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
250
Highest
1.46 °C
Svalbard and Jan Mayen Islands
Lowest
0.152 °C
Pacific Islands Trust Territory
Median
0.3255 °C
Years covered
65
1961–2025
Data points
16,797

What the numbers show

Standard Deviation is currently reported for 250 countries. The highest value is 1.46 °C in Svalbard and Jan Mayen Islands; the lowest is 0.152 °C in Pacific Islands Trust Territory.

The median across all reporting countries is 0.3255 °C, and the mean is 0.3917 °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
1 Republic of Moldova 0.733 °C 2025 unchanged flat
2 Finland 0.986 °C 2025 unchanged flat
2 Türkiye 0.628 °C 2025 unchanged flat
3 Estonia 0.899 °C 2025 unchanged flat
3 Syrian Arab Republic 0.561 °C 2025 unchanged flat
4 Lithuania 0.889 °C 2025 unchanged flat
4 Democratic People's Republic of Korea 0.499 °C 2025 unchanged flat
5 Latvia 0.883 °C 2025 unchanged flat
5 Iran (Islamic Republic of) 0.488 °C 2025 unchanged flat
6 Belarus 0.869 °C 2025 unchanged flat
7 Sweden 0.852 °C 2025 unchanged flat
7 Lao People's Democratic Republic 0.318 °C 2025 unchanged flat
8 Turks and Caicos Islands 0.832 °C 1993 up 111.7% rising
8 Cabo Verde 0.422 °C 2025 unchanged falling
8 Timor-Leste 0.313 °C 2025 unchanged flat
9 Kazakhstan 0.801 °C 2025 unchanged flat
9 Bolivia (Plurinational State of) 0.304 °C 2025 unchanged flat
10 Ukraine 0.795 °C 2025 unchanged flat
10 Viet Nam 0.303 °C 2025 unchanged flat
11 Poland 0.777 °C 2025 unchanged flat
11 Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of) 0.301 °C 2025 unchanged flat
12 Midway Island 0.771 °C 2009 unchanged rising
12 United Republic of Tanzania 0.253 °C 2025 unchanged flat
13 Armenia 0.764 °C 2025 unchanged flat
14 Georgia 0.75 °C 2025 unchanged flat
15 Uzbekistan 0.74 °C 2025 unchanged flat
15 Polynesia 0.211 °C 2025 unchanged flat
16 Norway 0.738 °C 2025 unchanged flat
17 Turkmenistan 0.705 °C 2025 unchanged flat
17 Democratic Republic of the Congo 0.193 °C 2025 unchanged flat
18 Denmark 0.696 °C 2025 unchanged flat
18 Wallis and Futuna Islands 0.185 °C 2025 unchanged flat
19 Azerbaijan 0.689 °C 2025 unchanged flat
19 Melanesia 0.179 °C 2025 unchanged flat
20 Saint Pierre and Miquelon 0.685 °C 2025 unchanged flat
20 Côte d'Ivoire 0.255 °C 2025 unchanged flat
21 Falkland Islands (Malvinas) 0.66 °C 1982 up 109.5% rising
21 Micronesia (Federated States of) 0.156 °C 2025 unchanged flat
22 Slovakia 0.652 °C 2025 unchanged flat
22 Micronesia 0.147 °C 2025 unchanged flat
23 Canada 0.642 °C 2025 unchanged flat
23 Caribbean 0.233 °C 2025 unchanged flat
24 Romania 0.634 °C 2025 unchanged flat
25 Czechoslovakia 0.633 °C 1992 unchanged flat
26 Czechia 0.63 °C 2025 unchanged flat
26 Hungary 0.63 °C 2025 unchanged flat
28 Netherlands (Kingdom of the) 0.617 °C 2025 unchanged flat
29 Germany 0.613 °C 2025 unchanged flat
30 Tajikistan 0.61 °C 2025 unchanged flat
31 Greenland 0.605 °C 2025 unchanged flat
32 Mongolia 0.602 °C 2025 unchanged flat
33 Luxembourg 0.601 °C 2025 unchanged flat
34 Serbia 0.594 °C 2025 unchanged flat
35 Nauru 0.589 °C 1992 unchanged flat
36 Barbados 0.587 °C 2023 up 111.2% rising
36 Iceland 0.587 °C 2025 unchanged flat
38 Russian Federation 0.586 °C 2025 unchanged flat
38 Belgium-Luxembourg 0.586 °C 1999 unchanged flat
40 Kyrgyzstan 0.581 °C 2025 unchanged flat
41 Belgium 0.574 °C 2025 unchanged flat
42 Bulgaria 0.573 °C 2025 unchanged flat
42 Pitcairn 0.573 °C 2011 up 74.2% rising
44 Serbia and Montenegro 0.559 °C 2005 unchanged flat
45 Iraq 0.549 °C 2025 unchanged flat
