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1961

Name: 1961
Creator: Our World in Data
Keywords: social, °c, 1961

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

-1.0°C

Median: -1.0°C

Countries Covered

191

with available data

Highest

Turkmenistan

2.3°C

Lowest

Norway

-6.2°C

Top 5 Countries

1Turkmenistan2.3°C

2Uzbekistan2.1°C

3Georgia2.1°C

4Azerbaijan1.9°C

5Armenia1.7°C

By Region

Oceania0.9°C(2 countries)

South America-0.6°C(7 countries)

Asia-0.7°C(25 countries)

Other-0.9°C(112 countries)

Africa-1.1°C(9 countries)

Country Rankings

Top 10 Countries

Bottom 10 Countries

Data Analysis

Value Distribution

How countries are distributed across the value range

Low (-6.2°C)High (2.3°C)

Regional Comparison

Average values by world region (Global avg: -1.0°C)

Oceania (2)

South America (7)

Asia (25)

Other (112)

Africa (9)

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	Turkmenistan	2.3°C
2	Uzbekistan	2.1°C
3	Georgia	2.1°C
4	Azerbaijan	1.9°C
5	Armenia	1.7°C
6	Kazakhstan	1.3°C
7	New Zealand	1.3°C
8	Portugal	1.1°C
9	Andorra	1.1°C
10	Morocco	0.7°C
11	Spain	0.6°C
12	Bahrain	0.6°C
13	Australia	0.5°C
14	Syrian Arab Republic	0.5°C
15	Türkiye	0.5°C
16	Albania	0.5°C
17	Hong Kong	0.5°C
18	Lebanon	0.3°C
19	Lao People's Democratic Republic	0.3°C
20	Falkland Islands (Malvinas)	0.3°C
21	Greenland	0.2°C
22	Vanuatu	0.1°C
23	Cyprus	0.1°C
24	Vietnam	0.1°C
25	Timor-Leste	0.0°C
26	Chile	0.0°C
27	Qatar	-0.1°C
28	Greece	-0.1°C
29	Cape Verde	-0.1°C
30	Seychelles	-0.1°C
31	Antigua and Barbuda	-0.2°C
32	Islamic Republic of Iran	-0.2°C
33	Mauritius	-0.2°C
34	Liberia	-0.2°C
35	Argentina	-0.2°C
36	Thailand	-0.2°C
37	France	-0.2°C
38	Sierra Leone	-0.3°C
39	Japan	-0.3°C
40	Paraguay	-0.3°C
41	South Korea	-0.3°C
42	Djibouti	-0.3°C
43	Mauritania	-0.3°C
44	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines	-0.3°C
45	Anguilla	-0.4°C
46	Virgin Islands, U.S.	-0.4°C
47	North Korea	-0.4°C
48	Central African Republic	-0.4°C
49	Mexico	-0.4°C
50	Saint Helena	-0.4°C
51	French Polynesia	-0.4°C
52	New Caledonia	-0.4°C
53	Montenegro	-0.5°C
54	Cayman Islands	-0.5°C
55	Tunisia	-0.5°C
56	Philippines	-0.5°C
57	Kiribati	-0.5°C
58	Cuba	-0.5°C
59	Bahamas	-0.5°C
60	Cook Islands	-0.5°C
61	Cambodia	-0.5°C
62	Algeria	-0.6°C
63	Solomon Islands	-0.6°C
64	Costa Rica	-0.6°C
65	Trinidad and Tobago	-0.6°C
66	Colombia	-0.6°C
67	Samoa	-0.6°C
68	American Samoa	-0.6°C
69	State of Palestine	-0.7°C
70	Puerto Rico	-0.7°C
71	Italy	-0.7°C
72	Panama	-0.7°C
73	Ecuador	-0.7°C
74	Fiji	-0.7°C
75	United Arab Emirates	-0.7°C
76	Venezuela	-0.7°C
