Temperature change on land compared with 1951 to 1980

Difference between the mean surface temperature over land in the country during the meteorological year (December to November) and the average for 1951 to 1980. Based on the NASA GISS temperature analysis (GISTEMP), compiled by FAO.

Unit: °C difference from the 1951 to 1980 average Frequency: Annual Coverage: 209 countries and 1 group 1961 to 2025 Source: FAOSTAT
Highest in 2025 3.29 °Ce (Estimated value) Kazakhstan Lowest in 2025 0.34 °Ce (Estimated value) Solomon Islands
World, 2025 1.88 °Ce (Estimated value) Official aggregate published by the source
Countries ranked for 2025 199

199 countries have a value for 2025, the latest period in the data.

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°C difference from the 1951 to 1980 average. Source: FAO, FAOSTAT. Licence: CC BY 4.0. Gaps mean no published value; points are not joined across missing years.

Temperature change on land compared with 1951 to 1980 (°C difference from the 1951 to 1980 average), 2001 to 2025
Period ParaguayUnited States
2025 0.70 °Ce (Estimated value) 1.76 °Ce (Estimated value)
2024 2.10 °Ce (Estimated value) 1.95 °Ce (Estimated value)
2023 1.93 °Ce (Estimated value) 1.19 °Ce (Estimated value)
2022 0.83 °Ce (Estimated value) 1.20 °Ce (Estimated value)
2021 0.86 °Ce (Estimated value) 1.15 °Ce (Estimated value)
2020 1.53 °Ce (Estimated value) 1.31 °Ce (Estimated value)
2019 1.43 °Ce (Estimated value) 1.01 °Ce (Estimated value)
2018 0.65 °Ce (Estimated value) 1.25 °Ce (Estimated value)
2017 1.27 °Ce (Estimated value) 1.42 °Ce (Estimated value)
2016 0.38 °Ce (Estimated value) 2.21 °Ce (Estimated value)
2015 1.64 °Ce (Estimated value) 1.54 °Ce (Estimated value)
2014 1.29 °Ce (Estimated value) 0.51 °Ce (Estimated value)
2013 0.49 °Ce (Estimated value) 0.62 °Ce (Estimated value)
2012 0.96 °Ce (Estimated value) 1.46 °Ce (Estimated value)
2011 0.72 °Ce (Estimated value) 0.54 °Ce (Estimated value)
2010 0.48 °Ce (Estimated value) 0.71 °Ce (Estimated value)
2009 1.04 °Ce (Estimated value) 0.41 °Ce (Estimated value)
2008 0.39 °Ce (Estimated value) 0.22 °Ce (Estimated value)
2007 0.38 °Ce (Estimated value) 1.15 °Ce (Estimated value)
2006 1.02 °Ce (Estimated value) 1.03 °Ce (Estimated value)
2005 0.63 °Ce (Estimated value) 1.16 °Ce (Estimated value)
2004 0.48 °Ce (Estimated value) 0.86 °Ce (Estimated value)
2003 0.85 °Ce (Estimated value) 0.99 °Ce (Estimated value)
2002 1.21 °Ce (Estimated value) 0.96 °Ce (Estimated value)
2001 0.73 °Ce (Estimated value) 0.79 °Ce (Estimated value)

Flags: e Estimated value . A dash means no value was published.

In short

  • Among the 199 countries with a value for 2025, the highest is Kazakhstan (3.29 °C) and the lowest Solomon Islands (0.34 °C).
  • Half of the countries are above 1.49 °C and half below.
  • From 2024 to 2025 the value rose in 30 countries and fell in 169.
  • The figure for the world was 1.88 °C in 2025, against 1.66 °C in 2020 (+0.22).

About this measure

Definition
Difference between the mean surface temperature over land in the country during the meteorological year (December to November) and the average for 1951 to 1980. Based on the NASA GISS temperature analysis (GISTEMP), compiled by FAO.
Unit
°C difference from the 1951 to 1980 average
Frequency
Annual
Changes are shown as
Differences in the same unit (°C)

Before comparing

  • Single years vary a lot; look at the trend over several years.
  • A negative value means cooler than the 1951 to 1980 average.

Source and dates

Original producer
FAOSTAT
Source
Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, FAOSTAT
Dataset or series code
ET · dataset details · view at source
Selection
Months Code=7020 Element Code=7271
Observation period
1961 to 2025
Provider update
Not stated by the provider
Retrieved
9 November 2026
Published here
9 November 2026
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (FAO statistical database terms)
Attribution
Source: FAO, FAOSTAT. Licence: CC BY 4.0

All countries in 2025 Every value is for 2025, so the countries are compared at the same point in time.

