Costa Rica vs Norfolk Island: Temperature change
Temperature change over time
- Costa Rica
- Norfolk Island
How they compare
Costa Rica currently reports 1.61 °C against 1.6 °C in Norfolk Island, a difference of 0.01 °C.
The two have swapped places 24 times across 63 shared years of data; in 1961 it was Costa Rica ahead.
Costa Rica ranks 103rd and Norfolk Island ranks 104th of 250 countries.
Across the 7 decades both report, Costa Rica averaged higher in 5 and Norfolk Island in 2.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Costa Rica | Norfolk Island | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | -0.1 °C | -0.0594 °C | 0.0406 °C | Norfolk Island |
| 1970s | 0.046 °C | 0.1523 °C | 0.1063 °C | Norfolk Island |
| 1980s | 0.2954 °C | 0.2334 °C | 0.062 °C | Costa Rica |
| 1990s | 0.466 °C | 0.3034 °C | 0.1626 °C | Costa Rica |
| 2000s | 0.705 °C | 0.2072 °C | 0.4978 °C | Costa Rica |
| 2010s | 0.9012 °C | 0.6457 °C | 0.2555 °C | Costa Rica |
| 2020s | 1.4 °C | 1.05 °C | 0.348 °C | Costa Rica |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher temperature change, Costa Rica or Norfolk Island?
- Costa Rica, at 1.61 °C against 1.6 °C in Norfolk Island as of 2025.
- What is the difference in temperature change between Costa Rica and Norfolk Island?
- 0.01 °C, with Costa Rica ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Costa Rica and Norfolk Island?
- 63 years are reported by both, from 1961 to 2025.
- How do Costa Rica and Norfolk Island rank globally for temperature change?
- Costa Rica ranks 103rd and Norfolk Island ranks 104th of 250 countries.
- Where does this data come from?
- Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as Temperature change. 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).