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1980s

Name: 1980s
Creator: Our World in Data
Keywords: social, °c, 1980s

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

14.1°C

Median: 19.3°C

Countries Covered

191

with available data

Highest

Australia

27.4°C

Lowest

Greenland

-27.8°C

Top 5 Countries

1Australia27.4°C

2South Sudan26.9°C

3Paraguay26.8°C

4Ghana26.5°C

5American Samoa26.5°C

By Region

Oceania20.5°C(2 countries)

South America20.5°C(7 countries)

Africa19.9°C(9 countries)

Other17.5°C(112 countries)

Asia12.8°C(25 countries)

Country Rankings

Top 10 Countries

Bottom 10 Countries

Data Analysis

Value Distribution

How countries are distributed across the value range

Low (-27.8°C)High (27.4°C)

Regional Comparison

Average values by world region (Global avg: 14.1°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	South Sudan	26.9°C
3	Paraguay	26.8°C
4	Ghana	26.5°C
5	American Samoa	26.5°C
6	Togo	26.3°C
7	Seychelles	26.1°C
8	Benin	26.1°C
9	Solomon Islands	26.1°C
10	Botswana	26.0°C
11	Kiribati	25.9°C
12	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines	25.7°C
13	Comoros	25.7°C
14	Sao Tome and Principe	25.7°C
15	Cayman Islands	25.5°C
16	Mozambique	25.5°C
17	Vanuatu	25.5°C
18	French Polynesia	25.5°C
19	Virgin Islands, U.S.	25.5°C
20	Brunei Darussalam	25.4°C
21	Antigua and Barbuda	25.3°C
22	Suriname	25.3°C
23	Guinea-Bissau	25.3°C
24	Anguilla	25.2°C
25	Timor-Leste	25.2°C
26	Cote d'Ivoire	25.2°C
27	Samoa	25.2°C
28	Trinidad and Tobago	25.2°C
29	Sierra Leone	25.1°C
30	Central African Republic	25.1°C
31	Brazil	25.0°C
32	Fiji	25.0°C
33	Somalia	25.0°C
34	Nigeria	25.0°C
35	El Salvador	25.0°C
36	Mauritius	24.9°C
37	Senegal	24.8°C
38	Burkina Faso	24.8°C
39	Kenya	24.7°C
40	Sri Lanka	24.6°C
41	Republic of The Gambia	24.6°C
42	Namibia	24.6°C
43	Venezuela	24.6°C
44	Guyana	24.5°C
45	Liberia	24.5°C
46	Indonesia	24.5°C
47	Cambodia	24.4°C
48	Cook Islands	24.4°C
49	Philippines	24.4°C
50	Jamaica	24.3°C
51	Malaysia	24.3°C
52	Republic of the Congo	24.2°C
53	New Caledonia	24.1°C
54	Gabon	24.1°C
55	Guinea	24.1°C
56	Madagascar	24.1°C
57	Panama	24.0°C
58	Puerto Rico	24.0°C
59	Nicaragua	23.9°C
60	Zimbabwe	23.7°C
61	Papua New Guinea	23.5°C
62	Bahamas	23.5°C
63	Colombia	23.5°C
64	Cameroon	23.4°C
65	Haiti	23.4°C
66	Malawi	23.3°C
67	Djibouti	23.3°C
68	Eritrea	23.3°C
69	Cuba	23.2°C
70	Democratic Republic of the Congo	23.2°C
71	Equatorial Guinea	23.2°C
72	United Republic of Tanzania	22.7°C
73	Uganda	22.7°C
74	Belize	22.7°C
75	Eswatini	22.6°C
76	Dominican Republic	22.6°C
77	Zambia	22.5°C
