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1970s

Name: 1970s
Creator: Our World in Data
Keywords: social, °c, 1970s

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: 19.2°C

Countries Covered

191

with available data

Highest

Australia

27.4°C

Lowest

Greenland

-28.3°C

Top 5 Countries

1Australia27.4°C

2Paraguay26.8°C

3American Samoa26.4°C

4Ghana26.3°C

5South Sudan26.1°C

By Region

Oceania20.4°C(2 countries)

South America20.1°C(7 countries)

Africa19.5°C(9 countries)

Other17.3°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 (-28.3°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	Paraguay	26.8°C
3	American Samoa	26.4°C
4	Ghana	26.3°C
5	South Sudan	26.1°C
6	Solomon Islands	25.9°C
7	Togo	25.9°C
8	Seychelles	25.8°C
9	Cayman Islands	25.6°C
10	Benin	25.6°C
11	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines	25.6°C
12	Kiribati	25.5°C
13	Comoros	25.5°C
14	Botswana	25.5°C
15	Guinea-Bissau	25.4°C
16	Vanuatu	25.3°C
17	Mozambique	25.3°C
18	Sao Tome and Principe	25.3°C
19	Virgin Islands, U.S.	25.3°C
20	French Polynesia	25.2°C
21	Antigua and Barbuda	25.2°C
22	Senegal	25.1°C
23	Cote d'Ivoire	25.1°C
24	Anguilla	25.1°C
25	Sierra Leone	25.1°C
26	Mauritius	25.0°C
27	Burkina Faso	25.0°C
28	Samoa	25.0°C
29	Brunei Darussalam	25.0°C
30	Republic of The Gambia	25.0°C
31	Trinidad and Tobago	24.9°C
32	Somalia	24.8°C
33	Fiji	24.8°C
34	Brazil	24.8°C
35	Suriname	24.8°C
36	Central African Republic	24.8°C
37	Timor-Leste	24.8°C
38	Cook Islands	24.7°C
39	Nigeria	24.7°C
40	El Salvador	24.6°C
41	Cambodia	24.6°C
42	Kenya	24.5°C
43	Liberia	24.4°C
44	Philippines	24.4°C
45	Namibia	24.3°C
46	Guinea	24.2°C
47	Venezuela	24.2°C
48	Sri Lanka	24.2°C
49	Guyana	24.2°C
50	Indonesia	24.1°C
51	Malaysia	24.1°C
52	Puerto Rico	24.0°C
53	Panama	24.0°C
54	Republic of the Congo	23.9°C
55	New Caledonia	23.8°C
56	Gabon	23.8°C
57	Jamaica	23.8°C
58	Nicaragua	23.8°C
59	Madagascar	23.7°C
60	Bahamas	23.6°C
61	Colombia	23.3°C
62	Djibouti	23.2°C
63	Cuba	23.2°C
64	Cameroon	23.2°C
65	Papua New Guinea	23.1°C
66	Malawi	23.0°C
67	Zimbabwe	23.0°C
68	Equatorial Guinea	22.9°C
69	Haiti	22.9°C
70	Democratic Republic of the Congo	22.8°C
71	Eritrea	22.7°C
72	Belize	22.5°C
73	Eswatini	22.5°C
74	Dominican Republic	22.4°C
75	Thailand	22.4°C
76	United Republic of Tanzania	22.4°C
77	Uganda	22.4°C
78	Uruguay	22.0°C
79	South Africa	21.9°C
80	Cape Verde	21.8°C
81	Zambia	21.8°C
82	Costa Rica	21.8°C
83	Angola	21.7°C
84	Ethiopia	21.6°C
85	Honduras	21.2°C
86	Mali	20.9°C
87	Bolivia	20.9°C
88	Saint Helena	20.8°C
89	Ecuador	20.4°C
90	Chad	20.2°C
91	Oman	20.1°C
92	Guatemala	20.0°C
93	Argentina	19.9°C
94	Sudan	19.7°C
95	Vietnam	19.4°C
96	United Arab Emirates	19.2°C
97	Burundi	19.1°C
98	Bahrain	19.1°C
99	Mauritania	19.0°C
100	Bangladesh	18.8°C
101	Niger	18.7°C
102	Peru	18.6°C
103	Yemen	18.5°C
104	Qatar	18.4°C
105	Lao People's Democratic Republic	18.2°C
106	Myanmar	18.1°C
107	Rwanda	17.9°C
108	India	17.2°C
109	Hong Kong	16.8°C
110	Lesotho	15.4°C
111	Mexico	15.2°C
112	Saudi Arabia	14.8°C
113	New Zealand	13.3°C
114	Egypt	13.0°C
115	Kuwait	12.8°C
116	Algeria	12.3°C
117	Libya	12.1°C
118	Cyprus	12.1°C
119	State of Palestine	12.0°C
120	Israel	11.9°C
121	Chile	11.7°C
122	Tunisia	11.2°C
123	Morocco	9.9°C
124	Pakistan	9.8°C
125	Iraq	9.2°C
126	Falkland Islands (Malvinas)	8.9°C
127	Portugal	8.7°C
128	Jordan	8.6°C
129	Isle of Man	7.8°C
130	Syrian Arab Republic	7.1°C
131	Greece	7.0°C
132	France	7.0°C
133	Lebanon	6.8°C
134	Ireland	6.3°C
135	Spain	6.2°C
136	Islamic Republic of Iran	5.9°C
137	Nepal	5.4°C
138	United Kingdom	5.0°C
139	Italy	4.9°C
140	Faroe Islands	4.4°C
141	Netherlands	4.4°C
142	Albania	4.3°C
143	Belgium	3.5°C
144	Denmark	3.0°C
145	Turkmenistan	2.7°C
146	Croatia	2.6°C
147	Japan	2.4°C
148	Luxembourg	2.0°C
149	Germany	1.7°C
150	Bulgaria	1.5°C
151	Azerbaijan	1.3°C
152	Hungary	1.3°C
153	Montenegro	1.1°C
154	Serbia	1.1°C
155	Bhutan	1.1°C
156	Bosnia and Herzegovina	1.0°C
157	The Republic of North Macedonia	0.9°C
158	South Korea	0.8°C
159	Afghanistan	0.7°C
160	Türkiye	0.6°C
161	Slovenia	0.3°C
162	Poland	0.3°C
163	Czech Republic	0.2°C
164	Moldova, Republic of	0.1°C
165	Romania	-0.4°C
166	Uzbekistan	-0.5°C
167	Slovakia	-1.1°C
168	Ukraine	-1.6°C
169	Lithuania	-1.8°C
170	United States of America	-2.4°C
171	Andorra	-2.4°C
172	Georgia	-2.6°C
173	Latvia	-2.6°C
174	Estonia	-2.8°C
175	Belarus	-2.8°C
176	Austria	-2.9°C
177	Switzerland	-3.9°C
178	Iceland	-5.0°C
179	Sweden	-5.2°C
180	Armenia	-5.5°C
181	People's Republic of China	-6.6°C
182	Finland	-7.4°C
183	North Korea	-7.6°C
184	Norway	-7.7°C
185	Kazakhstan	-8.7°C
186	Kyrgyzstan	-11.4°C
187	Tajikistan	-12.0°C
188	Mongolia	-17.3°C
189	Canada	-20.3°C
190	Russian Federation	-21.6°C
191	Greenland	-28.3°C

Showing 191 of 191 countries

Topics

#social #°c #1970s

Data Source

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

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