatile.
- Where does this Svalbard 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