Standard Deviation by country

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...

Countries reporting
251
Highest
1.46 °C
Svalbard and Jan Mayen Islands
Lowest
0.147 °C
Micronesia
Median
0.327 °C
Years covered
65
1961–2025
Data points
16,862

What the numbers show

Standard Deviation is currently reported for 251 countries. The highest value is 1.46 °C in Svalbard and Jan Mayen Islands; the lowest is 0.147 °C in Micronesia.

The median across all reporting countries is 0.327 °C, and the mean is 0.3921 °C.

The gap between the highest and lowest reporting country is a factor of about 10.

Over the past decade 10 countries rose and 1 fell. The largest increase was in Turks and Caicos Islands (up 111.7%), and the largest decrease in Tokelau (down 26.1%).

Standard Deviation: full country ranking

#Country LatestYear 10-year changeTrend
1 Svalbard and Jan Mayen Islands 1.46 °C 2025 unchanged flat
2 Finland 0.986 °C 2025 unchanged flat
3 Estonia 0.899 °C 2025 unchanged flat
4 Lithuania 0.889 °C 2025 unchanged flat
5 Latvia 0.883 °C 2025 unchanged flat
6 Belarus 0.869 °C 2025 unchanged flat
7 Sweden 0.852 °C 2025 unchanged flat
8 Turks and Caicos Islands 0.832 °C 1993 up 111.7% rising
9 Kazakhstan 0.801 °C 2025 unchanged flat
10 Ukraine 0.795 °C 2025 unchanged flat
11 Poland 0.777 °C 2025 unchanged flat
12 Midway Island 0.771 °C 2009 unchanged rising
13 Armenia 0.764 °C 2025 unchanged flat
14 Georgia 0.75 °C 2025 unchanged flat
15 Uzbekistan 0.74 °C 2025 unchanged flat
16 Norway 0.738 °C 2025 unchanged flat
17 Republic of Moldova 0.733 °C 2025 unchanged flat
18 Turkmenistan 0.705 °C 2025 unchanged flat
19 Denmark 0.696 °C 2025 unchanged flat
20 Azerbaijan 0.689 °C 2025 unchanged flat
21 Saint Pierre and Miquelon 0.685 °C 2025 unchanged flat
22 Falkland Islands (Malvinas) 0.66 °C 1982 up 109.5% rising
23 Slovakia 0.652 °C 2025 unchanged flat
24 Canada 0.642 °C 2025 unchanged flat
25 Romania 0.634 °C 2025 unchanged flat
26 Czechoslovakia 0.633 °C 1992 unchanged flat
27 Czechia 0.63 °C 2025 unchanged flat
27 Hungary 0.63 °C 2025 unchanged flat
29 Türkiye 0.628 °C 2025 unchanged flat
30 Netherlands (Kingdom of the) 0.617 °C 2025 unchanged flat
31 Germany 0.613 °C 2025 unchanged flat
32 Tajikistan 0.61 °C 2025 unchanged flat
33 Greenland 0.605 °C 2025 unchanged flat
34 Mongolia 0.602 °C 2025 unchanged flat
35 Luxembourg 0.601 °C 2025 unchanged flat
36 Serbia 0.594 °C 2025 unchanged flat
37 Nauru 0.589 °C 1992 unchanged flat
38 Barbados 0.587 °C 2023 up 111.2% rising
38 Iceland 0.587 °C 2025 unchanged flat
40 Russian Federation 0.586 °C 2025 unchanged flat
40 Belgium-Luxembourg 0.586 °C 1999 unchanged flat
42 Kyrgyzstan 0.581 °C 2025 unchanged flat
43 Belgium 0.574 °C 2025 unchanged flat
44 Bulgaria 0.573 °C 2025 unchanged flat
44 Pitcairn 0.573 °C 2011 up 74.2% rising
46 Syrian Arab Republic 0.561 °C 2025 unchanged flat
47 Serbia and Montenegro 0.559 °C 2005 unchanged flat
48 Iraq 0.549 °C 2025 unchanged flat
49 Afghanistan 0.547 °C 2025 unchanged flat
50 Jordan 0.533 °C 2025 unchanged flat
51 Eritrea 0.531 °C 2023 up 57.1% flat
52 Montenegro 0.53 °C 2025 unchanged flat
