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1968

Name: 1968
Creator: Our World in Data
Keywords: social, °c, 1968

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

Hong Kong

3.4°C

Lowest

Kazakhstan

-5.2°C

Top 5 Countries

1Hong Kong3.4°C

2South Korea2.7°C

3North Korea2.1°C

4Japan1.8°C

5Vietnam1.5°C

By Region

Asia0.1°C(25 countries)

South America-0.5°C(7 countries)

Other-0.5°C(112 countries)

Africa-0.7°C(9 countries)

Oceania-0.9°C(2 countries)

Country Rankings

Top 10 Countries

Bottom 10 Countries

Data Analysis

Value Distribution

How countries are distributed across the value range

Low (-5.2°C)High (3.4°C)

Regional Comparison

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

Asia (25)

South America (7)

Other (112)

Africa (9)

Oceania (2)

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	Hong Kong	3.4°C
2	South Korea	2.7°C
3	North Korea	2.1°C
4	Japan	1.8°C
5	Vietnam	1.5°C
6	Lao People's Democratic Republic	1.4°C
7	Bahrain	1.4°C
8	Finland	1.3°C
9	Kuwait	1.3°C
10	Türkiye	1.1°C
11	People's Republic of China	1.0°C
12	Syrian Arab Republic	0.9°C
13	Eswatini	0.8°C
14	Greenland	0.8°C
15	Qatar	0.8°C
16	Thailand	0.7°C
17	Kiribati	0.7°C
18	Armenia	0.7°C
19	Iraq	0.6°C
20	Jordan	0.6°C
21	Samoa	0.3°C
22	Cambodia	0.3°C
23	Chad	0.3°C
24	Burkina Faso	0.3°C
25	American Samoa	0.3°C
26	Nigeria	0.3°C
27	Colombia	0.3°C
28	Lebanon	0.3°C
29	Mali	0.2°C
30	Saint Helena	0.2°C
31	State of Palestine	0.2°C
32	Niger	0.2°C
33	Israel	0.2°C
34	Cyprus	0.1°C
35	Djibouti	0.1°C
36	French Polynesia	0.1°C
37	Sweden	0.1°C
38	Eritrea	0.0°C
39	Islamic Republic of Iran	-0.0°C
40	Libya	-0.0°C
41	Saudi Arabia	-0.0°C
42	Venezuela	-0.0°C
43	Panama	-0.0°C
44	Azerbaijan	-0.0°C
45	Timor-Leste	-0.1°C
46	Antigua and Barbuda	-0.1°C
47	Cape Verde	-0.1°C
48	Fiji	-0.1°C
49	Mongolia	-0.1°C
50	Ecuador	-0.1°C
51	Tajikistan	-0.2°C
52	Paraguay	-0.2°C
53	United Arab Emirates	-0.2°C
54	India	-0.2°C
55	Sudan	-0.2°C
56	Albania	-0.2°C
57	Sao Tome and Principe	-0.2°C
58	Lesotho	-0.2°C
59	Anguilla	-0.2°C
60	Costa Rica	-0.2°C
61	Virgin Islands, U.S.	-0.3°C
62	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines	-0.3°C
63	Cameroon	-0.3°C
64	Mauritania	-0.3°C
65	Tunisia	-0.3°C
66	Vanuatu	-0.3°C
67	Solomon Islands	-0.3°C
68	Dominican Republic	-0.3°C
69	Cook Islands	-0.3°C
70	Sri Lanka	-0.3°C
71	Puerto Rico	-0.4°C
72	South Africa	-0.4°C
73	Trinidad and Tobago	-0.4°C
74	Myanmar	-0.4°C
75	Pakistan	-0.4°C
76	Greece	-0.4°C
77	Senegal	-0.4°C
78	Angola	-0.4°C
79	Guinea-Bissau	-0.5°C