  1. 1 Kazakhstan 3.29 °Ce (Estimated value)
  2. 2 Kyrgyzstan 2.97 °Ce (Estimated value)
  3. 3 Canada 2.96 °Ce (Estimated value)
  4. 4 Finland 2.94 °Ce (Estimated value)
  5. 5 Russia 2.87 °Ce (Estimated value)
  6. 6 Estonia 2.78 °Ce (Estimated value)
  7. 7 Uzbekistan 2.76 °Ce (Estimated value)
  8. 8 Sweden 2.72 °Ce (Estimated value)
  9. 9 Andorra 2.58 °Ce (Estimated value)
  10. 10 Belarus 2.57 °Ce (Estimated value)
  11. 11 Latvia 2.57 °Ce (Estimated value)
  12. 12 Norway 2.52 °Ce (Estimated value)
  13. 13 Monaco 2.41 °Ce (Estimated value)
  14. 14 Lithuania 2.41 °Ce (Estimated value)
  15. 15 Mongolia 2.37 °Ce (Estimated value)
  16. 16 Switzerland 2.33 °Ce (Estimated value)
  17. 17 Tajikistan 2.32 °Ce (Estimated value)
  18. 18 France 2.31 °Ce (Estimated value)
  19. 19 Spain 2.30 °Ce (Estimated value)
  20. 20 Gibraltar 2.29 °Ce (Estimated value)
  21. 21 Denmark 2.29 °Ce (Estimated value)
  22. 22 Liechtenstein 2.28 °Ce (Estimated value)
  23. 23 Ukraine 2.27 °Ce (Estimated value)
  24. 24 North Korea 2.26 °Ce (Estimated value)
  25. 25 Turkmenistan 2.23 °Ce (Estimated value)
  26. 26 Slovenia 2.22 °Ce (Estimated value)
  27. 27 North Macedonia 2.22 °Ce (Estimated value)
  28. 28 Belgium 2.19 °Ce (Estimated value)
  29. 29 Italy 2.18 °Ce (Estimated value)
  30. 30 Bulgaria 2.18 °Ce (Estimated value)
  31. 31 Luxembourg 2.18 °Ce (Estimated value)
  32. 32 Austria 2.17 °Ce (Estimated value)
  33. 33 Greenland 2.17 °Ce (Estimated value)
  34. 34 Netherlands 2.16 °Ce (Estimated value)
  35. 35 Malta 2.16 °Ce (Estimated value)
  36. 36 Albania 2.15 °Ce (Estimated value)
  37. 37 Portugal 2.15 °Ce (Estimated value)
  38. 38 Morocco 2.14 °Ce (Estimated value)
  39. 39 Croatia 2.13 °Ce (Estimated value)
  40. 40 Serbia 2.12 °Ce (Estimated value)
  41. 41 San Marino 2.11 °Ce (Estimated value)
  42. 42 Germany 2.11 °Ce (Estimated value)
  43. 43 Syria 2.09 °Ce (Estimated value)
  44. 44 Bosnia and Herzegovina 2.09 °Ce (Estimated value)
  45. 45 Bhutan 2.08 °Ce (Estimated value)
  46. 46 Iran 2.07 °Ce (Estimated value)
  47. 47 Montenegro 2.06 °Ce (Estimated value)
  48. 48 Poland 2.06 °Ce (Estimated value)
  49. 49 Romania 2.03 °Ce (Estimated value)
  50. 50 Tunisia 2.02 °Ce (Estimated value)
  51. 51 Hungary 2.01 °Ce (Estimated value)
  52. 52 Algeria 2.01 °Ce (Estimated value)
  53. 53 Iraq 1.99 °Ce (Estimated value)
  54. 54 Czechia 1.97 °Ce (Estimated value)
  55. 55 Afghanistan 1.96 °Ce (Estimated value)
  56. 56 Kuwait 1.95 °Ce (Estimated value)
  57. 57 Moldova 1.95 °Ce (Estimated value)
  58. 58 Greece 1.95 °Ce (Estimated value)
  59. 59 Türkiye 1.93 °Ce (Estimated value)
  60. 60 China 1.92 °Ce (Estimated value)
  61. 61 South Sudan 1.92 °Ce (Estimated value)
  62. 62 South Korea 1.90 °Ce (Estimated value)
  63. 63 Slovakia 1.90 °Ce (Estimated value)
  64. 64 Ireland 1.89 °Ce (Estimated value)
  65. 65 Lebanon 1.89 °Ce (Estimated value)
  66. 66 Panama 1.87 °Ce (Estimated value)
  67. 67 Isle of Man 1.86 °Ce (Estimated value)
  68. 68 Japan 1.86 °Ce (Estimated value)
  69. 69 Suriname 1.86 °Ce (Estimated value)
  70. 70 Mauritania 1.86 °Ce (Estimated value)
  71. 71 Azerbaijan 1.85 °Ce (Estimated value)
