social2026

1959

Name: 1959
Creator: Our World in Data
Keywords: social, °c, 1959

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

-0.6°C

Median: -0.5°C

Countries Covered

191

with available data

Highest

Hungary

3.6°C

Lowest

Kazakhstan

-6.7°C

Top 5 Countries

1Hungary3.6°C

2Bosnia and Herzegovina3.1°C

3Croatia3.1°C

4Serbia2.9°C

5Slovakia2.6°C

By Region

Europe0.1°C(32 countries)

North America-0.1°C(4 countries)

Oceania-0.1°C(2 countries)

South America-0.6°C(7 countries)

Other-0.7°C(112 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 (3.6°C)

Regional Comparison

Average values by world region (Global avg: -0.6°C)

Europe (32)

North America (4)

Oceania (2)

South America (7)

Other (112)

Africa (9)

Asia (25)

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	Hungary	3.6°C
2	Bosnia and Herzegovina	3.1°C
3	Croatia	3.1°C
4	Serbia	2.9°C
5	Slovakia	2.6°C
6	The Republic of North Macedonia	2.5°C
7	Montenegro	2.4°C
8	Slovenia	2.3°C
9	Canada	2.1°C
10	Bulgaria	2.1°C
11	Albania	2.0°C
12	Greece	1.6°C
13	Romania	1.5°C
14	Czech Republic	1.4°C
15	Lao People's Democratic Republic	1.3°C
16	Luxembourg	1.2°C
17	Türkiye	1.1°C
18	Austria	1.0°C
19	Lebanon	1.0°C
20	Thailand	0.9°C
21	North Korea	0.9°C
22	Belgium	0.8°C
23	France	0.8°C
24	Bhutan	0.8°C
25	Nepal	0.7°C
26	Isle of Man	0.7°C
27	Faroe Islands	0.6°C
28	Italy	0.6°C
29	Switzerland	0.5°C
30	South Korea	0.5°C
31	Hong Kong	0.5°C
32	Central African Republic	0.5°C
33	Germany	0.4°C
34	Georgia	0.3°C
35	New Zealand	0.3°C
36	Cyprus	0.3°C
37	United Kingdom	0.2°C
38	Myanmar	0.2°C
39	Vietnam	0.1°C
40	Netherlands	0.1°C
41	Ireland	0.1°C
42	Anguilla	0.1°C
43	United States of America	0.1°C
44	Virgin Islands, U.S.	0.1°C
45	Antigua and Barbuda	0.0°C
46	Chile	0.0°C
47	Mauritius	0.0°C
48	Portugal	0.0°C
49	Cambodia	0.0°C
50	Vanuatu	-0.1°C
51	Sweden	-0.1°C
52	Seychelles	-0.1°C
53	Japan	-0.1°C
54	India	-0.1°C
55	Cameroon	-0.1°C
56	Panama	-0.1°C
57	State of Palestine	-0.2°C
58	French Polynesia	-0.2°C
59	Syrian Arab Republic	-0.2°C
60	Israel	-0.2°C
61	Republic of The Gambia	-0.2°C
62	Venezuela	-0.2°C
63	Kiribati	-0.2°C
64	Bangladesh	-0.2°C
65	Spain	-0.2°C
66	Dominican Republic	-0.3°C
67	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines	-0.3°C
68	Puerto Rico	-0.3°C
69	Sierra Leone	-0.3°C
70	New Caledonia	-0.3°C
71	Cayman Islands	-0.3°C
72	Sudan	-0.4°C
73	Denmark	-0.4°C
74	Somalia	-0.4°C
75	Brazil	-0.4°C
76	Nigeria	-0.4°C
77	Cook Islands	-0.4°C
78	Republic of the Congo	-0.4°C
