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1974

Name: 1974
Creator: Our World in Data
Keywords: social, °c, 1974

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: -0.9°C

Countries Covered

191

with available data

Highest

Finland

3.5°C

Lowest

Greenland

-8.1°C

Top 5 Countries

1Finland3.5°C

2Czech Republic3.4°C

3Netherlands3.2°C

4Germany3.1°C

5Belgium2.9°C

By Region

Europe1.3°C(32 countries)

Oceania0.4°C(2 countries)

North America-0.5°C(4 countries)

South America-1.0°C(7 countries)

Other-1.1°C(112 countries)

Country Rankings

Top 10 Countries

Bottom 10 Countries

Data Analysis

Value Distribution

How countries are distributed across the value range

Low (-8.1°C)High (3.5°C)

Regional Comparison

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

Europe (32)

Oceania (2)

North America (4)

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	Finland	3.5°C
2	Czech Republic	3.4°C
3	Netherlands	3.2°C
4	Germany	3.1°C
5	Belgium	2.9°C
6	Luxembourg	2.8°C
7	Belarus	2.6°C
8	Poland	2.5°C
9	Ireland	2.4°C
10	United Kingdom	2.3°C
11	Hungary	2.3°C
12	Lithuania	2.3°C
13	Latvia	2.1°C
14	Moldova, Republic of	2.1°C
15	Denmark	2.1°C
16	Estonia	2.0°C
17	Ukraine	2.0°C
18	Austria	1.9°C
19	Slovenia	1.6°C
20	France	1.4°C
21	Romania	1.4°C
22	Slovakia	1.3°C
23	Switzerland	1.3°C
24	Croatia	1.2°C
25	New Zealand	1.1°C
26	Andorra	0.9°C
27	Isle of Man	0.9°C
28	Bulgaria	0.7°C
29	Norway	0.6°C
30	Serbia	0.6°C
31	Canada	0.5°C
32	Sweden	0.5°C
33	Azerbaijan	0.4°C
34	Georgia	0.2°C
35	Kenya	0.2°C
36	El Salvador	-0.0°C
37	Lao People's Democratic Republic	-0.1°C
38	Somalia	-0.1°C
39	Saint Helena	-0.1°C
40	Falkland Islands (Malvinas)	-0.1°C
41	Cook Islands	-0.2°C
42	Thailand	-0.2°C
43	Mauritius	-0.2°C
44	Vietnam	-0.3°C
45	Australia	-0.3°C
46	Vanuatu	-0.3°C
47	Bosnia and Herzegovina	-0.4°C
48	Fiji	-0.4°C
49	Panama	-0.4°C
50	Bahrain	-0.4°C
51	Eswatini	-0.4°C
52	Honduras	-0.5°C
53	Solomon Islands	-0.5°C
54	Sri Lanka	-0.5°C
55	Ethiopia	-0.5°C
56	Samoa	-0.6°C
57	Puerto Rico	-0.6°C
58	Dominican Republic	-0.6°C
59	Cuba	-0.6°C
60	Colombia	-0.6°C
61	Philippines	-0.6°C
62	Italy	-0.6°C
63	Uganda	-0.6°C
64	Nicaragua	-0.6°C
65	Portugal	-0.6°C
66	Qatar	-0.6°C
67	Sierra Leone	-0.6°C
68	Spain	-0.7°C
69	Djibouti	-0.7°C
70	American Samoa	-0.7°C
71	Cayman Islands	-0.7°C
72	Antigua and Barbuda	-0.7°C
73	Hong Kong	-0.7°C
74	United Arab Emirates	-0.7°C
75	Guatemala	-0.7°C
76	Anguilla	-0.7°C
77	Costa Rica	-0.7°C
78	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines	-0.7°C
79	Albania	-0.7°C