  72. 72 United Kingdom 1.84 °Ce (Estimated value)
  73. 73 Bahrain 1.82 °Ce (Estimated value)
  74. 74 Cyprus 1.80 °Ce (Estimated value)
  75. 75 Trinidad and Tobago 1.79 °Ce (Estimated value)
  76. 76 Qatar 1.77 °Ce (Estimated value)
  77. 77 Jamaica 1.76 °Ce (Estimated value)
  78. 78 United States 1.76 °Ce (Estimated value)
  79. 79 Georgia 1.75 °Ce (Estimated value)
  80. 80 Armenia 1.74 °Ce (Estimated value)
  81. 81 West Bank and Gaza 1.70 °Ce (Estimated value)
  82. 82 Israel 1.69 °Ce (Estimated value)
  83. 83 New Caledonia 1.69 °Ce (Estimated value)
  84. 84 Bangladesh 1.67 °Ce (Estimated value)
  85. 85 Faroe Islands 1.67 °Ce (Estimated value)
  86. 86 Cabo Verde 1.65 °Ce (Estimated value)
  87. 87 Jordan 1.64 °Ce (Estimated value)
  88. 88 Cayman Islands 1.64 °Ce (Estimated value)
  89. 89 Mexico 1.62 °Ce (Estimated value)
  90. 90 Costa Rica 1.61 °Ce (Estimated value)
  91. 91 Colombia 1.59 °Ce (Estimated value)
  92. 92 Comoros 1.59 °Ce (Estimated value)
  93. 93 Saudi Arabia 1.58 °Ce (Estimated value)
  94. 94 Pakistan 1.58 °Ce (Estimated value)
  95. 95 Somalia, Fed. Rep. 1.54 °Ce (Estimated value)
  96. 96 Côte d'Ivoire 1.52 °Ce (Estimated value)
  97. 97 Haiti 1.51 °Ce (Estimated value)
  98. 98 United Arab Emirates 1.50 °Ce (Estimated value)
  99. 99 Ecuador 1.49 °Ce (Estimated value)
  100. 100 Guyana 1.49 °Ce (Estimated value)
  101. 101 Senegal 1.48 °Ce (Estimated value)
  102. 102 Iceland 1.47 °Ce (Estimated value)
  103. 103 Guatemala 1.47 °Ce (Estimated value)
  104. 104 Grenada 1.45 °Ce (Estimated value)
  105. 105 Mali 1.44 °Ce (Estimated value)
  106. 106 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 1.44 °Ce (Estimated value)
  107. 107 Myanmar 1.43 °Ce (Estimated value)
  108. 108 Nepal 1.43 °Ce (Estimated value)
  109. 109 Liberia 1.42 °Ce (Estimated value)
  110. 110 Cuba 1.40 °Ce (Estimated value)
  111. 111 Libya 1.40 °Ce (Estimated value)
  112. 112 Egypt 1.40 °Ce (Estimated value)
  113. 113 Belize 1.40 °Ce (Estimated value)
  114. 114 Australia 1.40 °Ce (Estimated value)
  115. 115 Ethiopia 1.39 °Ce (Estimated value)
  116. 116 Gambia 1.36 °Ce (Estimated value)
  117. 117 Brazil 1.36 °Ce (Estimated value)
  118. 118 Guinea 1.36 °Ce (Estimated value)
  119. 119 Togo 1.35 °Ce (Estimated value)
  120. 120 Ghana 1.34 °Ce (Estimated value)
  121. 121 Micronesia 1.33 °Ce (Estimated value)
  122. 122 Saint Lucia 1.32 °Ce (Estimated value)
  123. 123 Fiji 1.31 °Ce (Estimated value)
  124. 124 Central African Republic 1.30 °Ce (Estimated value)
  125. 125 Venezuela 1.29 °Ce (Estimated value)
  126. 126 Brunei 1.29 °Ce (Estimated value)
  127. 127 Benin 1.29 °Ce (Estimated value)
  128. 128 El Salvador 1.28 °Ce (Estimated value)
  129. 129 Sierra Leone 1.28 °Ce (Estimated value)
  130. 130 Oman 1.28 °Ce (Estimated value)
  131. 131 Bahamas 1.27 °Ce (Estimated value)
  132. 132 Guinea-Bissau 1.27 °Ce (Estimated value)
  133. 133 Equatorial Guinea 1.27 °Ce (Estimated value)
  134. 134 Burkina Faso 1.26 °Ce (Estimated value)
  135. 135 Malaysia 1.25 °Ce (Estimated value)
  136. 136 Djibouti 1.25 °Ce (Estimated value)
  137. 137 Uganda 1.23 °Ce (Estimated value)
