Heating Degree Days by country
A heating degree day (HDD) is a measurement designed to track energy use. It is the number of degrees that a day's average temperature is below 18°C (65°F). Daily degree days are accumulated to obtain annual values.
Countries reporting
188
Highest
13,726
Russia
Lowest
0
Samoa
Median
255.06
Years covered
65
1960–2024
Data points
11,178
What the numbers show
Heating Degree Days is currently reported for 188 countries. The highest value is 13,726 in Russia; the lowest is 0 in Samoa.
The median across all reporting countries is 255.06, and the mean is 2,253.
Over the past decade 32 countries rose and 125 fell. The largest increase was in Mauritius (up 1,487.5%), and the largest decrease in Belize (down 99.5%).
Heating Degree Days: full country ranking
| # | Country | Latest | Year | 10-year change | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Russia | 13,726 | 2024 | down 4.6% | falling |
| 2 | Canada | 13,357 | 2024 | down 9.7% | falling |
| 3 | Tajikistan | 11,746 | 2024 | down 6.3% | falling |
| 4 | Iceland | 11,456 | 2024 | up 14.0% | falling |
| 5 | Kyrgyzstan | 11,209 | 2024 | down 7.0% | falling |
| 6 | Mongolia | 10,854 | 2024 | down 2.6% | falling |
| 7 | Norway | 9,617 | 2024 | up 0.7% | falling |
| 8 | Finland | 9,487 | 2024 | down 1.3% | falling |
| 9 | Sweden | 8,998 | 2024 | up 1.1% | falling |
| 10 | Kazakhstan | 7,963 | 2024 | down 11.3% | falling |
| 11 | China | 7,732 | 2024 | down 4.8% | falling |
| 12 | Andorra | 7,604 | 2024 | down 6.4% | falling |
| 13 | Switzerland | 7,597 | 2024 | down 4.5% | falling |
| 14 | Armenia | 7,125 | 2024 | down 4.2% | falling |
| 15 | Liechtenstein | 7,007 | 2024 | down 0.8% | falling |
| 16 | Estonia | 6,936 | 2024 | down 10.3% | falling |
| 17 | North Korea | 6,917 | 2024 | down 6.9% | falling |
| 18 | Austria | 6,594 | 2024 | down 3.6% | falling |
| 19 | Georgia | 6,576 | 2024 | down 0.1% | falling |
| 20 | Latvia | 6,512 | 2024 | down 12.9% | falling |
| 21 | Belarus | 6,208 | 2024 | down 14.0% | falling |
| 22 | United States | 6,193 | 2024 | down 7.8% | falling |
| 23 | Lithuania | 6,125 | 2024 | down 13.6% | falling |
| 24 | Chile | 6,101 | 2024 | down 2.0% | falling |
| 25 | Bhutan | 5,681 | 2024 | down 5.2% | falling |
| 26 | Denmark | 5,588 | 2024 | up 2.0% | falling |
| 27 | Czechia | 5,523 | 2024 | down 5.0% | falling |
| 28 | Slovakia | 5,461 | 2024 | down 3.0% | falling |
| 29 | United Kingdom | 5,420 | 2024 | up 0.9% | falling |
| 30 | Ukraine | 5,363 | 2024 | down 15.0% | falling |
| 31 | Luxembourg | 5,361 | 2024 | up 1.0% | falling |
| 32 | Poland | 5,283 | 2024 | down 11.3% | falling |
| 33 | Ireland | 5,272 | 2024 | down 1.3% | falling |
| 34 | Afghanistan | 5,265 | 2024 | down 10.1% | falling |
| 35 | Germany | 5,136 | 2024 | down 3.6% | falling |
