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1940s

Name: 1940s
Creator: Our World in Data
Keywords: social, °c, 1940s

Latest available country observation from Our World in Data, based on the chart's cited sources. This series may use a non-calendar time dimension (such as age or month); countries can have different observation periods.

Source: Our World in Data•191 countries

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Key Insights

Global Average

13.5°C

Median: 19.4°C

Countries Covered

191

with available data

Highest

Australia

27.4°C

Lowest

Greenland

-28.1°C

Top 5 Countries

1Australia27.4°C

2Paraguay26.6°C

3Ghana26.4°C

4American Samoa26.3°C

5South Sudan26.0°C

By Region

South America19.9°C(7 countries)

Oceania19.9°C(2 countries)

Africa19.0°C(9 countries)

Other17.0°C(112 countries)

Asia12.4°C(25 countries)

Country Rankings

Top 10 Countries

Bottom 10 Countries

Data Analysis

Value Distribution

How countries are distributed across the value range

Low (-28.1°C)High (27.4°C)

Regional Comparison

Average values by world region (Global avg: 13.5°C)

South America (7)

Oceania (2)

Africa (9)

Other (112)

Asia (25)

North America (4)

Europe (32)

Percentile Profile

The curve shows how values change from the lowest to the highest country. Steep sections reveal inequality or outliers.

0th percentile · lowest100th percentile · highest

About This Statistic

Methodology

Country values are taken from the latest observation available in the linked source series.

