Melanesia vs Northern Africa: Standard Deviation
Standard Deviation over time
- Melanesia
- Northern Africa
How they compare
Northern Africa currently reports 0.281 °C against 0.179 °C in Melanesia, a difference of 0.102 °C.
That makes Northern Africa's figure about 1.6 times Melanesia's.
Across all 65 years both countries report, Northern Africa has been ahead every year.
Melanesia ranks 19th and Northern Africa ranks 18th of 22 countries.
Northern Africa has averaged higher in every one of the 7 decades both report.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Melanesia | Northern Africa | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 0.179 °C | 0.281 °C | 0.102 °C | Northern Africa |
| 1970s | 0.179 °C | 0.281 °C | 0.102 °C | Northern Africa |
| 1980s | 0.179 °C | 0.281 °C | 0.102 °C | Northern Africa |
| 1990s | 0.179 °C | 0.281 °C | 0.102 °C | Northern Africa |
| 2000s | 0.179 °C | 0.281 °C | 0.102 °C | Northern Africa |
| 2010s | 0.179 °C | 0.281 °C | 0.102 °C | Northern Africa |
| 2020s | 0.179 °C | 0.281 °C | 0.102 °C | Northern Africa |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher standard deviation, Melanesia or Northern Africa?
- Northern Africa, at 0.281 °C against 0.179 °C in Melanesia as of 2025.
- What is the difference in standard deviation between Melanesia and Northern Africa?
- 0.102 °C, with Northern Africa ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Melanesia and Northern Africa?
- 65 years are reported by both, from 1961 to 2025.
- How do Melanesia and Northern Africa rank globally for standard deviation?
- Melanesia ranks 19th and Northern Africa ranks 18th of 22 countries.
- Where does this data come from?
- Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as Standard Deviation. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.
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About this data
The FAOSTAT Temperature change on land domain disseminates statistics of mean surface temperature change by country, with annual updates. Statistics are available for monthly, seasonal and annual mean temperature anomalies, i.e., temperature change with respect to a baseline climatology, corresponding to the period 1951–1980. The standard deviation of the temperature change of the baseline methodology is also available. Data are based on the publicly available GISTEMP data, the Global Surface Temperature Change data distributed by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration Goddard Institute for Space Studies (NASA-GISS).