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This is a list of significant droughts, organized by large geographical area and then year.
Africa
- Aoyate drought in the late 18th or early 19th century
- 1983–1985 famine in Ethiopia
- 2008–2009 Kenya drought
- 2011 East Africa drought
- Sahel drought
- Eastern Cape drought
- 2017 Somali drought
- 2018–2021 Southern African drought
- 2020–2023 Horn of Africa drought
- 2021 Somali drought
- Food security in Malawi
Australia
- Drought in Australia
- Federation Drought (1901)
- 1911–1916 Australian drought
- 1979–1983 Eastern Australian drought
- 2000s Australian drought
Caribbean
China
Europe
India
- Deccan famine of 1630–1632
- Great Bengal famine of 1770
- Chalisa famine
- Doji bara famine
- Guntur famine of 1832
- Agra famine of 1837–1838
- Upper Doab famine of 1860–1861
- Orissa famine of 1866
- Rajputana famine of 1869
- Bihar famine of 1873–1874
- Great Famine of 1876–1878
- Tamil Nadu famine (1891)
- Indian famine of 1896–1897
- Indian famine of 1899–1900
- Bengal famine of 1943
- Bihar drought of 1966–1967
- 2013 drought in Maharashtra
- 2016–2017 Drought in Tamil Nadu
South Pacific
United States
Main article: Droughts in the United States- 1935 Black Sunday (storm)
- 1934–35 North American drought
- 1950s Texas drought
- 1983–1985 North American drought
- 1988–1990 North American drought
- 2002 North American drought
- 2006–2008 Southeastern United States drought
- 2010–2013 Southern United States and Mexico drought
- 2011–2017 California drought
- 2012–2013 North American drought
South America
- Drought in Chile
- Chilean water crisis
- Petorca water crisis (2010–present)
- Drought in Uruguay (2020–present)
- Drought in Brazil
Soviet Union
Main article: Droughts and famines in Russia and the Soviet UnionUnited Kingdom
- 1906 UK Drought and Heatwave
- 1911 UK Drought and Heatwave
- 1955 UK Drought and Heatwave
- 1976 UK Drought and Heatwave
- 1990 UK Drought and Heatwave
- 1995 UK Drought and Heatwave (The drought generally lasted until Summer 1997)
- 2003 UK Drought and Heatwave
- 2006 UK Drought and Heatwave
- 2011 UK Drought and March–April Heatwave (The drought continued from 2010 and lasted through until March 2012)
Part of the 2010-2012 UK Drought. 2011 UK September–October Heatwave
Part of the 2010-2012 UK Drought. 2012 UK March Heatwave
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