46 Afghanistan 0.547 °C 2025 unchanged flat
47 Jordan 0.533 °C 2025 unchanged flat
48 Eritrea 0.531 °C 2023 up 57.1% flat
49 Montenegro 0.53 °C 2025 unchanged flat
50 Austria 0.529 °C 2025 unchanged flat
51 Slovenia 0.523 °C 2025 unchanged flat
52 Morocco 0.521 °C 2025 unchanged flat
53 Kuwait 0.516 °C 2025 unchanged flat
54 Bosnia and Herzegovina 0.509 °C 2025 unchanged flat
55 Republic of Korea 0.504 °C 2025 unchanged flat
56 Western Sahara 0.503 °C 2025 unchanged flat
57 Lebanon 0.5 °C 2025 unchanged flat
57 Yugoslav SFR 0.5 °C 1991 unchanged flat
59 Croatia 0.487 °C 2025 unchanged flat
59 USSR 0.487 °C 1991 unchanged flat
61 Jersey 0.486 °C 2025 unchanged flat
62 North Macedonia 0.483 °C 2025 unchanged flat
62 Guernsey 0.483 °C 2025 unchanged flat
64 Israel 0.477 °C 2025 unchanged flat
64 Palestine 0.477 °C 2025 unchanged flat
66 Antarctica 0.474 °C 2025 unchanged flat
67 Faroe Islands 0.468 °C 2025 unchanged flat
68 Liechtenstein 0.466 °C 2025 unchanged flat
69 Mauritania 0.465 °C 2025 unchanged flat
70 Cyprus 0.462 °C 2025 unchanged flat
71 Switzerland 0.458 °C 2025 unchanged flat
72 Paraguay 0.45 °C 2025 unchanged flat
73 United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland 0.444 °C 2025 unchanged flat
74 Portugal 0.44 °C 2025 unchanged flat
75 Isle of Man 0.438 °C 2025 unchanged flat
76 Albania 0.434 °C 2025 unchanged flat
77 Senegal 0.432 °C 2025 unchanged flat
78 Gibraltar 0.43 °C 2025 unchanged flat
78 Greece 0.43 °C 2025 unchanged flat
80 France 0.427 °C 2025 unchanged flat
81 Saudi Arabia 0.424 °C 2025 unchanged flat
82 Tunisia 0.421 °C 2025 unchanged flat
83 Andorra 0.417 °C 2025 unchanged flat
84 Ireland 0.412 °C 2025 unchanged flat
85 Spain 0.402 °C 2025 unchanged flat
86 Algeria 0.401 °C 2025 unchanged flat
86 Mali 0.401 °C 2025 unchanged flat
88 Ecuador 0.4 °C 2025 unchanged flat
89 Bahrain 0.397 °C 2025 unchanged flat
90 Qatar 0.396 °C 2025 unchanged flat
91 Niue 0.395 °C 1993 up 63.2% flat
92 Yemen 0.393 °C 1998 up 43.4% rising
92 French Southern Territories 0.393 °C 2025 unchanged flat
94 Libya 0.386 °C 2025 unchanged flat
95 Uruguay 0.385 °C 2025 unchanged flat
96 Botswana 0.381 °C 2025 unchanged flat
97 New Zealand 0.379 °C 2025 unchanged flat
98 Pakistan 0.373 °C 2025 unchanged flat
99 Gambia 0.366 °C 2025 unchanged flat
100 Malta 0.365 °C 2025 unchanged flat
101 Egypt 0.361 °C 2025 unchanged flat
101 San Marino 0.361 °C 2025 unchanged flat
101 China, Hong Kong SAR 0.361 °C 2025 unchanged flat
101 China, Macao SAR 0.361 °C 2025 unchanged flat
105 Japan 0.358 °C 2025 unchanged flat
106 Réunion 0.351 °C 2025 unchanged flat
107 South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands 0.35 °C 2025 unchanged flat
108 Australia 0.345 °C 2025 unchanged flat
109 China, Taiwan Province of 0.342 °C 2025 unchanged flat
110 Holy See 0.341 °C 2025 unchanged flat
111 Aruba 0.339 °C 2020 unchanged flat
112 Monaco 0.338 °C 2025 unchanged flat
113 Australia and New Zealand 0.335 °C 2025 unchanged flat
114 Niger 0.334 °C 2025 unchanged flat
114 Oman 0.334 °C 2025 unchanged flat
116 Mayotte 0.332 °C 2025 unchanged flat
117 United Arab Emirates 0.331 °C 2025 unchanged flat
117 Burkina Faso 0.331 °C 2025 unchanged flat
119 Sudan 0.327 °C 2025 unchanged flat
120 Italy 0.324 °C 2025 unchanged flat
121 Eswatini 0.321 °C 2025 unchanged flat
122 Namibia 0.319 °C 2025 unchanged flat
123 New Caledonia 0.314 °C 2025 unchanged flat
124 OECD 0.312 °C 2025 unchanged flat
125 Zimbabwe 0.311 °C 2025 unchanged flat
126 Argentina 0.306 °C 2025 unchanged flat
