Sweden vs United States of America: Temperature change
Temperature change over time
- Sweden
- United States of America
How they compare
Sweden currently reports 2.72 °C against 1.76 °C in United States of America, a difference of 0.96 °C.
That makes Sweden's figure about 1.5 times United States of America's.
The two have swapped places 26 times across 65 shared years of data; in 1961 it was Sweden ahead.
Sweden ranks 9th and United States of America ranks 13th of 233 countries.
Across the 7 decades both report, Sweden averaged higher in 5 and United States of America in 2.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Sweden | United States of America | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | -0.1539 °C | -0.0826 °C | 0.0713 °C | United States of America |
| 1970s | 0.1692 °C | -0.1007 °C | 0.2699 °C | Sweden |
| 1980s | 0.0596 °C | 0.3543 °C | 0.2947 °C | United States of America |
| 1990s | 0.9133 °C | 0.5143 °C | 0.399 °C | Sweden |
| 2000s | 1.51 °C | 0.8556 °C | 0.6571 °C | Sweden |
| 2010s | 1.48 °C | 1.13 °C | 0.3588 °C | Sweden |
| 2020s | 2.19 °C | 1.43 °C | 0.7678 °C | Sweden |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher temperature change, Sweden or United States of America?
- Sweden, at 2.72 °C against 1.76 °C in United States of America as of 2025.
- What is the difference in temperature change between Sweden and United States of America?
- 0.96 °C, with Sweden ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Sweden and United States of America?
- 65 years are reported by both, from 1961 to 2025.
- How do Sweden and United States of America rank globally for temperature change?
- Sweden ranks 9th and United States of America ranks 13th of 233 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).