53 Austria 0.529 °C 2025 unchanged flat
54 Slovenia 0.523 °C 2025 unchanged flat
55 Morocco 0.521 °C 2025 unchanged flat
56 Kuwait 0.516 °C 2025 unchanged flat
57 Bosnia and Herzegovina 0.509 °C 2025 unchanged flat
58 Republic of Korea 0.504 °C 2025 unchanged flat
59 Western Sahara 0.503 °C 2025 unchanged flat
60 Lebanon 0.5 °C 2025 unchanged flat
60 Yugoslav SFR 0.5 °C 1991 unchanged flat
62 Democratic People's Republic of Korea 0.499 °C 2025 unchanged flat
63 Iran (Islamic Republic of) 0.488 °C 2025 unchanged flat
64 Croatia 0.487 °C 2025 unchanged flat
64 USSR 0.487 °C 1991 unchanged flat
66 Jersey 0.486 °C 2025 unchanged flat
67 Channel Islands 0.484 °C 2025 unchanged flat
68 North Macedonia 0.483 °C 2025 unchanged flat
68 Guernsey 0.483 °C 2025 unchanged flat
70 Israel 0.477 °C 2025 unchanged flat
70 Palestine 0.477 °C 2025 unchanged flat
72 Antarctica 0.474 °C 2025 unchanged flat
73 Faroe Islands 0.468 °C 2025 unchanged flat
74 Liechtenstein 0.466 °C 2025 unchanged flat
75 Mauritania 0.465 °C 2025 unchanged flat
76 Cyprus 0.462 °C 2025 unchanged flat
77 Switzerland 0.458 °C 2025 unchanged flat
78 Paraguay 0.45 °C 2025 unchanged flat
79 United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland 0.444 °C 2025 unchanged flat
80 Portugal 0.44 °C 2025 unchanged flat
81 Isle of Man 0.438 °C 2025 unchanged flat
82 Albania 0.434 °C 2025 unchanged flat
83 Senegal 0.432 °C 2025 unchanged flat
84 Gibraltar 0.43 °C 2025 unchanged flat
84 Greece 0.43 °C 2025 unchanged flat
86 France 0.427 °C 2025 unchanged flat
87 Saudi Arabia 0.424 °C 2025 unchanged flat
88 Cabo Verde 0.422 °C 2025 unchanged falling
89 Tunisia 0.421 °C 2025 unchanged flat
90 Andorra 0.417 °C 2025 unchanged flat
91 Ireland 0.412 °C 2025 unchanged flat
92 Spain 0.402 °C 2025 unchanged flat
93 Algeria 0.401 °C 2025 unchanged flat
93 Mali 0.401 °C 2025 unchanged flat
95 Ecuador 0.4 °C 2025 unchanged flat
96 Bahrain 0.397 °C 2025 unchanged flat
97 Qatar 0.396 °C 2025 unchanged flat
98 Niue 0.395 °C 1993 up 63.2% flat
99 Yemen 0.393 °C 1998 up 43.4% rising
99 French Southern Territories 0.393 °C 2025 unchanged flat
101 Libya 0.386 °C 2025 unchanged flat
102 Uruguay 0.385 °C 2025 unchanged flat
103 Botswana 0.381 °C 2025 unchanged flat
104 New Zealand 0.379 °C 2025 unchanged flat
105 Pakistan 0.373 °C 2025 unchanged flat
106 Gambia 0.366 °C 2025 unchanged flat
107 Malta 0.365 °C 2025 unchanged flat
108 Egypt 0.361 °C 2025 unchanged flat
108 San Marino 0.361 °C 2025 unchanged flat
108 China, Hong Kong SAR 0.361 °C 2025 unchanged flat
108 China, Macao SAR 0.361 °C 2025 unchanged flat
112 Japan 0.358 °C 2025 unchanged flat
113 Réunion 0.351 °C 2025 unchanged flat
114 South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands 0.35 °C 2025 unchanged flat
115 Australia 0.345 °C 2025 unchanged flat
116 China, Taiwan Province of 0.342 °C 2025 unchanged flat
117 Holy See 0.341 °C 2025 unchanged flat
118 Aruba 0.339 °C 2020 unchanged flat
119 Monaco 0.338 °C 2025 unchanged flat
120 Australia and New Zealand 0.335 °C 2025 unchanged flat
121 Niger 0.334 °C 2025 unchanged flat
121 Oman 0.334 °C 2025 unchanged flat
