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1956

Name: 1956
Creator: Our World in Data
Keywords: social, °c, 1956

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

-1.3°C

Median: -1.3°C

Countries Covered

191

with available data

Highest

Iceland

1.4°C

Lowest

North Korea

-6.7°C

Top 5 Countries

1Iceland1.4°C

2Ireland1.4°C

3Belgium1.3°C

4Netherlands1.1°C

5Luxembourg1.0°C

By Region

Oceania-0.3°C(2 countries)

Europe-0.6°C(32 countries)

South America-0.8°C(7 countries)

Other-1.4°C(112 countries)

Asia-1.6°C(25 countries)

Country Rankings

Top 10 Countries

Bottom 10 Countries

Data Analysis

Value Distribution

How countries are distributed across the value range

Low (-6.7°C)High (1.4°C)

Regional Comparison

Average values by world region (Global avg: -1.3°C)

Oceania (2)

Europe (32)

South America (7)

Other (112)

Asia (25)

North America (4)

Africa (9)

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	Iceland	1.4°C
2	Ireland	1.4°C
3	Belgium	1.3°C
4	Netherlands	1.1°C
5	Luxembourg	1.0°C
6	United Kingdom	0.7°C
7	Greenland	0.6°C
8	Isle of Man	0.6°C
9	Uruguay	0.5°C
10	Faroe Islands	0.4°C
11	Denmark	0.4°C
12	Vanuatu	0.4°C
13	Estonia	0.1°C
14	Germany	0.1°C
15	Bangladesh	0.1°C
16	New Caledonia	0.0°C
17	Czech Republic	-0.0°C
18	Latvia	-0.0°C
19	Cuba	-0.1°C
20	France	-0.1°C
21	Bahrain	-0.1°C
22	Fiji	-0.2°C
23	Hungary	-0.2°C
24	Lithuania	-0.3°C
25	Solomon Islands	-0.3°C
26	United States of America	-0.3°C
27	Russian Federation	-0.3°C
28	Slovakia	-0.3°C
29	New Zealand	-0.3°C
30	Australia	-0.4°C
31	Cayman Islands	-0.4°C
32	Bahamas	-0.4°C
33	Mexico	-0.4°C
34	Anguilla	-0.5°C
35	Cape Verde	-0.5°C
36	Poland	-0.5°C
37	Mauritius	-0.5°C
38	Chile	-0.5°C
39	Antigua and Barbuda	-0.5°C
40	Comoros	-0.5°C
41	Puerto Rico	-0.5°C
42	Samoa	-0.6°C
43	Falkland Islands (Malvinas)	-0.6°C
44	Virgin Islands, U.S.	-0.6°C
45	American Samoa	-0.6°C
46	India	-0.6°C
47	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines	-0.6°C
48	Argentina	-0.6°C
49	Cook Islands	-0.6°C
50	Pakistan	-0.6°C
51	Sudan	-0.6°C
52	Dominican Republic	-0.7°C
53	Eritrea	-0.7°C
54	French Polynesia	-0.7°C
55	Central African Republic	-0.7°C
56	Afghanistan	-0.7°C
57	Myanmar	-0.7°C
58	Angola	-0.7°C
59	United Republic of Tanzania	-0.7°C
60	Romania	-0.7°C
61	Seychelles	-0.8°C
62	Timor-Leste	-0.8°C
63	Papua New Guinea	-0.8°C
64	Somalia	-0.8°C
65	Moldova, Republic of	-0.8°C
66	Kiribati	-0.8°C
67	Republic of The Gambia	-0.8°C
68	Kazakhstan	-0.9°C
69	Haiti	-0.9°C
70	Qatar	-0.9°C
71	Costa Rica	-0.9°C
72	Bulgaria	-0.9°C
73	Djibouti	-0.9°C
74	Saint Helena	-1.0°C
75	Cameroon	-1.0°C
76	Ethiopia	-1.0°C
77	Sweden	-1.0°C