  138. 138 Mozambique 1.23 °Ce (Estimated value)
  139. 139 New Zealand 1.23 °Ce (Estimated value)
  140. 140 Sudan 1.21 °Ce (Estimated value)
  141. 141 Dominica 1.20 °Ce (Estimated value)
  142. 142 Antigua and Barbuda 1.19 °Ce (Estimated value)
  143. 143 Saint Kitts and Nevis 1.19 °Ce (Estimated value)
  144. 144 Peru 1.18 °Ce (Estimated value)
  145. 145 Democratic Republic of the Congo 1.17 °Ce (Estimated value)
  146. 146 Madagascar 1.17 °Ce (Estimated value)
  147. 147 São Tomé and Príncipe 1.16 °Ce (Estimated value)
  148. 148 Puerto Rico (US) 1.16 °Ce (Estimated value)
  149. 149 British Virgin Islands 1.15 °Ce (Estimated value)
  150. 150 Nigeria 1.15 °Ce (Estimated value)
  151. 151 Cameroon 1.15 °Ce (Estimated value)
  152. 152 Republic of the Congo 1.13 °Ce (Estimated value)
  153. 153 Dominican Republic 1.12 °Ce (Estimated value)
  154. 154 Indonesia 1.12 °Ce (Estimated value)
  155. 155 Kenya 1.12 °Ce (Estimated value)
  156. 156 US Virgin Islands 1.11 °Ce (Estimated value)
  157. 157 Zambia 1.11 °Ce (Estimated value)
  158. 158 Chad 1.10 °Ce (Estimated value)
  159. 159 Gabon 1.09 °Ce (Estimated value)
  160. 160 Malawi 1.07 °Ce (Estimated value)
  161. 161 Zimbabwe 1.06 °Ce (Estimated value)
  162. 162 Tanzania 1.06 °Ce (Estimated value)
  163. 163 Palau 1.05 °Ce (Estimated value)
  164. 164 South Africa 1.05 °Ce (Estimated value)
  165. 165 Niger 1.05 °Ce (Estimated value)
  166. 166 Mauritius 1.05 °Ce (Estimated value)
  167. 167 Seychelles 1.05 °Ce (Estimated value)
  168. 168 Argentina 1.04 °Ce (Estimated value)
  169. 169 Honduras 1.03 °Ce (Estimated value)
  170. 170 Eswatini 1.03 °Ce (Estimated value)
  171. 171 Vanuatu 1.02 °Ce (Estimated value)
  172. 172 Kiribati 1.02 °Ce (Estimated value)
  173. 173 Thailand 1.01 °Ce (Estimated value)
  174. 174 Hong Kong SAR, China 1.01 °Ce (Estimated value)
  175. 175 Macao SAR, China 1.01 °Ce (Estimated value)
  176. 176 American Samoa 1.00 °Ce (Estimated value)
  177. 177 Namibia 0.98 °Ce (Estimated value)
  178. 178 Timor-Leste 0.97 °Ce (Estimated value)
  179. 179 Angola 0.97 °Ce (Estimated value)
  180. 180 India 0.95 °Ce (Estimated value)
  181. 181 Cambodia 0.93 °Ce (Estimated value)
  182. 182 Samoa 0.92 °Ce (Estimated value)
  183. 183 Maldives 0.91 °Ce (Estimated value)
  184. 184 Philippines 0.91 °Ce (Estimated value)
  185. 185 French Polynesia 0.86 °Ce (Estimated value)
  186. 186 Tonga 0.86 °Ce (Estimated value)
  187. 187 Sri Lanka 0.85 °Ce (Estimated value)
  188. 188 Tuvalu 0.84 °Ce (Estimated value)
  189. 189 Papua New Guinea 0.83 °Ce (Estimated value)
  190. 190 Laos 0.83 °Ce (Estimated value)
  191. 191 Chile 0.82 °Ce (Estimated value)
  192. 192 Viet Nam 0.82 °Ce (Estimated value)
  193. 193 Lesotho 0.78 °Ce (Estimated value)
  194. 194 Paraguay 0.70 °Ce (Estimated value)
  195. 195 Bolivia 0.64 °Ce (Estimated value)
  196. 196 Uruguay 0.62 °Ce (Estimated value)
  197. 197 Marshall Islands 0.51 °Ce (Estimated value)
  198. 198 Botswana 0.44 °Ce (Estimated value)
  199. 199 Solomon Islands 0.34 °Ce (Estimated value)
  200. World 1.88 °Ce (Estimated value)
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