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1960s

Name: 1960s
Creator: Our World in Data
Keywords: social, °c, 1960s

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

13.7°C

Median: 19.3°C

Countries Covered

191

with available data

Highest

Paraguay

27.0°C

Lowest

Greenland

-27.6°C

Top 5 Countries

1Paraguay27.0°C

2Australia27.0°C

3American Samoa26.5°C

4Ghana26.3°C

5Benin26.1°C

By Region

South America20.2°C(7 countries)

Oceania20.1°C(2 countries)

Africa19.5°C(9 countries)

Other17.3°C(112 countries)

Asia12.7°C(25 countries)

Country Rankings

Top 10 Countries

Bottom 10 Countries

Data Analysis

Value Distribution

How countries are distributed across the value range

Low (-27.6°C)High (27.0°C)

Regional Comparison

Average values by world region (Global avg: 13.7°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	Paraguay	27.0°C
2	Australia	27.0°C
3	American Samoa	26.5°C
4	Ghana	26.3°C
5	Benin	26.1°C
6	Kiribati	26.1°C
7	Togo	26.0°C
8	Seychelles	25.9°C
9	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines	25.9°C
10	Solomon Islands	25.9°C
11	South Sudan	25.7°C
12	Virgin Islands, U.S.	25.5°C
13	Comoros	25.5°C
14	Antigua and Barbuda	25.5°C
15	Botswana	25.4°C
16	Mozambique	25.4°C
17	Sao Tome and Principe	25.4°C
18	Suriname	25.3°C
19	Vanuatu	25.3°C
20	French Polynesia	25.3°C
21	Anguilla	25.3°C
22	Cayman Islands	25.3°C
23	Nigeria	25.2°C
24	Central African Republic	25.2°C
25	Trinidad and Tobago	25.2°C
26	Sierra Leone	25.2°C
27	Samoa	25.1°C
28	Guinea-Bissau	25.1°C
29	Cote d'Ivoire	25.1°C
30	Timor-Leste	25.0°C
31	Burkina Faso	24.9°C
32	Brunei Darussalam	24.9°C
33	Mauritius	24.7°C
34	Brazil	24.7°C
35	Venezuela	24.7°C
36	Fiji	24.7°C
37	Guyana	24.6°C
38	Liberia	24.5°C
39	Cambodia	24.5°C
40	Cook Islands	24.4°C
41	Somalia	24.4°C
42	Namibia	24.3°C
43	Guinea	24.2°C
44	El Salvador	24.2°C
45	Sri Lanka	24.2°C
46	Philippines	24.1°C
47	Indonesia	24.0°C
48	Senegal	24.0°C
49	Malaysia	23.9°C
50	Panama	23.9°C
51	Republic of the Congo	23.9°C
52	Kenya	23.9°C
53	Puerto Rico	23.8°C
54	Republic of The Gambia	23.8°C
55	Nicaragua	23.7°C
56	Cameroon	23.7°C
57	Gabon	23.6°C
58	Colombia	23.6°C
59	Jamaica	23.5°C
60	Madagascar	23.3°C
61	New Caledonia	23.3°C
62	Eritrea	23.1°C
63	Djibouti	23.1°C
64	Malawi	23.0°C
65	Zimbabwe	22.9°C
66	Papua New Guinea	22.9°C
67	Bahamas	22.8°C
68	Equatorial Guinea	22.8°C
69	Haiti	22.7°C
70	Democratic Republic of the Congo	22.6°C
71	Cuba	22.5°C
72	United Republic of Tanzania	22.5°C
73	Thailand	22.5°C
74	Eswatini	22.4°C
75	South Africa	22.2°C
76	Dominican Republic	22.2°C
77	Belize	22.2°C
