Overall Orange Drought for Middle East, Central Asia-2024 in Afghanistan, China, Islamic Republic of Iran, Kyrgyzstan, Kazakhstan, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, Uzbekistan from 21 Oct 2024 00:00 UTC to 10 Jan 2026 00:00 UTC

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Overall Orange Drought for Middle East, Central Asia-2024

in Afghanistan, China, Islamic Republic of Iran, Kyrgyzstan, Kazakhstan, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, Uzbekistan

Event summary

Mild to severe impacts to people and to one or more sectors of the economy.

Name:	Middle East, Central Asia-2024
Countries:	Afghanistan, China, Islamic Republic of Iran, Kyrgyzstan, Kazakhstan, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, Uzbekistan
Start Date:	End of Oct 2024
Duration:	437 days (at 10 Jan 2026)
Impact:	Medium impact for agricultural drought in 196944 km2
More info:	Global Drought Observatory

GDACS Score

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Maximum expected impact using different data sources.

As of 2025-03-01, this event integrated the drought event Iran, Turkmenistan-2025.
In the 2025-03-11 ten-day period this event integrated the part of the drought event Turkiye-2023 located in central Türkiye
As of 2025-06-01, this event integrated the drought event Central Asia-2025.

Episode Timeline

ID	Score	Date	Description impact	Source
1	0.5	10 Jan 2025 00:00	Minor impact for agricultural drought in 147626 km2	GDO
2	0.5	20 Jan 2025 00:00	Minor impact for agricultural drought in 147626 km2	GDO
3	0.75	30 Jan 2025 00:00	Minor impact for agricultural drought in 188253 km2	GDO
4	1	10 Feb 2025 00:00	Medium impact for agricultural drought in 319192 km2	GDO
5	1.25	20 Feb 2025 00:00	Medium impact for agricultural drought in 370840 km2	GDO
6	1.25	02 Mar 2025 00:00	Medium impact for agricultural drought in 359075 km2	GDO
7	1.25	10 Mar 2025 00:00	Medium impact for agricultural drought in 1026497 km2	GDO
8	1.25	20 Mar 2025 00:00	Medium impact for agricultural drought in 1270791 km2	GDO
9	1.25	30 Mar 2025 00:00	Medium impact for agricultural drought in 1066548 km2	GDO
10	1.25	10 Apr 2025 00:00	Medium impact for agricultural drought in 1322276 km2	GDO
11	1.25	20 Apr 2025 00:00	Medium impact for agricultural drought in 1347089 km2	GDO
12	1.25	30 Apr 2025 00:00	Medium impact for agricultural drought in 884485 km2	GDO
13	1.25	10 May 2025 00:00	Medium impact for agricultural drought in 893758 km2	GDO
14	1.25	20 May 2025 00:00	Medium impact for agricultural drought in 903572 km2	GDO
15	1.25	30 May 2025 00:00	Medium impact for agricultural drought in 678423 km2	GDO
16	1.25	10 Jun 2025 00:00	Medium impact for agricultural drought in 1607534 km2	GDO
17	1.25	20 Jun 2025 00:00	Medium impact for agricultural drought in 1610919 km2	GDO
18	1.25	30 Jun 2025 00:00	Medium impact for agricultural drought in 1218283 km2	GDO
19	1.25	10 Jul 2025 00:00	Medium impact for agricultural drought in 1430093 km2	GDO
20	1.25	20 Jul 2025 00:00	Medium impact for agricultural drought in 1468985 km2	GDO
21	1.25	30 Jul 2025 00:00	Medium impact for agricultural drought in 821562 km2	GDO
22	1.25	10 Aug 2025 00:00	Medium impact for agricultural drought in 1099121 km2	GDO
23	1.25	20 Aug 2025 00:00	Medium impact for agricultural drought in 1281491 km2	GDO
24	1.25	30 Aug 2025 00:00	Medium impact for agricultural drought in 383622 km2	GDO
25	1.25	10 Sep 2025 00:00	Medium impact for agricultural drought in 628505 km2	GDO
26	1.25	20 Sep 2025 00:00	Medium impact for agricultural drought in 700989 km2	GDO
27	1.25	30 Sep 2025 00:00	Medium impact for agricultural drought in 338968 km2	GDO
28	1.25	10 Oct 2025 00:00	Medium impact for agricultural drought in 475473 km2	GDO
29	1	20 Oct 2025 00:00	Medium impact for agricultural drought in 686103 km2	GDO
30	1.25	30 Oct 2025 00:00	Medium impact for agricultural drought in 625165 km2	GDO
31	1.25	10 Nov 2025 00:00	Medium impact for agricultural drought in 847482 km2	GDO
32	1.25	20 Nov 2025 00:00	Medium impact for agricultural drought in 1197699 km2	GDO
33	1.25	30 Nov 2025 00:00	Medium impact for agricultural drought in 1220644 km2	GDO
34	1.5	10 Dec 2025 00:00	Medium impact for agricultural drought in 1789569 km2	GDO
35	1.5	20 Dec 2025 00:00	Medium impact for agricultural drought in 1914263 km2	GDO
36	1.5	30 Dec 2025 00:00	Medium impact for agricultural drought in 721712 km2	GDO
37	1.5	10 Jan 2026 00:00	Medium impact for agricultural drought in 891153 km2	GDO
38	1.5	20 Jan 2026 00:00	Medium impact for agricultural drought in 916375 km2	GDO
39	1.25	30 Jan 2026 00:00	Medium impact for agricultural drought in 211830 km2	GDO
40	1	10 Feb 2026 00:00	Medium impact for agricultural drought in 196944 km2	GDO
41	1	04 Mar 2026 00:00	Medium impact for agricultural drought in 196944 km2	GDO