| 36 | Montenegro | 5,114 | 2024 | down 4.0% | falling |
| 37 | New Zealand | 5,089 | 2024 | down 3.8% | falling |
| 38 | Slovenia | 5,085 | 2024 | up 5.0% | falling |
| 39 | Romania | 5,025 | 2024 | down 8.7% | falling |
| 40 | Moldova | 4,868 | 2024 | down 13.9% | falling |
| 41 | Nepal | 4,837 | 2024 | down 8.4% | falling |
| 42 | Uzbekistan | 4,791 | 2024 | down 19.0% | falling |
| 43 | Belgium | 4,790 | 2024 | up 0.7% | falling |
| 44 | Azerbaijan | 4,679 | 2024 | down 4.6% | falling |
| 45 | North Macedonia | 4,573 | 2024 | down 2.3% | falling |
| 46 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 4,567 | 2024 | down 5.5% | falling |
| 47 | Netherlands | 4,535 | 2024 | down 0.6% | falling |
| 48 | Japan | 4,532 | 2024 | down 11.1% | falling |
| 49 | Turkey | 4,494 | 2024 | down 4.1% | falling |
| 50 | Hungary | 4,468 | 2024 | up 2.0% | falling |
| 51 | Bulgaria | 4,443 | 2024 | down 7.4% | falling |
| 52 | Serbia | 4,427 | 2024 | down 4.2% | falling |
| 53 | France | 4,418 | 2024 | up 3.9% | falling |
| 54 | South Korea | 4,260 | 2024 | down 8.4% | falling |
| 55 | Lesotho | 4,029 | 2024 | down 10.8% | falling |
| 56 | Croatia | 3,809 | 2024 | down 2.1% | falling |
| 57 | Albania | 3,783 | 2024 | down 6.0% | falling |
| 58 | Italy | 3,673 | 2024 | down 1.2% | falling |
| 59 | Argentina | 3,511 | 2024 | up 1.5% | falling |
| 60 | Turkmenistan | 3,440 | 2024 | down 20.3% | falling |
| 61 | Spain | 3,192 | 2024 | down 1.9% | falling |
| 62 | San Marino | 2,861 | 2024 | up 4.1% | falling |
| 63 | Greece | 2,752 | 2024 | down 7.0% | falling |
| 64 | Iran | 2,621 | 2024 | down 14.5% | falling |
| 65 | Pakistan | 2,562 | 2024 | down 8.7% | falling |
| 66 | Lebanon | 2,532 | 2024 | down 4.4% | falling |
| 67 | Monaco | 2,390 | 2024 | down 5.4% | falling |
| 68 | Portugal | 2,305 | 2024 | down 12.0% | falling |
| 69 | Syria | 1,943 | 2024 | up 1.3% | falling |
| 70 | Peru | 1,832 | 2024 | down 10.9% | falling |
| 71 | Uruguay | 1,782 | 2024 | up 11.3% | falling |
| 72 | Jordan | 1,647 | 2024 | up 1.6% | falling |
| 73 | Bolivia | 1,469 | 2024 | down 9.4% | falling |
| 74 | South Africa | 1,439 | 2024 | down 13.7% | falling |
| 75 | Morocco | 1,358 | 2024 | down 26.4% | falling |
| 76 | Iraq | 1,328 | 2024 | down 10.0% | falling |
| 77 | Cyprus | 1,185 | 2024 | up 2.7% | falling |
| 78 | Tunisia | 1,121 | 2024 | down 15.4% | falling |
| 79 | Israel | 951.24 | 2024 | down 0.2% | falling |
| 80 | Australia | 883.67 | 2024 | down 3.6% | falling |
| 81 | India | 864.77 | 2024 | down 9.2% | falling |
| 82 | Libya | 862.03 | 2024 | down 2.8% | falling |
| 83 | Ecuador | 770.86 | 2024 | down 15.9% | falling |
| 84 | Algeria | 770.01 | 2024 | down 23.1% | falling |
| 85 | Mexico | 727.46 | 2024 | down 18.1% | falling |
| 86 | Egypt | 720.22 | 2024 | up 13.5% | falling |
| 87 | Malta | 642.54 | 2024 | down 25.8% | falling |