80	Benin	-0.5°C
81	Nicaragua	-0.5°C
82	Spain	-0.5°C
83	Honduras	-0.5°C
84	Jamaica	-0.5°C
85	Falkland Islands (Malvinas)	-0.5°C
86	Guyana	-0.5°C
87	Georgia	-0.5°C
88	Seychelles	-0.5°C
89	Algeria	-0.5°C
90	Central African Republic	-0.5°C
91	Portugal	-0.5°C
92	Guinea	-0.5°C
93	Yemen	-0.6°C
94	Peru	-0.6°C
95	Oman	-0.6°C
96	Mexico	-0.6°C
97	Togo	-0.6°C
98	Egypt	-0.6°C
99	Somalia	-0.6°C
100	Bangladesh	-0.6°C
101	Mauritius	-0.6°C
102	Nepal	-0.6°C
103	Comoros	-0.7°C
104	El Salvador	-0.7°C
105	Chile	-0.7°C
106	Australia	-0.7°C
107	Cayman Islands	-0.7°C
108	Mozambique	-0.7°C
109	The Republic of North Macedonia	-0.7°C
110	Republic of the Congo	-0.7°C
111	Argentina	-0.7°C
112	Belize	-0.7°C
113	Sierra Leone	-0.7°C
114	Ghana	-0.7°C
115	Botswana	-0.7°C
116	Gabon	-0.7°C
117	Guatemala	-0.7°C
118	Liberia	-0.8°C
119	Republic of The Gambia	-0.8°C
120	Faroe Islands	-0.8°C
121	Cote d'Ivoire	-0.8°C
122	Uruguay	-0.8°C
123	Estonia	-0.8°C
124	Equatorial Guinea	-0.8°C
125	Ethiopia	-0.8°C
126	Haiti	-0.8°C
127	Ireland	-0.9°C
128	Kyrgyzstan	-0.9°C
129	Brazil	-0.9°C
130	Suriname	-0.9°C
131	Democratic Republic of the Congo	-0.9°C
132	Burundi	-0.9°C
133	Namibia	-1.0°C
134	Brunei Darussalam	-1.0°C
135	New Zealand	-1.0°C
136	Malaysia	-1.0°C
137	Rwanda	-1.0°C
138	Malawi	-1.0°C
139	Afghanistan	-1.0°C
140	Indonesia	-1.1°C
141	Morocco	-1.1°C
142	United Republic of Tanzania	-1.1°C
143	Philippines	-1.2°C
144	Latvia	-1.2°C
145	Cuba	-1.2°C
146	Papua New Guinea	-1.2°C
147	Isle of Man	-1.2°C
148	Zimbabwe	-1.2°C
149	New Caledonia	-1.2°C
150	Zambia	-1.2°C
151	Turkmenistan	-1.3°C
152	Madagascar	-1.3°C
153	Bolivia	-1.3°C
154	Bhutan	-1.4°C
155	Bahamas	-1.4°C
156	Ukraine	-1.5°C
157	Italy	-1.5°C
158	Montenegro	-1.5°C
159	Andorra	-1.5°C
160	France	-1.6°C
161	United Kingdom	-1.6°C
162	Iceland	-1.7°C
163	Uganda	-1.7°C
164	Bulgaria	-1.7°C
165	South Sudan	-1.7°C
166	Belarus	-1.7°C
167	Romania	-1.8°C
168	Kenya	-1.8°C
169	Lithuania	-2.1°C
170	Serbia	-2.1°C
171	Uzbekistan	-2.1°C
172	Moldova, Republic of	-2.4°C
173	Hungary	-2.4°C
174	Croatia	-2.5°C
175	Canada	-2.5°C
176	Norway	-2.6°C
177	United States of America	-2.6°C
178	Switzerland	-2.8°C
179	Bosnia and Herzegovina	-3.2°C
180	Luxembourg	-3.2°C
181	Denmark	-3.3°C
182	Czech Republic	-3.3°C
183	Poland	-3.7°C
184	Belgium	-3.7°C
185	Germany	-3.8°C
186	Slovakia	-3.8°C
187	Netherlands	-3.8°C
188	Slovenia	-3.9°C
189	Austria	-4.0°C
190	Russian Federation	-4.9°C
191	Kazakhstan	-5.2°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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