Affected Countries

Country
Afghanistan
Armenia
Azerbaijan
China
Iran
Kazakhstan
Kyrgyzstan
Pakistan
Syria
Tajikistan
Turkey
Turkmenistan
Uzbekistan

Affected ARU (Administrative Reporting Unit)

RDrI-Agri	Name	Country
- Medium	Afghanistan	Afghanistan
- Medium	Tajikistan	Tajikistan
- Medium	Xinjiang Uygur Zizhiqu	China
- Medium	Kermanshah	Iran
- Medium	Chaharmahal-o bakhtiyar	Iran
- Medium	Esfahan	Iran
- Medium	Gilan	Iran
- Medium	Hamedan	Iran
- Medium	Khorasan	Iran
- Medium	Khuzestan	Iran
- Medium	Kordestan	Iran
- Medium	Lorestan	Iran
- Medium	Markazi	Iran
- High	Mazandaran	Iran
- High	Semnan	Iran
- High	Tehran	Iran
- Medium	Zanjan	Iran
- Medium	Aktyubinskaya	Kazakhstan
- Medium	Jambylslkaya	Kazakhstan
- Medium	Karagandinskaya	Kazakhstan
- Medium	Kyzylordinskaya	Kazakhstan
- Low	Mangistauskaya	Kazakhstan
- Medium	Yujno-kazachstanskaya	Kazakhstan
- Medium	North-West Frontier	Pakistan
- Medium	Aleppo	Syria
- Medium	Dayr_Az_Zor	Syria
- Medium	Hassakeh	Syria
- Medium	Raqqa	Syria
- Medium	Adiyaman	Turkey
- Medium	Gaziantep	Turkey
- Medium	K.maras	Turkey
- Medium	Kilis	Turkey
- Medium	Malatya	Turkey
- Medium	Sanliurfa	Turkey
- Medium	Chardzhou	Turkmenistan
- Medium	Tashauz	Turkmenistan
- Medium	Bukhara	Uzbekistan
- Medium	Karakalpakstan	Uzbekistan
- Medium	Khorezm	Uzbekistan
- Low	Samarkand	Uzbekistan
- Medium	Surkhandarya	Uzbekistan
- Medium	Golestan	Iran
- Medium	Ghazvin	Iran
- Medium	Ghom	Iran
- Medium	Navoiy	Uzbekistan
- Medium	Jammu and Kashmir	India
- Medium	Balkan	Turkmenistan
- Medium	Ahal	Turkmenistan
- Medium	Afyon	Turkey
- Medium	Aksaray	Turkey
- Medium	Ankara	Turkey
- Medium	Icel	Turkey
- Medium	Isparta	Turkey
- Medium	Karaman	Turkey
- Medium	Kirsehir	Turkey
- Medium	Konya	Turkey
- Low	Kyrgyzstan	Kyrgyzstan
- Medium	Almatinskaya	Kazakhstan
- Low	Almaty City area	Kazakhstan
- Medium	Armenia	Armenia
- Medium	Azerbaijan	Azerbaijan
- Medium	East Azarbayejan	Iran
- Medium	Ardebil	Iran

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