Full Data

Rank ↑	Country ↕	Value ↕
1	Australia	27.4°C
2	Paraguay	26.6°C
3	Ghana	26.4°C
4	American Samoa	26.3°C
5	South Sudan	26.0°C
6	Kiribati	25.9°C
7	Central African Republic	25.8°C
8	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines	25.8°C
9	Seychelles	25.8°C
10	Togo	25.8°C
11	Cayman Islands	25.7°C
12	Mozambique	25.7°C
13	Virgin Islands, U.S.	25.7°C
14	Benin	25.6°C
15	Comoros	25.6°C
16	Solomon Islands	25.6°C
17	Guinea-Bissau	25.6°C
18	Antigua and Barbuda	25.5°C
19	Anguilla	25.4°C
20	Sao Tome and Principe	25.4°C
21	Republic of The Gambia	25.3°C
22	French Polynesia	25.2°C
23	Senegal	25.1°C
24	Cote d'Ivoire	25.1°C
25	Vanuatu	25.1°C
26	Suriname	25.0°C
27	Trinidad and Tobago	24.9°C
28	Samoa	24.9°C
29	Burkina Faso	24.9°C
30	Mauritius	24.9°C
31	Sierra Leone	24.9°C
32	Timor-Leste	24.8°C
33	Brazil	24.8°C
34	Nigeria	24.7°C
35	Botswana	24.6°C
36	Cook Islands	24.5°C
37	Somalia	24.5°C
38	Fiji	24.3°C
39	Liberia	24.3°C
40	Cambodia	24.3°C
41	Brunei Darussalam	24.3°C
42	Guyana	24.1°C
43	Guinea	24.1°C
44	Bahamas	24.0°C
45	El Salvador	24.0°C
46	Republic of the Congo	23.9°C
47	Venezuela	23.9°C
48	Jamaica	23.8°C
49	Sri Lanka	23.8°C
50	Kenya	23.8°C
51	Namibia	23.8°C
52	Indonesia	23.7°C
53	Cuba	23.7°C
54	Cameroon	23.7°C
55	Philippines	23.6°C
56	Madagascar	23.6°C
57	Gabon	23.5°C
58	Puerto Rico	23.5°C
59	New Caledonia	23.4°C
60	Malawi	23.4°C
61	Malaysia	23.3°C
62	Panama	23.3°C
63	Haiti	23.3°C
64	Nicaragua	23.2°C
65	Djibouti	23.1°C
66	Democratic Republic of the Congo	22.8°C
67	Equatorial Guinea	22.8°C
68	Uruguay	22.7°C
69	Papua New Guinea	22.6°C
70	United Republic of Tanzania	22.6°C
71	Thailand	22.6°C
72	Colombia	22.6°C
73	Dominican Republic	22.4°C
74	Zimbabwe	22.4°C
75	Cape Verde	22.2°C
76	Belize	22.1°C
77	Eritrea	22.0°C
78	Uganda	21.8°C
79	Eswatini	21.7°C
80	Zambia	21.7°C
81	Angola	21.6°C
82	South Africa	21.4°C
83	Costa Rica	21.3°C
84	Ethiopia	20.9°C
85	Bolivia	20.8°C
86	Saint Helena	20.8°C
87	Honduras	20.4°C
88	Mali	20.1°C
89	Ecuador	20.0°C
90	Chad	19.9°C
91	Oman	19.9°C
92	Argentina	19.8°C
93	Guatemala	19.5°C
94	Sudan	19.5°C
95	Bahrain	19.4°C
96	Bangladesh	19.4°C
97	Burundi	19.1°C
98	Vietnam	19.1°C
99	United Arab Emirates	18.9°C
100	Qatar	18.6°C
101	Lao People's Democratic Republic	18.6°C
102	Yemen	18.3°C
103	Myanmar	18.2°C
104	Peru	18.2°C
105	Rwanda	17.9°C
106	Mauritania	17.8°C
107	India	17.3°C
108	Niger	17.3°C
109	Hong Kong	16.8°C
110	Mexico	14.8°C
111	Lesotho	14.7°C
112	Saudi Arabia	14.6°C
113	Kuwait	13.2°C
114	Egypt	12.5°C
115	Cyprus	12.5°C
116	State of Palestine	12.5°C
117	New Zealand	12.4°C
118	Israel	12.2°C
119	Chile	11.3°C
120	Algeria	10.7°C
121	Libya	10.5°C
122	Pakistan	9.9°C
123	Iraq	9.6°C
124	Morocco	9.3°C
125	Tunisia	9.0°C
126	Jordan	8.9°C
127	Falkland Islands (Malvinas)	8.6°C
128	Portugal	8.5°C
129	Isle of Man	8.0°C
130	Lebanon	7.7°C
131	Syrian Arab Republic	7.6°C
132	Ireland	6.0°C
133	Islamic Republic of Iran	5.7°C
134	France	5.7°C
135	Greece	5.7°C
136	Spain	5.1°C
137	Faroe Islands	5.0°C
138	Nepal	4.7°C
139	United Kingdom	4.4°C
140	Netherlands	3.5°C
141	Italy	3.1°C
142	Belgium	2.5°C
143	Albania	2.4°C
144	Denmark	2.4°C
145	Turkmenistan	2.1°C
146	Luxembourg	1.0°C
147	Azerbaijan	1.0°C
148	Japan	0.7°C
149	Croatia	0.7°C
150	Türkiye	0.3°C
151	Bhutan	0.2°C
152	Germany	0.1°C
153	Afghanistan	-0.2°C
154	Hungary	-0.2°C
155	South Korea	-0.6°C
156	Bulgaria	-0.9°C
157	The Republic of North Macedonia	-0.9°C
158	Serbia	-1.2°C
159	Poland	-1.4°C
160	Montenegro	-1.4°C
161	Slovenia	-1.5°C
162	Bosnia and Herzegovina	-1.6°C
163	Uzbekistan	-1.9°C
164	Moldova, Republic of	-1.9°C
165	Czech Republic	-2.1°C
166	Romania	-2.3°C
167	Lithuania	-2.6°C
168	United States of America	-2.8°C
169	Latvia	-3.2°C
170	Estonia	-3.2°C
171	Georgia	-3.2°C
172	Slovakia	-3.2°C
173	Ukraine	-3.3°C
174	Belarus	-4.2°C
175	Iceland	-4.7°C
176	Austria	-4.8°C
177	Sweden	-5.0°C
178	Andorra	-5.1°C
179	Armenia	-5.5°C
180	Switzerland	-6.0°C
181	People's Republic of China	-6.9°C
182	Finland	-7.0°C
183	Norway	-8.4°C
184	North Korea	-9.8°C
185	Kazakhstan	-10.5°C
186	Kyrgyzstan	-12.9°C
187	Tajikistan	-13.2°C
188	Mongolia	-17.3°C
189	Canada	-19.7°C
190	Russian Federation	-22.7°C
191	Greenland	-28.1°C

Showing 191 of 191 countries

Topics

#social #°c #1940s

Data Source

This data comes from Our World in Data (2026).

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