Category: Climate physical risk
Risk type: Drought
Indicator: Area at low to extremely high risk of drought
Provider: WRI

Drought risk is a combination of drought hazard, drought exposure, and drought vulnerability. Higher values indicate higher risk of drought. These values were then converted into risk scores based on the thresholds defined in the methodology.

  • Source/link:
  • Unit:
    km2
  • Data type:
    Risk
  • Geographical scope:
    World
  • Frequency of data aggregation:
    Periodically
  • Time coverage (from year):
    2000
  • Time coverage (to year):
    2014
  • Available for download in xls/csv:
    NO
  • Can be disclosed in other formats:
    NO
  • Interactive map/graph available:
    YES