| 88 | Kuwait | 576.19 | 2024 | down 22.2% | falling |
| 89 | Eswatini | 572.22 | 2024 | down 18.0% | falling |
| 90 | Namibia | 449.97 | 2024 | down 13.2% | falling |
| 91 | Paraguay | 397.98 | 2024 | up 51.0% | falling |
| 92 | Saudi Arabia | 396.89 | 2024 | down 19.2% | falling |
| 93 | Botswana | 372.7 | 2024 | down 30.7% | falling |
| 94 | Myanmar | 305.07 | 2024 | down 3.8% | falling |
| 95 | Zimbabwe | 205.06 | 2024 | down 42.5% | falling |
| 96 | Vietnam | 201.25 | 2024 | down 33.8% | falling |
| 97 | Colombia | 189.22 | 2024 | down 18.2% | falling |
| 98 | Ethiopia | 188.67 | 2024 | down 12.7% | falling |
| 99 | Sudan | 175.92 | 2024 | up 29.5% | falling |
| 100 | Niger | 169.59 | 2024 | up 0.1% | falling |
| 101 | Chad | 156.58 | 2024 | up 4.2% | falling |
| 102 | Madagascar | 148.21 | 2024 | down 13.6% | falling |
| 103 | Guatemala | 120.73 | 2024 | down 40.4% | falling |
| 104 | Laos | 114.88 | 2024 | down 51.5% | falling |
| 105 | Malawi | 111.3 | 2024 | down 10.3% | falling |
| 106 | Bangladesh | 100.4 | 2024 | down 6.2% | rising |
| 107 | Papua New Guinea | 94.78 | 2024 | down 35.1% | falling |
| 108 | Rwanda | 81.82 | 2024 | down 62.3% | falling |
| 109 | Zambia | 78.98 | 2024 | up 6.6% | falling |
| 110 | Kenya | 78.09 | 2024 | down 30.3% | falling |
| 111 | Brazil | 75.02 | 2024 | up 2.2% | falling |
| 112 | Yemen | 63.98 | 2024 | down 43.7% | falling |
| 113 | Qatar | 45.28 | 2024 | down 77.0% | volatile |
| 114 | Mauritania | 44.85 | 2024 | down 72.4% | falling |
| 115 | Costa Rica | 39.75 | 2024 | down 48.5% | falling |
| 116 | Bahrain | 35.87 | 2024 | down 79.0% | volatile |
| 117 | Tanzania | 32.33 | 2024 | down 29.3% | falling |
| 118 | Angola | 27.16 | 2024 | up 2.6% | falling |
| 119 | Indonesia | 25.32 | 2024 | down 23.6% | falling |
| 120 | Mali | 21.96 | 2024 | down 73.5% | falling |
| 121 | United Arab Emirates | 20.84 | 2024 | down 80.7% | volatile |
| 122 | Eritrea | 18.63 | 2024 | down 23.2% | falling |
| 123 | Mozambique | 16.33 | 2024 | down 49.4% | falling |
| 124 | Venezuela | 15.88 | 2024 | down 9.7% | falling |
| 125 | Oman | 12.28 | 2024 | down 72.4% | volatile |
| 126 | Honduras | 9.03 | 2024 | down 62.2% | falling |
| 127 | Burundi | 7.58 | 2024 | down 76.2% | volatile |
| 128 | Uganda | 6.78 | 2024 | down 50.4% | falling |
| 129 | Democratic Republic of Congo | 5.23 | 2024 | down 28.7% | falling |
| 130 | Dominican Republic | 4.39 | 2024 | down 50.9% | falling |
| 131 | Somalia | 2.11 | 2024 | down 59.0% | falling |
| 132 | Panama | 1.81 | 2024 | down 66.7% | falling |
| 133 | Philippines | 1.65 | 2024 | down 75.6% | volatile |
| 134 | Cuba | 1.42 | 2024 | down 52.7% | volatile |
| 135 | Mauritius | 1.27 | 1993 | up 1,487.5% | volatile |
| 136 | Fiji | 1 | 2024 | down 76.2% | volatile |