123 Mayotte 0.332 °C 2025 unchanged flat
124 United Arab Emirates 0.331 °C 2025 unchanged flat
124 Burkina Faso 0.331 °C 2025 unchanged flat
126 Sudan 0.327 °C 2025 unchanged flat
127 Italy 0.324 °C 2025 unchanged flat
128 Eswatini 0.321 °C 2025 unchanged flat
129 Namibia 0.319 °C 2025 unchanged flat
130 Lao People's Democratic Republic 0.318 °C 2025 unchanged flat
131 New Caledonia 0.314 °C 2025 unchanged flat
132 Timor-Leste 0.313 °C 2025 unchanged flat
133 OECD 0.312 °C 2025 unchanged flat
134 Zimbabwe 0.311 °C 2025 unchanged flat
135 Argentina 0.306 °C 2025 unchanged flat
135 Thailand 0.306 °C 2025 unchanged flat
137 Bolivia (Plurinational State of) 0.304 °C 2025 unchanged flat
138 Guinea-Bissau 0.303 °C 2025 unchanged flat
138 Viet Nam 0.303 °C 2025 unchanged flat
140 Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of) 0.301 °C 2025 unchanged flat
141 Guyana 0.299 °C 2025 unchanged flat
142 Madagascar 0.297 °C 2025 unchanged flat
142 Netherlands Antilles (former) 0.297 °C 2010 unchanged flat
144 Norfolk Island 0.296 °C 2025 unchanged flat
145 Mauritius 0.295 °C 2025 unchanged flat
145 Peru 0.295 °C 2025 unchanged flat
147 Djibouti 0.289 °C 2025 unchanged flat
147 Ethiopia PDR 0.289 °C 1992 unchanged flat
149 Cambodia 0.288 °C 2025 unchanged flat
150 Belize 0.287 °C 2025 unchanged flat
150 Sudan (former) 0.287 °C 2011 unchanged flat
152 Guinea 0.285 °C 2025 unchanged flat
153 Burundi 0.284 °C 2013 up 4.0% rising
153 Jamaica 0.284 °C 2025 unchanged flat
153 Lesotho 0.284 °C 2025 unchanged flat
153 Cocos (Keeling) Islands 0.284 °C 2025 unchanged flat
157 South Sudan 0.283 °C 2025 unchanged flat
158 Nigeria 0.281 °C 2025 unchanged flat
159 China 0.279 °C 2025 unchanged flat
159 China, mainland 0.279 °C 2025 unchanged flat
161 Cuba 0.278 °C 2025 unchanged flat
161 Somalia 0.278 °C 2025 unchanged flat
163 South Africa 0.275 °C 2025 unchanged flat
164 Panama 0.274 °C 2025 unchanged flat
164 Chad 0.274 °C 2025 unchanged flat
166 Guatemala 0.273 °C 2025 unchanged flat
166 Haiti 0.273 °C 2025 unchanged flat
168 Dominican Republic 0.272 °C 2025 unchanged flat
168 Ethiopia 0.272 °C 2025 unchanged flat
168 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 0.272 °C 2025 unchanged flat
171 Grenada 0.271 °C 2025 unchanged flat
172 Antigua and Barbuda 0.27 °C 2025 unchanged flat
172 Kenya 0.27 °C 2025 unchanged flat
172 Saint Kitts and Nevis 0.27 °C 2025 unchanged flat
172 French Polynesia 0.27 °C 2025 unchanged flat
172 El Salvador 0.27 °C 2025 unchanged flat
172 Trinidad and Tobago 0.27 °C 2025 unchanged flat
172 Montserrat 0.27 °C 2025 unchanged flat
179 Benin 0.268 °C 2025 unchanged flat
179 Puerto Rico 0.268 °C 2025 unchanged flat
179 Rwanda 0.268 °C 2013 up 12.6% rising
182 Colombia 0.267 °C 2025 unchanged flat
182 United States Virgin Islands 0.267 °C 2025 unchanged flat
184 Chile 0.266 °C 2025 unchanged flat
185 Nepal 0.265 °C 2025 unchanged flat
185 British Virgin Islands 0.265 °C 2025 unchanged flat
185 Zambia 0.265 °C 2025 unchanged flat
188 Comoros 0.264 °C 2025 unchanged flat
188 Anguilla 0.264 °C 2025 unchanged flat
190 Bahamas 0.262 °C 2025 unchanged flat