78	Uruguay	22.5°C
79	Angola	22.4°C
80	South Africa	22.1°C
81	Cape Verde	22.1°C
82	Costa Rica	22.1°C
83	Thailand	22.1°C
84	Ethiopia	22.0°C
85	Bolivia	21.4°C
86	Honduras	21.3°C
87	Saint Helena	20.9°C
88	Oman	20.7°C
89	Sudan	20.6°C
90	Ecuador	20.6°C
91	Mali	20.5°C
92	Argentina	20.3°C
93	Chad	20.3°C
94	Guatemala	20.2°C
95	Burundi	19.7°C
96	Bangladesh	19.3°C
97	United Arab Emirates	19.1°C
98	Vietnam	19.1°C
99	Mauritania	19.0°C
100	Peru	19.0°C
101	Bahrain	19.0°C
102	Yemen	18.9°C
103	Rwanda	18.6°C
104	Myanmar	18.5°C
105	Qatar	18.3°C
106	Niger	18.1°C
107	Lao People's Democratic Republic	17.8°C
108	India	17.4°C
109	Hong Kong	16.4°C
110	Lesotho	15.7°C
111	Saudi Arabia	15.3°C
112	Mexico	15.1°C
113	Egypt	13.8°C
114	New Zealand	13.6°C
115	Kuwait	13.3°C
116	Cyprus	12.5°C
117	Israel	12.4°C
118	State of Palestine	12.4°C
119	Chile	12.2°C
120	Algeria	12.1°C
121	Libya	12.1°C
122	Tunisia	11.3°C
123	Morocco	10.6°C
124	Pakistan	10.0°C
125	Portugal	9.8°C
126	Iraq	9.6°C
127	Falkland Islands (Malvinas)	9.5°C
128	Jordan	9.5°C
129	Isle of Man	7.7°C
130	Syrian Arab Republic	7.6°C
131	Lebanon	7.4°C
132	France	7.3°C
133	Greece	7.3°C
134	Spain	6.9°C
135	Ireland	6.3°C
136	Islamic Republic of Iran	5.9°C
137	Nepal	5.5°C
138	United Kingdom	5.0°C
139	Italy	4.9°C
140	Faroe Islands	4.3°C
141	Albania	4.3°C
142	Netherlands	4.3°C
143	Belgium	3.8°C
144	Turkmenistan	3.6°C
145	Croatia	2.8°C
146	Denmark	2.5°C
147	Japan	2.4°C
148	Luxembourg	2.3°C
149	Bulgaria	1.8°C
150	Azerbaijan	1.8°C
151	Germany	1.6°C
152	Türkiye	1.5°C
153	Bhutan	1.4°C
154	The Republic of North Macedonia	1.1°C
155	Hungary	1.1°C
156	Serbia	1.0°C
157	Bosnia and Herzegovina	0.9°C
158	Montenegro	0.9°C
159	Afghanistan	0.7°C
160	Slovenia	0.7°C
161	South Korea	0.3°C
162	Poland	-0.0°C
163	Uzbekistan	-0.0°C
164	Czech Republic	-0.2°C
165	Moldova, Republic of	-0.4°C
166	Romania	-0.4°C
167	Slovakia	-1.3°C
168	Ukraine	-1.5°C
169	Georgia	-1.7°C
170	Lithuania	-1.9°C
171	United States of America	-2.2°C
172	Andorra	-2.2°C
173	Latvia	-2.6°C
174	Austria	-2.9°C
175	Estonia	-3.0°C
176	Belarus	-3.0°C
177	Switzerland	-3.3°C
178	Iceland	-4.1°C
179	Armenia	-4.2°C
180	People's Republic of China	-6.3°C
181	Sweden	-6.9°C
182	North Korea	-7.7°C
183	Kazakhstan	-8.0°C
184	Norway	-9.3°C
185	Finland	-9.6°C
186	Kyrgyzstan	-11.2°C
187	Tajikistan	-11.6°C
188	Mongolia	-16.7°C
189	Canada	-19.2°C
190	Russian Federation	-20.7°C
191	Greenland	-27.8°C

Showing 191 of 191 countries

Topics

#social #°c #1980s

Data Source

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

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