OECD vs Sub-Saharan Africa: Temperature change
Temperature change over time
- OECD
- Sub-Saharan Africa
How they compare
OECD currently reports 2.18 °C against 1.21 °C in Sub-Saharan Africa, a difference of 0.97 °C.
That makes OECD's figure about 1.8 times Sub-Saharan Africa's.
The two have swapped places 26 times across 65 shared years of data; in 1961 it was OECD ahead.
OECD ranks 34th and Sub-Saharan Africa ranks 32nd of 250 countries.
Across the 7 decades both report, OECD averaged higher in 5 and Sub-Saharan Africa in 2.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | OECD | Sub-Saharan Africa | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | -0.0731 °C | -0.0568 °C | 0.0163 °C | Sub-Saharan Africa |
| 1970s | -0.0651 °C | 0.0889 °C | 0.154 °C | Sub-Saharan Africa |
| 1980s | 0.3702 °C | 0.3496 °C | 0.0206 °C | OECD |
| 1990s | 0.5859 °C | 0.4706 °C | 0.1153 °C | OECD |
| 2000s | 0.9445 °C | 0.7365 °C | 0.208 °C | OECD |
| 2010s | 1.25 °C | 1.01 °C | 0.2422 °C | OECD |
| 2020s | 1.76 °C | 1.21 °C | 0.5442 °C | OECD |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher temperature change, OECD or Sub-Saharan Africa?
- OECD, at 2.18 °C against 1.21 °C in Sub-Saharan Africa as of 2025.
- What is the difference in temperature change between OECD and Sub-Saharan Africa?
- 0.97 °C, with OECD ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for OECD and Sub-Saharan Africa?
- 65 years are reported by both, from 1961 to 2025.
- How do OECD and Sub-Saharan Africa rank globally for temperature change?
- OECD ranks 34th and Sub-Saharan Africa ranks 32nd 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).