Papua New Guinea vs Sri Lanka: Temperature change
Temperature change over time
- Papua New Guinea
- Sri Lanka
How they compare
Sri Lanka currently reports 0.849 °C against 0.834 °C in Papua New Guinea, a difference of 0.015 °C.
The two have swapped places 20 times across 65 shared years of data; in 1961 it was Sri Lanka ahead.
Papua New Guinea ranks 226th and Sri Lanka ranks 224th of 250 countries.
Sri Lanka has averaged higher in every one of the 7 decades both report.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Papua New Guinea | Sri Lanka | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | -0.0752 °C | -0.0056 °C | 0.0697 °C | Sri Lanka |
| 1970s | -0.0116 °C | -0.011 °C | 0.0006 °C | Sri Lanka |
| 1980s | 0.2118 °C | 0.3036 °C | 0.0918 °C | Sri Lanka |
| 1990s | 0.2862 °C | 0.4589 °C | 0.1727 °C | Sri Lanka |
| 2000s | 0.3012 °C | 0.6331 °C | 0.3319 °C | Sri Lanka |
| 2010s | 0.431 °C | 0.8307 °C | 0.3997 °C | Sri Lanka |
| 2020s | 0.8587 °C | 0.9713 °C | 0.1127 °C | Sri Lanka |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher temperature change, Papua New Guinea or Sri Lanka?
- Sri Lanka, at 0.849 °C against 0.834 °C in Papua New Guinea as of 2025.
- What is the difference in temperature change between Papua New Guinea and Sri Lanka?
- 0.015 °C, with Sri Lanka ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Papua New Guinea and Sri Lanka?
- 65 years are reported by both, from 1961 to 2025.
- How do Papua New Guinea and Sri Lanka rank globally for temperature change?
- Papua New Guinea ranks 226th and Sri Lanka ranks 224th 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).