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1950s

Name: 1950s
Creator: Our World in Data
Keywords: social, °c, 1950s

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

13.9°C

Median: 19.1°C

Countries Covered

191

with available data

Highest

Australia

27.4°C

Lowest

Greenland

-28.7°C

Top 5 Countries

1Australia27.4°C

2American Samoa26.3°C

3Ghana26.2°C

4Paraguay26.1°C

5Solomon Islands26.0°C

By Region

Oceania20.3°C(2 countries)

South America20.0°C(7 countries)

Africa19.2°C(9 countries)

Other17.2°C(112 countries)

Asia12.6°C(25 countries)

Country Rankings

Top 10 Countries

Bottom 10 Countries

Data Analysis

Value Distribution

How countries are distributed across the value range

Low (-28.7°C)High (27.4°C)

Regional Comparison

Average values by world region (Global avg: 13.9°C)

Oceania (2)

South America (7)

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	American Samoa	26.3°C
3	Ghana	26.2°C
4	Paraguay	26.1°C
5	Solomon Islands	26.0°C
6	Seychelles	25.9°C
7	Kiribati	25.8°C
8	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines	25.7°C
9	Togo	25.7°C
10	South Sudan	25.6°C
11	Vanuatu	25.5°C
12	Virgin Islands, U.S.	25.5°C
13	Benin	25.5°C
14	Comoros	25.5°C
15	Mozambique	25.5°C
16	Central African Republic	25.4°C
17	Antigua and Barbuda	25.4°C
18	Guinea-Bissau	25.4°C
19	Cayman Islands	25.4°C
20	Anguilla	25.3°C
21	Sao Tome and Principe	25.3°C
22	French Polynesia	25.2°C
23	Suriname	25.1°C
24	Cote d'Ivoire	25.0°C
25	Botswana	25.0°C
26	Samoa	25.0°C
27	Trinidad and Tobago	24.9°C
28	Sierra Leone	24.9°C
29	Brazil	24.9°C
30	Mauritius	24.9°C
31	Republic of The Gambia	24.8°C
32	Fiji	24.8°C
33	Timor-Leste	24.8°C
34	Brunei Darussalam	24.7°C
35	Senegal	24.7°C
36	Burkina Faso	24.6°C
37	Nigeria	24.6°C
38	Cook Islands	24.5°C
39	Somalia	24.4°C
40	Sri Lanka	24.4°C
41	Liberia	24.4°C
42	Guyana	24.3°C
43	Venezuela	24.3°C
44	Philippines	24.1°C
45	Cambodia	24.1°C
46	New Caledonia	24.1°C
47	El Salvador	24.0°C
48	Guinea	24.0°C
49	Indonesia	24.0°C
50	Panama	24.0°C
51	Republic of the Congo	23.9°C
52	Malaysia	23.8°C
53	Namibia	23.7°C
54	Cameroon	23.7°C
55	Puerto Rico	23.7°C
56	Nicaragua	23.6°C
57	Gabon	23.5°C
58	Kenya	23.5°C
59	Madagascar	23.5°C
60	Jamaica	23.4°C
61	Bahamas	23.2°C
62	Papua New Guinea	23.2°C
63	Colombia	23.0°C
64	Zimbabwe	23.0°C
65	Haiti	23.0°C
66	Malawi	22.9°C
67	Cuba	22.9°C
68	Djibouti	22.9°C
69	Equatorial Guinea	22.9°C
70	Democratic Republic of the Congo	22.7°C
71	Eritrea	22.6°C
72	Dominican Republic	22.4°C
73	United Republic of Tanzania	22.3°C
74	Uruguay	22.2°C
75	Cape Verde	22.0°C
76	Eswatini	22.0°C
