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Drought Frequency by country 2026 | worldgovdata
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Drought Frequency
EC JRC (INFORM)
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191 countries
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Year
2026
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2026
All regions
East Asia & Pacific
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Latin America & Caribbean
Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan
North America
South Asia
Sub-Saharan Africa
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Value
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1
Gabon
0
2
Latvia
0
3
Montenegro
0
4
Netherlands
0
5
Norway
0
6
Finland
0
7
Maldives
0
8
Naoero
0
9
Ghana
0
10
Estonia
0
11
Oman
0
12
Greece
0
13
Myanmar
0
14
West Bank and Gaza
0
15
Malta
0
16
Egypt, Arab Rep.
0
17
Qatar
0
18
Algeria
0
19
Dominican Republic
0
20
Iceland
0
21
Luxembourg
0
22
Dominica
0
23
Yemen, Rep.
0
24
Saudi Arabia
0
25
Germany
0
26
Czechia
0
27
Albania
0
28
Liechtenstein
0
29
United Arab Emirates
0
30
Vanuatu
0
31
Singapore
0
32
Japan
0
33
Antigua and Barbuda
0
34
Sierra Leone
0
35
Serbia
0
36
Turkiye
0
37
Austria
0
38
Comoros
0
39
Sao Tome and Principe
0
40
Congo, Rep.
0
41
Equatorial Guinea
0
42
St. Kitts and Nevis
0
43
Suriname
0
44
Tunisia
0
45
Cote d'Ivoire
0
46
Seychelles
0
47
Belgium
0
48
Slovak Republic
0
49
Libya
0
50
Benin
0
51
Turkmenistan
0
52
Ireland
0
53
Switzerland
0
54
Canada
0
55
Kuwait
0
56
Liberia
0
57
Slovenia
0
58
Bhutan
0
59
Brunei Darussalam
0
60
Lebanon
0
61
Bahrain
0
62
Bahamas, The
0
63
Togo
0
64
Sweden
0
65
Belarus
0
66
Belize
0
67
North Macedonia
0.03
68
Armenia
0.03
69
Azerbaijan
0.03
70
Bangladesh
0.03
71
Bulgaria
0.03
72
Barbados
0.03
73
Central African Republic
0.03
74
Chile
0.03
75
Congo, Dem. Rep.
0.03
76
Cyprus
0.03
77
Denmark
0.03
78
United Kingdom
0.03
79
Georgia
0.03
80
Guinea
0.03
81
Croatia
0.03
82
Israel
0.03
83
Kazakhstan
0.03
84
Kyrgyz Republic
0.03
85
Kiribati
0.03
86
Korea, Rep.
0.03
87
St. Lucia
0.03
88
Morocco
0.03
89
Mongolia
0.03
90
Mauritius
0.03
91
Nigeria
0.03
92
Palau
0.03
93
Poland
0.03
94
Romania
0.03
95
Tonga
0.03
96
Trinidad and Tobago
0.03
97
Ukraine
0.03
98
Uzbekistan
0.03
99
St. Vincent and the Grenadines
0.03
100
Venezuela, RB
0.03
101
Samoa
0.03
102
New Zealand
0.06
103
Malaysia
0.06
104
Fiji
0.06
105
France
0.06
106
Grenada
0.06
107
Iraq
0.06
108
Tuvalu
0.06
109
Guyana
0.06
110
Timor-Leste
0.06
111
Tajikistan
0.06
112
Bosnia and Herzegovina
0.06
113
Iran, Islamic Rep.
0.06
114
Guinea-Bissau
0.06
115
Jordan
0.06
116
Jamaica
0.06
117
Papua New Guinea
0.06
118
Lao PDR
0.06
119
Pakistan
0.06
120
Hungary
0.06
121
Uruguay
0.09
122
Moldova
0.09
123
Gambia, The
0.09
124
Micronesia, Fed. Sts.
0.09
125
Nepal
0.09
126
Spain
0.09
127
Panama
0.09
128
Korea, Dem. People's Rep.
0.09
129
Portugal
0.09
130
Eritrea
0.09
131
Ecuador
0.09
132
Rwanda
0.09
133
Solomon Islands
0.09
134
South Sudan
0.09
135
Colombia
0.09
136
Cameroon
0.09
137
Botswana
0.09
138
Lithuania
0.09
139
Indonesia
0.11
140
Eswatini
0.11
141
Senegal
0.11
142
Cuba
0.11
143
Argentina
0.11
144
Costa Rica
0.11
145
Russian Federation
0.11
146
Marshall Islands
0.11
147
Peru
0.11
148
Cabo Verde
0.14
149
Syrian Arab Republic
0.14
150
Zambia
0.14
151
Australia
0.14
152
Cambodia
0.14
153
Mexico
0.14
154
Haiti
0.14
155
Sri Lanka
0.14
156
Philippines
0.14
157
Nicaragua
0.17
158
Sudan
0.17
159
El Salvador
0.17
160
Italy
0.17
161
South Africa
0.17
162
Afghanistan
0.17
163
Burundi
0.17
164
Guatemala
0.17
165
Tanzania
0.17
166
Angola
0.2
167
Burkina Faso
0.2
168
Djibouti
0.2
169
Lesotho
0.2
170
Viet Nam
0.2
171
Paraguay
0.2
172
India
0.2
173
Uganda
0.2
174
Chad
0.2
175
Malawi
0.23
176
Zimbabwe
0.23
177
Mauritania
0.23
178
Namibia
0.23
179
Mali
0.23
180
Madagascar
0.26
181
Bolivia
0.26
182
Niger
0.26
183
Thailand
0.29
184
Mozambique
0.31
185
Somalia, Fed. Rep.
0.31
186
Honduras
0.31
187
Ethiopia
0.34
188
Kenya
0.4
189
Brazil
0.43
190
United States
0.49
191
China
0.69
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