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1990s

Name: 1990s
Creator: Our World in Data
Keywords: social, °c, 1990s

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

14.3°C

Median: 19.8°C

Countries Covered

191

with available data

Highest

Paraguay

27.4°C

Lowest

Greenland

-27.3°C

Top 5 Countries

1Paraguay27.4°C

2South Sudan27.3°C

3Australia27.1°C

4American Samoa26.9°C

5Ghana26.7°C

By Region

South America20.5°C(7 countries)

Oceania20.1°C(2 countries)

Africa20.1°C(9 countries)

Other17.8°C(112 countries)

Asia13.5°C(25 countries)

Country Rankings

Top 10 Countries

Bottom 10 Countries

Data Analysis

Value Distribution

How countries are distributed across the value range

Low (-27.3°C)High (27.4°C)

Regional Comparison

Average values by world region (Global avg: 14.3°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	27.4°C
2	South Sudan	27.3°C
3	Australia	27.1°C
4	American Samoa	26.9°C
5	Ghana	26.7°C
6	Benin	26.6°C
7	Togo	26.6°C
8	Solomon Islands	26.3°C
9	Seychelles	26.2°C
10	Kiribati	26.1°C
11	Guinea-Bissau	26.1°C
12	Mozambique	26.1°C
13	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines	26.0°C
14	Sao Tome and Principe	26.0°C
15	Botswana	25.9°C
16	Suriname	25.9°C
17	Comoros	25.9°C
18	Brunei Darussalam	25.7°C
19	Senegal	25.7°C
20	Vanuatu	25.6°C
21	Virgin Islands, U.S.	25.6°C
22	Cayman Islands	25.6°C
23	French Polynesia	25.6°C
24	Cote d'Ivoire	25.5°C
25	Republic of The Gambia	25.5°C
26	Antigua and Barbuda	25.5°C
27	Samoa	25.5°C
28	Burkina Faso	25.5°C
29	Brazil	25.5°C
30	Trinidad and Tobago	25.4°C
31	Anguilla	25.4°C
32	Nigeria	25.3°C
33	Central African Republic	25.3°C
34	Fiji	25.3°C
35	Sierra Leone	25.2°C
36	Timor-Leste	25.2°C
37	Cambodia	25.1°C
38	Guyana	25.0°C
39	Cook Islands	24.9°C
40	El Salvador	24.9°C
41	Venezuela	24.8°C
42	Indonesia	24.7°C
43	Somalia	24.7°C
44	Philippines	24.7°C
45	Guinea	24.7°C
46	Mauritius	24.6°C
47	Liberia	24.6°C
48	Sri Lanka	24.6°C
49	Malaysia	24.6°C
50	Kenya	24.6°C
51	Namibia	24.5°C
52	New Caledonia	24.4°C
53	Republic of the Congo	24.4°C
54	Gabon	24.3°C
55	Madagascar	24.3°C
56	Jamaica	24.2°C
57	Panama	24.1°C
58	Malawi	24.1°C
59	Nicaragua	24.1°C
60	Puerto Rico	24.0°C
61	Zimbabwe	23.9°C
62	Cameroon	23.9°C
63	Papua New Guinea	23.8°C
64	Eritrea	23.7°C
65	Djibouti	23.6°C
66	Bahamas	23.6°C
67	Colombia	23.6°C
68	Equatorial Guinea	23.4°C
69	United Republic of Tanzania	23.4°C
70	Democratic Republic of the Congo	23.4°C
71	Cuba	23.3°C
72	Haiti	23.3°C
73	Uganda	22.9°C
74	Belize	22.9°C
75	Zambia	22.9°C
76	Thailand	22.8°C
77	Dominican Republic	22.6°C
