Northern Africa vs Polynesia: Standard Deviation
Standard Deviation over time
- Northern Africa
- Polynesia
How they compare
Northern Africa currently reports 0.281 °C against 0.211 °C in Polynesia, a difference of 0.07 °C.
That makes Northern Africa's figure about 1.3 times Polynesia's.
Across all 65 years both countries report, Northern Africa has been ahead every year.
Northern Africa ranks 18th and Polynesia ranks 15th of 33 groups.
Northern Africa has averaged higher in every one of the 7 decades both report.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Northern Africa | Polynesia | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 0.281 °C | 0.211 °C | 0.07 °C | Northern Africa |
| 1970s | 0.281 °C | 0.211 °C | 0.07 °C | Northern Africa |
| 1980s | 0.281 °C | 0.211 °C | 0.07 °C | Northern Africa |
| 1990s | 0.281 °C | 0.211 °C | 0.07 °C | Northern Africa |
| 2000s | 0.281 °C | 0.211 °C | 0.07 °C | Northern Africa |
| 2010s | 0.281 °C | 0.211 °C | 0.07 °C | Northern Africa |
| 2020s | 0.281 °C | 0.211 °C | 0.07 °C | Northern Africa |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher standard deviation, Northern Africa or Polynesia?
- Northern Africa, at 0.281 °C against 0.211 °C in Polynesia as of 2025.
- What is the difference in standard deviation between Northern Africa and Polynesia?
- 0.07 °C, with Northern Africa ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Northern Africa and Polynesia?
- 65 years are reported by both, from 1961 to 2025.
- How do Northern Africa and Polynesia rank globally for standard deviation?
- Northern Africa ranks 18th and Polynesia ranks 15th of 33 groups.
- 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).