77	Bulgaria	-0.7°C
78	Nicaragua	-0.8°C
79	Russian Federation	-0.8°C
80	Hungary	-0.8°C
81	Peru	-0.8°C
82	Sri Lanka	-0.8°C
83	Mozambique	-0.8°C
84	Republic of the Congo	-0.9°C
85	Yemen	-0.9°C
86	Switzerland	-0.9°C
87	Ghana	-0.9°C
88	Indonesia	-0.9°C
89	Cameroon	-0.9°C
90	Sao Tome and Principe	-0.9°C
91	Somalia	-0.9°C
92	The Republic of North Macedonia	-0.9°C
93	Luxembourg	-0.9°C
94	Uruguay	-0.9°C
95	Malaysia	-1.0°C
96	Zimbabwe	-1.0°C
97	Guinea-Bissau	-1.0°C
98	Romania	-1.0°C
99	Iraq	-1.0°C
100	Papua New Guinea	-1.0°C
101	Israel	-1.0°C
102	Jordan	-1.0°C
103	Honduras	-1.0°C
104	Bolivia	-1.0°C
105	Haiti	-1.0°C
106	Oman	-1.1°C
107	Belize	-1.1°C
108	Angola	-1.1°C
109	Dominican Republic	-1.1°C
110	Brunei Darussalam	-1.1°C
111	Comoros	-1.1°C
112	Botswana	-1.1°C
113	Eritrea	-1.1°C
114	Cote d'Ivoire	-1.1°C
115	Namibia	-1.1°C
116	Democratic Republic of the Congo	-1.1°C
117	Guatemala	-1.2°C
118	Afghanistan	-1.2°C
119	Brazil	-1.2°C
120	Lesotho	-1.2°C
121	Moldova, Republic of	-1.2°C
122	Kyrgyzstan	-1.2°C
123	Guinea	-1.2°C
124	Togo	-1.2°C
125	Guyana	-1.3°C
126	Rwanda	-1.3°C
127	Egypt	-1.3°C
128	Malawi	-1.3°C
129	Libya	-1.3°C
130	South Africa	-1.4°C
131	Serbia	-1.4°C
132	Belgium	-1.4°C
133	Madagascar	-1.4°C
134	Saudi Arabia	-1.4°C
135	Croatia	-1.4°C
136	Eswatini	-1.5°C
137	Equatorial Guinea	-1.5°C
138	Burundi	-1.5°C
139	Gabon	-1.5°C
140	Bosnia and Herzegovina	-1.5°C
141	Jamaica	-1.5°C
142	Myanmar	-1.5°C
143	Ethiopia	-1.5°C
144	Ukraine	-1.5°C
145	Mongolia	-1.5°C
146	El Salvador	-1.5°C
147	Mali	-1.6°C
148	People's Republic of China	-1.6°C
149	Benin	-1.6°C
150	Nigeria	-1.7°C
151	Isle of Man	-1.7°C
152	Suriname	-1.7°C
153	Zambia	-1.7°C
154	Kuwait	-1.8°C
155	Kenya	-1.8°C
156	Senegal	-1.8°C
157	Pakistan	-1.9°C
158	Ireland	-1.9°C
159	Tajikistan	-1.9°C
160	Uganda	-1.9°C
161	Republic of The Gambia	-2.0°C
162	Bangladesh	-2.0°C
163	United Republic of Tanzania	-2.0°C
164	India	-2.1°C
165	Latvia	-2.1°C
166	Faroe Islands	-2.1°C
167	Burkina Faso	-2.1°C
168	Estonia	-2.2°C
169	Netherlands	-2.4°C
170	Germany	-2.5°C
171	Austria	-2.5°C
172	Sudan	-2.5°C
173	Slovenia	-2.5°C
174	United Kingdom	-2.6°C
175	United States of America	-2.7°C
176	Lithuania	-2.7°C
177	Slovakia	-2.7°C
178	Czech Republic	-2.8°C
179	Canada	-2.8°C
180	Chad	-2.9°C
181	Niger	-3.0°C
182	Belarus	-3.1°C
183	Denmark	-3.2°C
184	South Sudan	-3.5°C
185	Poland	-3.6°C
186	Finland	-3.9°C
187	Nepal	-4.1°C
188	Bhutan	-4.1°C
189	Sweden	-4.7°C
190	Iceland	-5.6°C
191	Norway	-6.2°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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