Melanesia vs Papua New Guinea: Standard Deviation
Standard Deviation over time
- Melanesia
- Papua New Guinea
How they compare
Papua New Guinea currently reports 0.183 °C against 0.179 °C in Melanesia, a difference of 0.004 °C.
Across all 65 years both countries report, Papua New Guinea has been ahead every year.
Melanesia ranks 240th and Papua New Guinea ranks 238th of 247 countries.
Papua New Guinea has averaged higher in every one of the 7 decades both report.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Melanesia | Papua New Guinea | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 0.179 °C | 0.183 °C | 0.004 °C | Papua New Guinea |
| 1970s | 0.179 °C | 0.183 °C | 0.004 °C | Papua New Guinea |
| 1980s | 0.179 °C | 0.183 °C | 0.004 °C | Papua New Guinea |
| 1990s | 0.179 °C | 0.183 °C | 0.004 °C | Papua New Guinea |
| 2000s | 0.179 °C | 0.183 °C | 0.004 °C | Papua New Guinea |
| 2010s | 0.179 °C | 0.183 °C | 0.004 °C | Papua New Guinea |
| 2020s | 0.179 °C | 0.183 °C | 0.004 °C | Papua New Guinea |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher standard deviation, Melanesia or Papua New Guinea?
- Papua New Guinea, at 0.183 °C against 0.179 °C in Melanesia as of 2025.
- What is the difference in standard deviation between Melanesia and Papua New Guinea?
- 0.004 °C, with Papua New Guinea ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Melanesia and Papua New Guinea?
- 65 years are reported by both, from 1961 to 2025.
- How do Melanesia and Papua New Guinea rank globally for standard deviation?
- Melanesia ranks 240th and Papua New Guinea ranks 238th of 247 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).