191 Ghana 0.26 °C 2025 unchanged flat
192 Guadeloupe 0.259 °C 2025 unchanged flat
193 Dominica 0.258 °C 2025 unchanged flat
193 Seychelles 0.258 °C 2025 unchanged flat
195 Bhutan 0.257 °C 2025 unchanged flat
195 Costa Rica 0.257 °C 2025 unchanged falling
195 Saint Lucia 0.257 °C 2025 unchanged flat
195 Martinique 0.257 °C 2025 unchanged flat
199 Mozambique 0.256 °C 2025 unchanged flat
200 Togo 0.255 °C 2025 unchanged flat
200 Uganda 0.255 °C 2025 unchanged flat
200 Tokelau 0.255 °C 2010 down 26.1% rising
200 Côte d'Ivoire 0.255 °C 2025 unchanged flat
204 India 0.254 °C 2025 unchanged flat
204 Malawi 0.254 °C 2025 unchanged flat
206 Singapore 0.253 °C 1990 up 42.9% rising
206 United Republic of Tanzania 0.253 °C 2025 unchanged flat
208 Maldives 0.252 °C 2025 unchanged flat
209 American Samoa 0.25 °C 2025 unchanged flat
210 Myanmar 0.243 °C 2025 unchanged flat
210 Nicaragua 0.243 °C 2024 unchanged flat
212 Bangladesh 0.236 °C 2025 unchanged flat
213 Mexico 0.234 °C 2025 unchanged flat
213 Tonga 0.234 °C 2025 unchanged flat
215 Caribbean 0.233 °C 2025 unchanged flat
216 Sierra Leone 0.232 °C 2025 unchanged flat
217 Samoa 0.23 °C 2025 unchanged flat
218 Vanuatu 0.225 °C 2025 unchanged flat
219 Honduras 0.224 °C 2025 unchanged flat
220 Suriname 0.222 °C 2025 unchanged flat
221 Brazil 0.221 °C 2025 unchanged flat
221 Liberia 0.221 °C 2025 unchanged flat
223 Fiji 0.219 °C 2025 unchanged flat
223 Gabon 0.219 °C 2025 unchanged flat
223 Ascension, Saint Helena and Tristan da Cunha 0.219 °C 2025 unchanged flat
226 Central African Republic 0.218 °C 2025 unchanged flat
226 French Guiana 0.218 °C 2025 unchanged flat
228 Sao Tome and Principe 0.214 °C 2025 unchanged flat
228 Cook Islands 0.214 °C 2025 unchanged flat
230 Marshall Islands 0.212 °C 2025 unchanged flat
231 Angola 0.211 °C 2025 unchanged flat
231 Cameroon 0.211 °C 2025 unchanged flat
231 Polynesia 0.211 °C 2025 unchanged flat
234 Equatorial Guinea 0.21 °C 2025 unchanged flat
235 Sri Lanka 0.207 °C 2025 unchanged flat
236 Congo 0.202 °C 2025 unchanged flat
236 Tuvalu 0.202 °C 2025 unchanged flat
236 Brunei Darussalam 0.202 °C 2025 unchanged flat
239 Solomon Islands 0.193 °C 2025 unchanged flat
239 Democratic Republic of the Congo 0.193 °C 2025 unchanged flat
241 Wallis and Futuna Islands 0.185 °C 2025 unchanged flat
242 Papua New Guinea 0.183 °C 2025 unchanged flat
243 Kiribati 0.182 °C 2025 unchanged flat
244 Malaysia 0.179 °C 2025 unchanged flat
244 Melanesia 0.179 °C 2025 unchanged flat
246 Philippines 0.177 °C 2025 unchanged flat
247 Palau 0.167 °C 2025 unchanged flat
248 Micronesia (Federated States of) 0.156 °C 2025 unchanged flat
249 Indonesia 0.153 °C 2025 unchanged flat
250 Pacific Islands Trust Territory 0.152 °C 1990 unchanged flat
251 Micronesia 0.147 °C 2025 unchanged flat

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Indicator
Standard Deviation
Unit
°C
Source
Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations
Licence
CC BY-NC-SA 3.0 IGO (FAO)
Coverage
286 places, 16,862 data points, 1961–2025
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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).