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2000s

Name: 2000s
Creator: Our World in Data
Keywords: social, °c, 2000s

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

14.6°C

Median: 20.1°C

Countries Covered

191

with available data

Highest

South Sudan

28.0°C

Lowest

Greenland

-25.9°C

Top 5 Countries

1South Sudan28.0°C

2Australia27.4°C

3Paraguay27.3°C

4Ghana27.2°C

5American Samoa27.0°C

By Region

South America20.5°C(7 countries)

Africa20.5°C(9 countries)

Oceania20.4°C(2 countries)

Other18.0°C(112 countries)

Asia13.6°C(25 countries)

Country Rankings

Top 10 Countries

Bottom 10 Countries

Data Analysis

Value Distribution

How countries are distributed across the value range

Low (-25.9°C)High (28.0°C)

Regional Comparison

Average values by world region (Global avg: 14.6°C)

South America (7)

Africa (9)

Oceania (2)

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	South Sudan	28.0°C
2	Australia	27.4°C
3	Paraguay	27.3°C
4	Ghana	27.2°C
5	American Samoa	27.0°C
6	Benin	26.9°C
7	Togo	26.9°C
8	Solomon Islands	26.4°C
9	Seychelles	26.4°C
10	Cote d'Ivoire	26.3°C
11	Guinea-Bissau	26.2°C
12	Kiribati	26.2°C
13	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines	26.2°C
14	Botswana	26.1°C
15	Burkina Faso	26.1°C
16	Comoros	26.1°C
17	Mozambique	26.1°C
18	Senegal	26.1°C
19	Brunei Darussalam	26.0°C
20	Sao Tome and Principe	26.0°C
21	Cambodia	26.0°C
22	Virgin Islands, U.S.	25.9°C
23	Cayman Islands	25.8°C
24	French Polynesia	25.8°C
25	Sierra Leone	25.8°C
26	Republic of The Gambia	25.8°C
27	Antigua and Barbuda	25.8°C
28	Suriname	25.8°C
29	Trinidad and Tobago	25.7°C
30	Central African Republic	25.7°C
31	Vanuatu	25.6°C
32	Anguilla	25.6°C
33	Timor-Leste	25.6°C
34	Nigeria	25.6°C
35	Brazil	25.5°C
36	Samoa	25.5°C
37	Mauritius	25.3°C
38	Guinea	25.3°C
39	Kenya	25.3°C
40	El Salvador	25.2°C
41	Fiji	25.2°C
42	Venezuela	25.2°C
43	Liberia	25.2°C
44	Somalia	25.1°C
45	Indonesia	25.1°C
46	Namibia	25.1°C
47	Guyana	25.0°C
48	Philippines	25.0°C
49	Malaysia	25.0°C
50	Cook Islands	24.9°C
51	Sri Lanka	24.8°C
52	Jamaica	24.7°C
53	Madagascar	24.7°C
54	Republic of the Congo	24.7°C
55	Gabon	24.6°C
56	Panama	24.6°C
57	New Caledonia	24.5°C
58	Nicaragua	24.5°C
59	Puerto Rico	24.3°C
60	Cameroon	24.2°C
61	Papua New Guinea	24.1°C
62	Haiti	23.9°C
63	Bahamas	23.9°C
64	Colombia	23.8°C
65	Equatorial Guinea	23.8°C
66	Zimbabwe	23.8°C
67	Djibouti	23.7°C
68	Malawi	23.7°C
69	Cuba	23.7°C
70	Eritrea	23.7°C
71	Democratic Republic of the Congo	23.6°C
72	United Republic of Tanzania	23.5°C
73	Thailand	23.5°C
74	Uganda	23.3°C
75	Belize	23.2°C
76	Dominican Republic	23.1°C