78	Trinidad and Tobago	-1.0°C
79	Malawi	-1.0°C
80	Panama	-1.0°C
81	Finland	-1.0°C
82	Belarus	-1.1°C
83	United Arab Emirates	-1.1°C
84	El Salvador	-1.1°C
85	Nicaragua	-1.1°C
86	Sri Lanka	-1.1°C
87	Jamaica	-1.2°C
88	Oman	-1.2°C
89	Honduras	-1.2°C
90	Philippines	-1.2°C
91	Yemen	-1.2°C
92	Norway	-1.3°C
93	Ukraine	-1.3°C
94	Colombia	-1.3°C
95	Mozambique	-1.3°C
96	Republic of the Congo	-1.3°C
97	Brazil	-1.3°C
98	The Republic of North Macedonia	-1.3°C
99	Ecuador	-1.3°C
100	Belize	-1.3°C
101	Chad	-1.4°C
102	Israel	-1.4°C
103	Greece	-1.4°C
104	Guyana	-1.4°C
105	Nigeria	-1.4°C
106	Guinea-Bissau	-1.4°C
107	Equatorial Guinea	-1.4°C
108	Burundi	-1.4°C
109	Egypt	-1.4°C
110	Guinea	-1.4°C
111	State of Palestine	-1.4°C
112	Peru	-1.4°C
113	Venezuela	-1.4°C
114	Sao Tome and Principe	-1.5°C
115	Liberia	-1.5°C
116	Democratic Republic of the Congo	-1.5°C
117	Indonesia	-1.5°C
118	Saudi Arabia	-1.5°C
119	Albania	-1.5°C
120	Burkina Faso	-1.5°C
121	Zambia	-1.5°C
122	Guatemala	-1.5°C
123	Gabon	-1.5°C
124	Suriname	-1.5°C
125	Kenya	-1.6°C
126	Sierra Leone	-1.6°C
127	Jordan	-1.6°C
128	Senegal	-1.6°C
129	Austria	-1.6°C
130	Malaysia	-1.6°C
131	Lao People's Democratic Republic	-1.6°C
132	Rwanda	-1.6°C
133	Thailand	-1.7°C
134	Uganda	-1.7°C
135	Cyprus	-1.7°C
136	Andorra	-1.7°C
137	Madagascar	-1.7°C
138	Kuwait	-1.7°C
139	Vietnam	-1.8°C
140	Tajikistan	-1.8°C
141	Brunei Darussalam	-1.8°C
142	Cote d'Ivoire	-1.8°C
143	Slovenia	-1.8°C
144	Botswana	-1.9°C
145	Serbia	-1.9°C
146	Benin	-1.9°C
147	Italy	-1.9°C
148	Islamic Republic of Iran	-2.0°C
149	Uzbekistan	-2.0°C
150	Paraguay	-2.0°C
151	Kyrgyzstan	-2.0°C
152	Bolivia	-2.0°C
153	Syrian Arab Republic	-2.1°C
154	Ghana	-2.1°C
155	Nepal	-2.1°C
156	Namibia	-2.1°C
157	South Sudan	-2.2°C
158	Switzerland	-2.2°C
159	Eswatini	-2.2°C
160	Togo	-2.2°C
161	Lebanon	-2.2°C
162	Croatia	-2.2°C
163	Mali	-2.4°C
164	Cambodia	-2.4°C
165	South Africa	-2.4°C
166	Iraq	-2.4°C
167	Hong Kong	-2.5°C
168	Bhutan	-2.6°C
169	Montenegro	-2.6°C
170	Zimbabwe	-2.6°C
171	Turkmenistan	-2.6°C
172	Japan	-2.6°C
173	Portugal	-2.7°C
174	Niger	-2.7°C
175	Spain	-2.8°C
176	Bosnia and Herzegovina	-3.0°C
177	Lesotho	-3.0°C
178	People's Republic of China	-3.0°C
179	Libya	-3.1°C
180	Morocco	-3.2°C
181	Mauritania	-3.3°C
182	Mongolia	-3.7°C
183	Tunisia	-3.8°C
184	Georgia	-3.9°C
185	Türkiye	-3.9°C
186	Azerbaijan	-3.9°C
187	Algeria	-4.3°C
188	Canada	-4.5°C
189	Armenia	-4.5°C
190	South Korea	-4.7°C
191	North Korea	-6.7°C

Showing 191 of 191 countries

Topics

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Data Source

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

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