Historic droughts timeline

Drought is one of the phenomena under the attention of the United Nations due to the multiple impacts it has on human society. The United Nations Convention to Combat Desertification (UNCCD), in its 2022 report, compiled a list of historical drought events, which you can read below.

2022

• Ethiopia

2020-2021

• North America

• Brazil

2018-2021

• Southern Africa

2017

• China

2016-2019

• Central America

2015-2020

• Europe

2015-2018

• South-East Asia

2011-2017

• North America

2011

• East Africa

• Tuvalu island

2010-2019

• South America

2010-2016

• Brazil

2010-2013

• Mexico

• Southern US

2010-2012

• Sahel

2010-2011

• China

2001-2009

• Australia (Millennium drought)

1997

• South America

1991-1999

• Southern Europe

1990-1999

• Sudan

1988-1989

• North America

1985

• Southern Europe

1983-1985

• Ethiopia

• Sudan (1983)

1979-1983

• Eastern Australia

1968-1977

• South America

1965

• India

1942

• India

1934-1940

• North America

1928

• China

1921

• Europe

1910-1920

• Sahel

1901

• Australia (Federation Drought)

1900

• India

Note

The list of drought past events reported in the “United Nation report 2022, page 13, fig. 3”.

Tip

Once you completed the notebooks, you could try to identify the events indicated in the UN report.