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    • Global Drought Proportional Economic Loss Risk Deciles

    Metadata Updated: August 22, 2025

    The Global Drought Proportional Economic Loss Risk Deciles is a 2.5 minute grid of drought hazard economic loss as proportions of Gross Domestic Product (GDP) per analytical Unit. Estimates of GDP at risk are based on regional economic loss rates derived from historical records of the Emergency Events Database (EM-DAT). Loss rates are weighted by the hazard's frequency and distribution. The methodology of Sachs et al. (2003) is followed to determine baseline estimates of GDP per grid cell. To better reflect the confidence surrounding the data and procedures, the range of proportionalities is classified into deciles, 10 class of an approximately equal number of grid cells of increasing risk. This data set is the result of collaboration among the Columbia University Center for Hazards and Risk Research (CHRR), International Bank for Reconstruction and Development/The World Bank, and Columbia University Center for International Earth Science Information Network (CIESIN).

    Access & Use Information

    Public: This dataset is intended for public access and use. License: No license information was provided. If this work was prepared by an officer or employee of the United States government as part of that person's official duties it is considered a U.S. Government Work.

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    References

    https://doi.org/10.7927/H4VX0DFT
    https://doi.org/10.7927/H4GQ6VP4
    https://doi.org/10.7927/H4R49NQV

    Dates

    Metadata Created Date November 12, 2020
    Metadata Updated Date August 22, 2025

    Metadata Source

    Harvested from NASA Data.json

    Other Data Resources

    Additional Metadata

    Resource Type Dataset
    Metadata Created Date November 12, 2020
    Metadata Updated Date August 22, 2025
    Publisher SEDAC
    Maintainer
    Identifier C179001852-SEDAC
    Data First Published 2005-12-31
    Language en-US
    Data Last Modified 2025-07-17
    Category NDH, geospatial
    Category Tag 16E15F51 D96E 4051 9124 75665Abdc6Ff "Food Resilience","Food Safety and Nutrition","Food Security"
    Public Access Level public
    Bureau Code 026:00
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    Harvest Source Title NASA Data.json
    Metadata Type geospatial
    Old Spatial -180.0 -58.0 180.0 86.0
    Program Code 026:001
    Related Documents https://doi.org/10.7927/H4VX0DFT, https://doi.org/10.7927/H4GQ6VP4, https://doi.org/10.7927/H4R49NQV
    Source Datajson Identifier True
    Source Hash ab54ea1d5d567543a32575cdeb4f12b6d70dea2b517f06b4c366320ec63b8df0
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    Spatial
    Temporal 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z/2000-12-31T00:00:00Z

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