Norway vs South Africa: Standard Deviation
Standard Deviation over time
- Norway
- South Africa
How they compare
Norway currently reports 0.738 °C against 0.275 °C in South Africa, a difference of 0.463 °C.
That makes Norway's figure about 2.7 times South Africa's.
Across all 65 years both countries report, Norway has been ahead every year.
Norway ranks 16th and South Africa ranks 19th of 247 countries.
Norway has averaged higher in every one of the 7 decades both report.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Norway | South Africa | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 0.738 °C | 0.275 °C | 0.463 °C | Norway |
| 1970s | 0.738 °C | 0.275 °C | 0.463 °C | Norway |
| 1980s | 0.738 °C | 0.275 °C | 0.463 °C | Norway |
| 1990s | 0.738 °C | 0.275 °C | 0.463 °C | Norway |
| 2000s | 0.738 °C | 0.275 °C | 0.463 °C | Norway |
| 2010s | 0.738 °C | 0.275 °C | 0.463 °C | Norway |
| 2020s | 0.738 °C | 0.275 °C | 0.463 °C | Norway |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher standard deviation, Norway or South Africa?
- Norway, at 0.738 °C against 0.275 °C in South Africa as of 2025.
- What is the difference in standard deviation between Norway and South Africa?
- 0.463 °C, with Norway ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Norway and South Africa?
- 65 years are reported by both, from 1961 to 2025.
- How do Norway and South Africa rank globally for standard deviation?
- Norway ranks 16th and South Africa ranks 19th 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).