78	Cape Verde	22.0°C
79	Uruguay	21.9°C
80	Uganda	21.8°C
81	Costa Rica	21.7°C
82	Zambia	21.7°C
83	Angola	21.7°C
84	Sudan	21.1°C
85	Ethiopia	21.0°C
86	Honduras	20.8°C
87	Bolivia	20.8°C
88	Saint Helena	20.8°C
89	Chad	20.6°C
90	Mali	20.4°C
91	Ecuador	20.4°C
92	Argentina	19.9°C
93	Guatemala	19.6°C
94	Bahrain	19.3°C
95	Oman	19.3°C
96	Vietnam	19.3°C
97	Burundi	19.1°C
98	Bangladesh	19.0°C
99	Niger	18.9°C
100	Peru	18.7°C
101	United Arab Emirates	18.5°C
102	Myanmar	18.4°C
103	Qatar	18.4°C
104	Lao People's Democratic Republic	18.3°C
105	Mauritania	18.2°C
106	Yemen	18.0°C
107	Rwanda	17.9°C
108	India	17.3°C
109	Hong Kong	17.0°C
110	Lesotho	15.7°C
111	Saudi Arabia	14.7°C
112	Mexico	14.7°C
113	Egypt	14.2°C
114	Cyprus	13.5°C
115	State of Palestine	13.5°C
116	Israel	13.4°C
117	Kuwait	13.3°C
118	New Zealand	13.2°C
119	Libya	11.9°C
120	Chile	11.9°C
121	Algeria	11.5°C
122	Tunisia	10.5°C
123	Iraq	10.2°C
124	Jordan	10.1°C
125	Morocco	9.4°C
126	Pakistan	9.1°C
127	Falkland Islands (Malvinas)	9.1°C
128	Lebanon	8.9°C
129	Syrian Arab Republic	8.8°C
130	Portugal	8.4°C
131	Greece	7.7°C
132	Isle of Man	7.0°C
133	Islamic Republic of Iran	6.2°C
134	France	5.9°C
135	Spain	5.4°C
136	Nepal	5.3°C
137	Ireland	5.1°C
138	Albania	4.5°C
139	Italy	4.1°C
140	Faroe Islands	3.6°C
141	United Kingdom	3.2°C
142	Turkmenistan	3.0°C
143	Türkiye	3.0°C
144	Azerbaijan	2.7°C
145	Japan	2.2°C
146	Netherlands	2.1°C
147	Bulgaria	1.7°C
148	Belgium	1.6°C
149	Croatia	1.3°C
150	Bhutan	1.2°C
151	The Republic of North Macedonia	1.1°C
152	Montenegro	0.7°C
153	Denmark	0.6°C
154	Luxembourg	0.4°C
155	South Korea	0.1°C
156	Serbia	0.1°C
157	Hungary	-0.2°C
158	Afghanistan	-0.2°C
159	Bosnia and Herzegovina	-0.4°C
160	Georgia	-0.5°C
161	Uzbekistan	-0.5°C
162	Germany	-0.6°C
163	Romania	-0.9°C
164	Moldova, Republic of	-1.1°C
165	Slovenia	-1.4°C
166	Ukraine	-2.2°C
167	Poland	-2.3°C
168	Czech Republic	-2.5°C
169	United States of America	-2.8°C
170	Armenia	-3.0°C
171	Slovakia	-3.1°C
172	Lithuania	-3.6°C
173	Estonia	-3.8°C
174	Latvia	-3.8°C
175	Andorra	-4.1°C
176	Belarus	-4.4°C
177	Austria	-4.8°C
178	Switzerland	-5.5°C
179	Iceland	-6.6°C
180	People's Republic of China	-7.1°C
181	Sweden	-7.2°C
182	Finland	-8.6°C
183	North Korea	-8.7°C
184	Kazakhstan	-9.3°C
185	Norway	-10.6°C
186	Kyrgyzstan	-11.6°C
187	Tajikistan	-12.6°C
188	Mongolia	-17.8°C
189	Canada	-18.5°C
190	Russian Federation	-22.1°C
191	Greenland	-27.6°C

Showing 191 of 191 countries

Topics

#social #°c #1960s

Data Source

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

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