| 137 | Thailand | 0.66 | 2024 | down 95.9% | volatile |
| 138 | Guinea | 0.42 | 2016 | up 1,300.0% | volatile |
| 139 | Nigeria | 0.29 | 2024 | down 27.5% | volatile |
| 140 | El Salvador | 0.25 | 2024 | down 65.8% | volatile |
| 141 | Bahamas | 0.21 | 2024 | down 75.9% | volatile |
| 142 | Cameroon | 0.19 | 2024 | down 82.4% | volatile |
| 143 | Jamaica | 0.16 | 2010 | — | volatile |
| 144 | Haiti | 0.13 | 2023 | up 85.7% | volatile |
| 144 | South Sudan | 0.13 | 2015 | up 550.0% | volatile |
| 146 | Central African Republic | 0.09 | 2015 | up 350.0% | volatile |
| 146 | Vanuatu | 0.09 | 2006 | up 350.0% | volatile |
| 148 | Cape Verde | 0.07 | 2022 | down 96.7% | volatile |
| 149 | Guyana | 0.05 | 2023 | up 400.0% | volatile |
| 149 | Senegal | 0.05 | 2018 | down 44.4% | volatile |
| 151 | Nicaragua | 0.04 | 2023 | down 75.0% | volatile |
| 152 | Malaysia | 0.03 | 2022 | up 50.0% | volatile |
| 153 | East Timor | 0.02 | 2024 | down 75.0% | volatile |
| 154 | Burkina Faso | 0.01 | 2020 | down 95.2% | volatile |
| 154 | Belize | 0.01 | 2024 | down 99.5% | volatile |
| 154 | Congo | 0.01 | 1983 | down 50.0% | falling |
| 154 | Gabon | 0.01 | 1983 | unchanged | volatile |
| 154 | Cambodia | 0.01 | 2024 | down 96.7% | volatile |
| 154 | Sri Lanka | 0.01 | 2024 | down 85.7% | volatile |
| 160 | Antigua and Barbuda | 0 | 2020 | — | flat |
| 160 | Benin | 0 | 2020 | — | flat |
| 160 | Barbados | 0 | 2020 | — | flat |
| 160 | Brunei | 0 | 2020 | — | flat |
| 160 | Comoros | 0 | 2020 | — | flat |
| 160 | Dominica | 0 | 2020 | — | flat |
| 160 | Micronesia (country) | 0 | 2020 | — | flat |
| 160 | Ghana | 0 | 2020 | — | flat |
| 160 | Guinea-Bissau | 0 | 2020 | — | flat |
| 160 | Equatorial Guinea | 0 | 2020 | — | flat |
| 160 | Grenada | 0 | 2020 | — | flat |
| 160 | Kiribati | 0 | 2020 | — | flat |
| 160 | Saint Kitts and Nevis | 0 | 2020 | — | flat |
| 160 | Saint Lucia | 0 | 2020 | — | flat |
| 160 | Maldives | 0 | 2020 | — | flat |
| 160 | Marshall Islands | 0 | 2020 | — | flat |
| 160 | Nauru | 0 | 2020 | — | flat |
| 160 | Palau | 0 | 2020 | — | flat |
| 160 | Singapore | 0 | 2020 | — | flat |
| 160 | Solomon Islands | 0 | 2020 | — | flat |
| 160 | Sierra Leone | 0 | 2020 | — | flat |
| 160 | Sao Tome and Principe | 0 | 2020 | — | flat |
| 160 | Suriname | 0 | 2020 | — | flat |
| 160 | Seychelles | 0 | 2020 | — | flat |
| 160 | Togo | 0 | 2020 | — | flat |
| 160 | Trinidad and Tobago | 0 | 2020 | — | flat |
| 160 | Tuvalu | 0 | 2020 | — | flat |
| 160 | Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 0 | 2020 | — | flat |
| 160 | Samoa | 0 | 2020 | — | flat |
About this data
A heating degree day (HDD) is a measurement designed to track energy use. It is the number of degrees that a day's average temperature is below 18°C (65°F). Daily degree days are accumulated to obtain annual values.