80	United Republic of Tanzania	-0.7°C
81	Greece	-0.7°C
82	Armenia	-0.7°C
83	Virgin Islands, U.S.	-0.7°C
84	South Korea	-0.8°C
85	South Africa	-0.8°C
86	Ecuador	-0.8°C
87	French Polynesia	-0.8°C
88	Trinidad and Tobago	-0.8°C
89	Comoros	-0.8°C
90	Chile	-0.8°C
91	Malaysia	-0.8°C
92	Sao Tome and Principe	-0.8°C
93	Guinea	-0.9°C
94	Kiribati	-0.9°C
95	Namibia	-0.9°C
96	Peru	-0.9°C
97	Bahamas	-0.9°C
98	Yemen	-0.9°C
99	Cape Verde	-1.0°C
100	Mexico	-1.0°C
101	New Caledonia	-1.0°C
102	Montenegro	-1.0°C
103	Seychelles	-1.0°C
104	Oman	-1.0°C
105	Liberia	-1.0°C
106	United States of America	-1.0°C
107	Jamaica	-1.0°C
108	Belize	-1.0°C
109	Faroe Islands	-1.0°C
110	Angola	-1.0°C
111	Guinea-Bissau	-1.1°C
112	Malawi	-1.1°C
113	Haiti	-1.1°C
114	Venezuela	-1.1°C
115	Burundi	-1.1°C
116	Indonesia	-1.1°C
117	Timor-Leste	-1.1°C
118	Eritrea	-1.1°C
119	India	-1.1°C
120	North Korea	-1.2°C
121	Guyana	-1.2°C
122	Mauritania	-1.2°C
123	Myanmar	-1.2°C
124	Papua New Guinea	-1.2°C
125	Democratic Republic of the Congo	-1.2°C
126	Cote d'Ivoire	-1.2°C
127	Suriname	-1.2°C
128	Türkiye	-1.3°C
129	Syrian Arab Republic	-1.3°C
130	Cambodia	-1.3°C
131	Russian Federation	-1.3°C
132	Brunei Darussalam	-1.3°C
133	Mozambique	-1.3°C
134	Ghana	-1.3°C
135	Uruguay	-1.3°C
136	Rwanda	-1.3°C
137	Republic of the Congo	-1.3°C
138	Paraguay	-1.4°C
139	Brazil	-1.4°C
140	Morocco	-1.4°C
141	Cyprus	-1.4°C
142	The Republic of North Macedonia	-1.4°C
143	Madagascar	-1.4°C
144	Senegal	-1.4°C
145	Gabon	-1.4°C
146	Equatorial Guinea	-1.4°C
147	Central African Republic	-1.4°C
148	Zambia	-1.4°C
149	Lesotho	-1.4°C
150	Republic of The Gambia	-1.5°C
151	Bolivia	-1.5°C
152	Argentina	-1.5°C
153	Tunisia	-1.5°C
154	Cameroon	-1.6°C
155	State of Palestine	-1.6°C
156	Togo	-1.6°C
157	Saudi Arabia	-1.6°C
158	Nigeria	-1.7°C
159	Botswana	-1.7°C
160	Bangladesh	-1.7°C
161	Japan	-1.7°C
162	Lebanon	-1.8°C
163	Burkina Faso	-1.9°C
164	Israel	-1.9°C
165	Mali	-1.9°C
166	Pakistan	-2.0°C
167	Bhutan	-2.0°C
168	South Sudan	-2.0°C
169	Benin	-2.0°C
170	Kuwait	-2.1°C
171	Iraq	-2.2°C
172	Jordan	-2.2°C
173	Libya	-2.2°C
174	Zimbabwe	-2.3°C
175	Tajikistan	-2.4°C
176	Algeria	-2.4°C
177	Nepal	-2.4°C
178	Chad	-2.4°C
179	People's Republic of China	-2.5°C
180	Afghanistan	-2.5°C
181	Egypt	-2.6°C
182	Sudan	-2.7°C
183	Turkmenistan	-2.8°C
184	Uzbekistan	-2.8°C
185	Niger	-2.9°C
186	Islamic Republic of Iran	-3.0°C
187	Mongolia	-3.4°C
188	Kazakhstan	-3.9°C
189	Kyrgyzstan	-4.3°C
190	Iceland	-4.7°C
191	Greenland	-8.1°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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