78	Eswatini	22.5°C
79	Uruguay	22.3°C
80	Angola	22.2°C
81	Cape Verde	22.2°C
82	Ethiopia	22.1°C
83	South Africa	22.1°C
84	Costa Rica	22.1°C
85	Bolivia	21.7°C
86	Mali	21.5°C
87	Oman	21.5°C
88	Honduras	21.5°C
89	Sudan	21.0°C
90	Saint Helena	20.8°C
91	Chad	20.6°C
92	Ecuador	20.6°C
93	Guatemala	20.5°C
94	Argentina	20.2°C
95	United Arab Emirates	20.0°C
96	Vietnam	19.8°C
97	Bahrain	19.8°C
98	Yemen	19.8°C
99	Burundi	19.7°C
100	Mauritania	19.5°C
101	Qatar	19.3°C
102	Bangladesh	19.3°C
103	Peru	19.2°C
104	Niger	18.8°C
105	Myanmar	18.8°C
106	Lao People's Democratic Republic	18.5°C
107	Rwanda	18.5°C
108	Hong Kong	17.6°C
109	India	17.2°C
110	Saudi Arabia	16.4°C
111	Lesotho	15.5°C
112	Mexico	15.4°C
113	Kuwait	14.3°C
114	Egypt	14.2°C
115	State of Palestine	13.2°C
116	Israel	13.1°C
117	New Zealand	13.1°C
118	Cyprus	13.0°C
119	Algeria	12.6°C
120	Libya	12.5°C
121	Chile	12.2°C
122	Tunisia	11.5°C
123	Morocco	10.8°C
124	Iraq	10.8°C
125	Pakistan	10.3°C
126	Jordan	10.0°C
127	Portugal	9.8°C
128	Falkland Islands (Malvinas)	8.9°C
129	Syrian Arab Republic	8.2°C
130	Lebanon	8.1°C
131	Isle of Man	7.6°C
132	Islamic Republic of Iran	7.4°C
133	France	7.3°C
134	Spain	7.1°C
135	Greece	7.0°C
136	Ireland	5.8°C
137	Nepal	5.8°C
138	Italy	4.9°C
139	United Kingdom	4.4°C
140	Faroe Islands	4.2°C
141	Albania	4.0°C
142	Netherlands	3.7°C
143	Turkmenistan	3.6°C
144	Japan	3.4°C
145	Belgium	3.3°C
146	Denmark	2.3°C
147	Croatia	2.0°C
148	Luxembourg	2.0°C
149	Türkiye	1.8°C
150	Azerbaijan	1.8°C
151	South Korea	1.5°C
152	Bhutan	1.3°C
153	Afghanistan	1.2°C
154	Germany	1.0°C
155	Bulgaria	0.9°C
156	The Republic of North Macedonia	0.8°C
157	Montenegro	0.8°C
158	Bosnia and Herzegovina	0.3°C
159	Serbia	0.2°C
160	Hungary	-0.1°C
161	Slovenia	-0.1°C
162	Uzbekistan	-0.3°C
163	Poland	-1.0°C
164	Czech Republic	-1.1°C
165	Romania	-1.3°C
166	Moldova, Republic of	-1.4°C
167	Georgia	-1.8°C
168	United States of America	-1.8°C
169	Slovakia	-2.0°C
170	Estonia	-2.2°C
171	Andorra	-2.3°C
172	Lithuania	-2.5°C
173	Latvia	-2.6°C
174	Ukraine	-2.7°C
175	Austria	-3.3°C
176	Switzerland	-3.4°C
177	Iceland	-3.6°C
178	Belarus	-3.9°C
179	Armenia	-4.0°C
180	Sweden	-4.8°C
181	People's Republic of China	-5.7°C
182	Finland	-6.4°C
183	North Korea	-6.5°C
184	Norway	-7.2°C
185	Kazakhstan	-8.5°C
186	Kyrgyzstan	-10.9°C
187	Tajikistan	-11.4°C
188	Mongolia	-15.9°C
189	Canada	-18.2°C
190	Russian Federation	-21.3°C
191	Greenland	-27.3°C

Showing 191 of 191 countries

Topics

#social #°c #1990s

Data Source

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

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