79	Philippines	-0.5°C
80	Liberia	-0.5°C
81	Argentina	-0.5°C
82	Moldova, Republic of	-0.5°C
83	Trinidad and Tobago	-0.5°C
84	Bahamas	-0.5°C
85	American Samoa	-0.5°C
86	Sri Lanka	-0.5°C
87	Samoa	-0.5°C
88	Eswatini	-0.5°C
89	Sao Tome and Principe	-0.5°C
90	People's Republic of China	-0.5°C
91	Armenia	-0.5°C
92	Kenya	-0.5°C
93	Burundi	-0.5°C
94	Haiti	-0.5°C
95	Guinea-Bissau	-0.5°C
96	Democratic Republic of the Congo	-0.5°C
97	Angola	-0.5°C
98	Eritrea	-0.5°C
99	Australia	-0.6°C
100	Costa Rica	-0.6°C
101	Poland	-0.6°C
102	Cuba	-0.6°C
103	Solomon Islands	-0.6°C
104	Timor-Leste	-0.6°C
105	Rwanda	-0.7°C
106	Uganda	-0.7°C
107	Fiji	-0.7°C
108	Mozambique	-0.7°C
109	Bolivia	-0.7°C
110	Papua New Guinea	-0.7°C
111	Comoros	-0.8°C
112	Nicaragua	-0.8°C
113	Falkland Islands (Malvinas)	-0.8°C
114	Namibia	-0.8°C
115	Egypt	-0.8°C
116	Saint Helena	-0.8°C
117	Ecuador	-0.8°C
118	Kyrgyzstan	-0.8°C
119	Jordan	-0.8°C
120	Morocco	-0.8°C
121	Togo	-0.8°C
122	Malaysia	-0.8°C
123	Peru	-0.8°C
124	Guinea	-0.8°C
125	Guyana	-0.8°C
126	Madagascar	-0.9°C
127	Mexico	-0.9°C
128	Indonesia	-0.9°C
129	Botswana	-0.9°C
130	Gabon	-0.9°C
131	Equatorial Guinea	-0.9°C
132	Ethiopia	-0.9°C
133	Colombia	-0.9°C
134	Senegal	-0.9°C
135	United Republic of Tanzania	-0.9°C
136	Benin	-0.9°C
137	Ghana	-0.9°C
138	Cote d'Ivoire	-1.0°C
139	Djibouti	-1.0°C
140	Andorra	-1.0°C
141	Chad	-1.0°C
142	Brunei Darussalam	-1.0°C
143	Uruguay	-1.0°C
144	South Africa	-1.0°C
145	Malawi	-1.1°C
146	Zimbabwe	-1.1°C
147	Suriname	-1.1°C
148	Zambia	-1.2°C
149	Norway	-1.2°C
150	Lesotho	-1.2°C
151	Paraguay	-1.3°C
152	Jamaica	-1.3°C
153	Tajikistan	-1.4°C
154	Kuwait	-1.4°C
155	Honduras	-1.4°C
156	Libya	-1.5°C
157	South Sudan	-1.5°C
158	Cape Verde	-1.5°C
159	Greenland	-1.6°C
160	Algeria	-1.6°C
161	Iraq	-1.6°C
162	Niger	-1.7°C
163	Tunisia	-1.8°C
164	Pakistan	-1.8°C
165	Guatemala	-1.8°C
166	Bahrain	-1.8°C
167	Burkina Faso	-1.8°C
168	El Salvador	-1.8°C
169	Azerbaijan	-1.9°C
170	Belize	-1.9°C
171	Mali	-2.2°C
172	Ukraine	-2.5°C
173	Mauritania	-2.7°C
174	Qatar	-2.7°C
175	Mongolia	-2.7°C
176	Iceland	-2.8°C
177	Saudi Arabia	-3.1°C
178	United Arab Emirates	-3.1°C
179	Yemen	-3.1°C
180	Russian Federation	-3.2°C
181	Oman	-3.5°C
182	Islamic Republic of Iran	-3.5°C
183	Finland	-3.7°C
184	Lithuania	-3.9°C
185	Afghanistan	-4.0°C
186	Belarus	-4.1°C
187	Latvia	-4.6°C
188	Estonia	-4.6°C
189	Uzbekistan	-5.8°C
190	Turkmenistan	-5.9°C
191	Kazakhstan	-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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