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1957

Name: 1957
Creator: Our World in Data
Keywords: social, °c, 1957

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

-0.7°C

Median: -0.6°C

Countries Covered

191

with available data

Highest

Kazakhstan

2.3°C

Lowest

Greenland

-4.4°C

Top 5 Countries

1Kazakhstan2.3°C

2Uzbekistan1.3°C

3Mongolia1.2°C

4Georgia1.0°C

5Kiribati0.9°C

By Region

South America-0.3°C(7 countries)

Asia-0.5°C(25 countries)

Other-0.6°C(112 countries)

Oceania-0.7°C(2 countries)

North America-0.8°C(4 countries)

Country Rankings

Top 10 Countries

Bottom 10 Countries

Data Analysis

Value Distribution

How countries are distributed across the value range

Low (-4.4°C)High (2.3°C)

Regional Comparison

Average values by world region (Global avg: -0.7°C)

South America (7)

Asia (25)

Other (112)

Oceania (2)

North America (4)

Africa (9)

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	Kazakhstan	2.3°C
2	Uzbekistan	1.3°C
3	Mongolia	1.2°C
4	Georgia	1.0°C
5	Kiribati	0.9°C
6	Niger	0.6°C
7	Sudan	0.6°C
8	United States of America	0.5°C
9	Hong Kong	0.4°C
10	Lao People's Democratic Republic	0.4°C
11	Japan	0.4°C
12	Turkmenistan	0.4°C
13	Vietnam	0.4°C
14	India	0.4°C
15	Armenia	0.4°C
16	Panama	0.3°C
17	North Korea	0.3°C
18	Eritrea	0.2°C
19	Australia	0.2°C
20	Chad	0.2°C
21	People's Republic of China	0.2°C
22	Slovenia	0.2°C
23	Azerbaijan	0.2°C
24	Kyrgyzstan	0.2°C
25	Bangladesh	0.2°C
26	Ireland	0.2°C
27	South Africa	0.1°C
28	Central African Republic	0.1°C
29	Mexico	0.1°C
30	Suriname	0.1°C
31	Tajikistan	0.1°C
32	Guyana	0.1°C
33	Brazil	0.0°C
34	Isle of Man	-0.0°C
35	Guinea-Bissau	-0.0°C
36	Dominican Republic	-0.1°C
37	Colombia	-0.1°C
38	Peru	-0.1°C
39	Estonia	-0.1°C
40	Guinea	-0.1°C
41	Russian Federation	-0.1°C
42	Thailand	-0.1°C
43	Nigeria	-0.2°C
44	Hungary	-0.2°C
45	Mauritius	-0.2°C
46	Lebanon	-0.2°C
47	Croatia	-0.2°C
48	Solomon Islands	-0.2°C
49	Cape Verde	-0.2°C
50	Cameroon	-0.2°C
51	Costa Rica	-0.3°C
52	South Korea	-0.3°C
53	Eswatini	-0.3°C
54	Chile	-0.3°C
55	Cambodia	-0.3°C
56	French Polynesia	-0.3°C
57	Venezuela	-0.3°C
58	Vanuatu	-0.3°C
59	Burkina Faso	-0.3°C
60	Puerto Rico	-0.3°C
61	Lesotho	-0.4°C
62	American Samoa	-0.4°C
63	Philippines	-0.4°C
64	Ecuador	-0.4°C
65	Trinidad and Tobago	-0.4°C
66	Antigua and Barbuda	-0.4°C
67	Samoa	-0.4°C
68	Anguilla	-0.4°C
69	Paraguay	-0.4°C
70	Mozambique	-0.4°C
71	Pakistan	-0.4°C
72	New Caledonia	-0.4°C
73	Türkiye	-0.4°C
74	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines	-0.4°C
75	Uruguay	-0.5°C
76	Egypt	-0.5°C
77	Republic of The Gambia	-0.5°C