77	Eswatini	22.7°C
78	Cape Verde	22.7°C
79	South Africa	22.5°C
80	Zambia	22.5°C
81	Costa Rica	22.4°C
82	Ethiopia	22.3°C
83	Mali	22.2°C
84	Angola	22.2°C
85	Uruguay	21.9°C
86	Bolivia	21.8°C
87	Honduras	21.7°C
88	Sudan	21.3°C
89	Oman	21.3°C
90	Chad	21.2°C
91	Saint Helena	21.1°C
92	Ecuador	20.7°C
93	Guatemala	20.7°C
94	Mauritania	20.4°C
95	United Arab Emirates	20.2°C
96	Argentina	20.1°C
97	Vietnam	20.1°C
98	Burundi	20.0°C
99	Yemen	20.0°C
100	Bangladesh	19.7°C
101	Niger	19.7°C
102	Bahrain	19.6°C
103	Peru	19.3°C
104	Qatar	19.2°C
105	Myanmar	19.1°C
106	Lao People's Democratic Republic	19.1°C
107	Rwanda	19.0°C
108	India	17.8°C
109	Hong Kong	17.6°C
110	Saudi Arabia	16.4°C
111	Lesotho	16.2°C
112	Mexico	15.2°C
113	Egypt	14.8°C
114	Kuwait	14.0°C
115	New Zealand	13.4°C
116	State of Palestine	13.4°C
117	Algeria	13.3°C
118	Israel	13.3°C
119	Cyprus	13.3°C
120	Libya	13.2°C
121	Chile	12.3°C
122	Tunisia	12.0°C
123	Morocco	11.0°C
124	Iraq	10.7°C
125	Pakistan	10.6°C
126	Jordan	9.9°C
127	Falkland Islands (Malvinas)	9.4°C
128	Portugal	9.2°C
129	Lebanon	8.4°C
130	Syrian Arab Republic	8.1°C
131	Isle of Man	7.9°C
132	Greece	7.2°C
133	France	7.1°C
134	Islamic Republic of Iran	7.0°C
135	Spain	6.7°C
136	Nepal	6.4°C
137	Ireland	6.0°C
138	Faroe Islands	5.3°C
139	Italy	5.3°C
140	United Kingdom	4.8°C
141	Albania	4.3°C
142	Netherlands	3.9°C
143	Belgium	3.4°C
144	Turkmenistan	3.3°C
145	Denmark	3.2°C
146	Croatia	3.0°C
147	Japan	3.0°C
148	Bhutan	2.4°C
149	Luxembourg	2.1°C
150	Azerbaijan	1.6°C
151	Bulgaria	1.5°C
152	Germany	1.5°C
153	Türkiye	1.5°C
154	Bosnia and Herzegovina	1.5°C
155	Montenegro	1.4°C
156	The Republic of North Macedonia	1.4°C
157	Serbia	1.1°C
158	South Korea	1.0°C
159	Slovenia	1.0°C
160	Afghanistan	0.8°C
161	Hungary	0.7°C
162	Poland	-0.0°C
163	Romania	-0.5°C
164	Moldova, Republic of	-0.6°C
165	Czech Republic	-0.6°C
166	Uzbekistan	-0.6°C
167	Lithuania	-1.0°C
168	Slovakia	-1.2°C
169	Latvia	-1.4°C
170	Estonia	-1.5°C
171	Ukraine	-1.5°C
172	United States of America	-1.7°C
173	Georgia	-2.0°C
174	Iceland	-2.1°C
175	Belarus	-2.4°C
176	Andorra	-2.5°C
177	Austria	-2.6°C
178	Switzerland	-3.3°C
179	Sweden	-4.1°C
180	Armenia	-4.6°C
181	Finland	-5.8°C
182	People's Republic of China	-5.9°C
183	Norway	-6.0°C
184	North Korea	-7.2°C
185	Kazakhstan	-8.4°C
186	Kyrgyzstan	-11.4°C
187	Tajikistan	-12.0°C
188	Canada	-17.4°C
189	Mongolia	-17.5°C
190	Russian Federation	-21.2°C
191	Greenland	-25.9°C

Showing 191 of 191 countries

Topics

#social #°c #2000s

Data Source

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

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