77	Belize	21.9°C
78	Thailand	21.9°C
79	Costa Rica	21.8°C
80	Uganda	21.7°C
81	Angola	21.7°C
82	Zambia	21.7°C
83	South Africa	21.6°C
84	Ethiopia	21.2°C
85	Bolivia	20.6°C
86	Honduras	20.6°C
87	Saint Helena	20.3°C
88	Mali	20.1°C
89	Sudan	20.0°C
90	Ecuador	20.0°C
91	Chad	19.9°C
92	Argentina	19.8°C
93	Oman	19.8°C
94	Bangladesh	19.6°C
95	Guatemala	19.4°C
96	Vietnam	19.1°C
97	Bahrain	19.1°C
98	Burundi	19.0°C
99	United Arab Emirates	18.8°C
100	Qatar	18.5°C
101	Peru	18.4°C
102	Yemen	18.3°C
103	Myanmar	18.1°C
104	Lao People's Democratic Republic	17.8°C
105	Rwanda	17.8°C
106	Mauritania	17.8°C
107	Niger	17.7°C
108	India	17.2°C
109	Hong Kong	16.7°C
110	Mexico	15.0°C
111	Lesotho	15.0°C
112	Saudi Arabia	14.5°C
113	Egypt	13.4°C
114	New Zealand	13.2°C
115	Cyprus	13.0°C
116	State of Palestine	12.9°C
117	Kuwait	12.8°C
118	Israel	12.8°C
119	Chile	11.6°C
120	Algeria	11.3°C
121	Libya	11.2°C
122	Tunisia	10.2°C
123	Pakistan	9.9°C
124	Iraq	9.5°C
125	Morocco	9.3°C
126	Jordan	9.2°C
127	Portugal	9.0°C
128	Lebanon	8.2°C
129	Falkland Islands (Malvinas)	8.2°C
130	Syrian Arab Republic	8.0°C
131	Isle of Man	7.9°C
132	Greece	7.5°C
133	France	7.4°C
134	Spain	6.2°C
135	Ireland	6.2°C
136	Islamic Republic of Iran	5.8°C
137	Italy	5.3°C
138	Nepal	5.0°C
139	Albania	4.9°C
140	United Kingdom	4.5°C
141	Faroe Islands	4.3°C
142	Netherlands	4.1°C
143	Croatia	3.5°C
144	Belgium	3.5°C
145	Denmark	2.6°C
146	Japan	2.4°C
147	Luxembourg	2.2°C
148	Bulgaria	2.1°C
149	Hungary	2.0°C
150	The Republic of North Macedonia	1.9°C
151	Serbia	1.9°C
152	Bosnia and Herzegovina	1.8°C
153	Montenegro	1.8°C
154	Turkmenistan	1.6°C
155	Germany	1.5°C
156	Slovenia	1.4°C
157	Türkiye	1.4°C
158	Azerbaijan	0.9°C
159	South Korea	0.6°C
160	Bhutan	0.4°C
161	Romania	0.1°C
162	Poland	0.1°C
163	Afghanistan	-0.1°C
164	Czech Republic	-0.1°C
165	Moldova, Republic of	-0.4°C
166	Slovakia	-0.5°C
167	Lithuania	-1.9°C
168	Ukraine	-1.9°C
169	Georgia	-2.1°C
170	United States of America	-2.1°C
171	Uzbekistan	-2.2°C
172	Austria	-2.4°C
173	Latvia	-2.4°C
174	Andorra	-2.6°C
175	Estonia	-2.7°C
176	Belarus	-3.4°C
177	Switzerland	-3.6°C
178	Iceland	-4.7°C
179	Armenia	-5.1°C
180	Sweden	-5.2°C
181	People's Republic of China	-6.6°C
182	Finland	-7.3°C
183	North Korea	-8.0°C
184	Norway	-8.7°C
185	Kazakhstan	-10.1°C
186	Kyrgyzstan	-12.2°C
187	Tajikistan	-12.4°C
188	Mongolia	-16.8°C
189	Canada	-19.1°C
190	Russian Federation	-22.1°C
191	Greenland	-28.7°C

Showing 191 of 191 countries

Topics

#social #°c #1950s

Data Source

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

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