78	Israel	-0.5°C
79	Sri Lanka	-0.5°C
80	Uganda	-0.5°C
81	Brunei Darussalam	-0.5°C
82	Comoros	-0.5°C
83	Sao Tome and Principe	-0.5°C
84	State of Palestine	-0.5°C
85	Virgin Islands, U.S.	-0.6°C
86	Saint Helena	-0.6°C
87	Sierra Leone	-0.6°C
88	Bolivia	-0.6°C
89	Qatar	-0.6°C
90	Papua New Guinea	-0.6°C
91	Fiji	-0.6°C
92	Seychelles	-0.6°C
93	Senegal	-0.6°C
94	Djibouti	-0.6°C
95	Haiti	-0.6°C
96	Namibia	-0.6°C
97	United Arab Emirates	-0.6°C
98	Slovakia	-0.6°C
99	Angola	-0.6°C
100	Oman	-0.7°C
101	United Kingdom	-0.7°C
102	Republic of the Congo	-0.7°C
103	Bhutan	-0.7°C
104	Argentina	-0.7°C
105	Cyprus	-0.7°C
106	Latvia	-0.7°C
107	Nepal	-0.7°C
108	Mali	-0.7°C
109	Burundi	-0.7°C
110	Malawi	-0.7°C
111	Liberia	-0.7°C
112	Myanmar	-0.7°C
113	Rwanda	-0.7°C
114	Nicaragua	-0.7°C
115	Somalia	-0.7°C
116	Malaysia	-0.7°C
117	Benin	-0.8°C
118	Czech Republic	-0.8°C
119	Syrian Arab Republic	-0.8°C
120	Faroe Islands	-0.8°C
121	Indonesia	-0.8°C
122	Democratic Republic of the Congo	-0.8°C
123	Libya	-0.8°C
124	Bahrain	-0.8°C
125	Cayman Islands	-0.8°C
126	Sweden	-0.8°C
127	Afghanistan	-0.8°C
128	Equatorial Guinea	-0.8°C
129	Madagascar	-0.9°C
130	Cote d'Ivoire	-0.9°C
131	Gabon	-0.9°C
132	United Republic of Tanzania	-0.9°C
133	Cook Islands	-0.9°C
134	Jordan	-0.9°C
135	Falkland Islands (Malvinas)	-0.9°C
136	Albania	-1.0°C
137	Finland	-1.0°C
138	Cuba	-1.0°C
139	Denmark	-1.1°C
140	The Republic of North Macedonia	-1.1°C
141	Italy	-1.1°C
142	Netherlands	-1.1°C
143	Jamaica	-1.1°C
144	Ethiopia	-1.1°C
145	Timor-Leste	-1.1°C
146	Zambia	-1.2°C
147	Ukraine	-1.2°C
148	Togo	-1.2°C
149	Lithuania	-1.2°C
150	Bahamas	-1.2°C
151	Austria	-1.2°C
152	Ghana	-1.3°C
153	Bosnia and Herzegovina	-1.3°C
154	Luxembourg	-1.3°C
155	Poland	-1.3°C
156	France	-1.3°C
157	Greece	-1.3°C
158	Belgium	-1.4°C
159	Zimbabwe	-1.4°C
160	Islamic Republic of Iran	-1.4°C
161	Kenya	-1.4°C
162	El Salvador	-1.4°C
163	South Sudan	-1.4°C
164	Honduras	-1.4°C
165	Yemen	-1.4°C
166	Germany	-1.4°C
167	Serbia	-1.5°C
168	Botswana	-1.7°C
169	New Zealand	-1.7°C
170	Saudi Arabia	-1.8°C
171	Switzerland	-1.8°C
172	Montenegro	-1.9°C
173	Canada	-1.9°C
174	Mauritania	-1.9°C
175	Iraq	-2.0°C
176	Belize	-2.0°C
177	Guatemala	-2.0°C
178	Algeria	-2.0°C
179	Belarus	-2.1°C
180	Kuwait	-2.1°C
181	Bulgaria	-2.3°C
182	Andorra	-2.4°C
183	Tunisia	-2.5°C
184	Romania	-2.6°C
185	Moldova, Republic of	-2.7°C
186	Portugal	-2.7°C
187	Spain	-2.9°C
188	Norway	-3.1°C
189	Morocco	-3.8°C
190	Iceland	-4.1°C
191	Greenland	-4.4°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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