126 Thailand 0.306 °C 2025 unchanged flat
128 Guinea-Bissau 0.303 °C 2025 unchanged flat
129 Guyana 0.299 °C 2025 unchanged flat
130 Madagascar 0.297 °C 2025 unchanged flat
130 Netherlands Antilles (former) 0.297 °C 2010 unchanged flat
132 Norfolk Island 0.296 °C 2025 unchanged flat
133 Mauritius 0.295 °C 2025 unchanged flat
133 Peru 0.295 °C 2025 unchanged flat
135 Djibouti 0.289 °C 2025 unchanged flat
135 Ethiopia PDR 0.289 °C 1992 unchanged flat
137 Cambodia 0.288 °C 2025 unchanged flat
138 Belize 0.287 °C 2025 unchanged flat
138 Sudan (former) 0.287 °C 2011 unchanged flat
140 Guinea 0.285 °C 2025 unchanged flat
141 Burundi 0.284 °C 2013 up 4.0% rising
141 Jamaica 0.284 °C 2025 unchanged flat
141 Lesotho 0.284 °C 2025 unchanged flat
141 Cocos (Keeling) Islands 0.284 °C 2025 unchanged flat
145 South Sudan 0.283 °C 2025 unchanged flat
146 Nigeria 0.281 °C 2025 unchanged flat
147 China 0.279 °C 2025 unchanged flat
147 China, mainland 0.279 °C 2025 unchanged flat
149 Cuba 0.278 °C 2025 unchanged flat
149 Somalia 0.278 °C 2025 unchanged flat
151 South Africa 0.275 °C 2025 unchanged flat
152 Panama 0.274 °C 2025 unchanged flat
152 Chad 0.274 °C 2025 unchanged flat
154 Guatemala 0.273 °C 2025 unchanged flat
154 Haiti 0.273 °C 2025 unchanged flat
156 Dominican Republic 0.272 °C 2025 unchanged flat
156 Ethiopia 0.272 °C 2025 unchanged flat
156 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 0.272 °C 2025 unchanged flat
159 Grenada 0.271 °C 2025 unchanged flat
160 Antigua and Barbuda 0.27 °C 2025 unchanged flat
160 Kenya 0.27 °C 2025 unchanged flat
160 Saint Kitts and Nevis 0.27 °C 2025 unchanged flat
160 French Polynesia 0.27 °C 2025 unchanged flat
160 El Salvador 0.27 °C 2025 unchanged flat
160 Trinidad and Tobago 0.27 °C 2025 unchanged flat
160 Montserrat 0.27 °C 2025 unchanged flat
167 Benin 0.268 °C 2025 unchanged flat
167 Puerto Rico 0.268 °C 2025 unchanged flat
167 Rwanda 0.268 °C 2013 up 12.6% rising
170 Colombia 0.267 °C 2025 unchanged flat
170 United States Virgin Islands 0.267 °C 2025 unchanged flat
172 Chile 0.266 °C 2025 unchanged flat
173 Nepal 0.265 °C 2025 unchanged flat
173 British Virgin Islands 0.265 °C 2025 unchanged flat
173 Zambia 0.265 °C 2025 unchanged flat
176 Comoros 0.264 °C 2025 unchanged flat
176 Anguilla 0.264 °C 2025 unchanged flat
178 Bahamas 0.262 °C 2025 unchanged flat
179 Ghana 0.26 °C 2025 unchanged flat
180 Guadeloupe 0.259 °C 2025 unchanged flat
181 Dominica 0.258 °C 2025 unchanged flat
181 Seychelles 0.258 °C 2025 unchanged flat
183 Bhutan 0.257 °C 2025 unchanged flat
183 Costa Rica 0.257 °C 2025 unchanged falling
183 Saint Lucia 0.257 °C 2025 unchanged flat
183 Martinique 0.257 °C 2025 unchanged flat
187 Mozambique 0.256 °C 2025 unchanged flat
188 Togo 0.255 °C 2025 unchanged flat
188 Uganda 0.255 °C 2025 unchanged flat
188 Tokelau 0.255 °C 2010 down 26.1% rising
191 India 0.254 °C 2025 unchanged flat
191 Malawi 0.254 °C 2025 unchanged flat
193 Singapore 0.253 °C 1990 up 42.9% rising
194 Maldives 0.252 °C 2025 unchanged flat
195 American Samoa 0.25 °C 2025 unchanged flat
196 Myanmar 0.243 °C 2025 unchanged flat
196 Nicaragua 0.243 °C 2024 unchanged flat
198 Bangladesh 0.236 °C 2025 unchanged flat
199 Mexico 0.234 °C 2025 unchanged flat
199 Tonga 0.234 °C 2025 unchanged flat
201 Sierra Leone 0.232 °C 2025 unchanged flat
202 Samoa 0.23 °C 2025 unchanged flat
203 Vanuatu 0.225 °C 2025 unchanged flat
204 Honduras 0.224 °C 2025 unchanged flat
205 Suriname 0.222 °C 2025 unchanged flat
206 Brazil 0.221 °C 2025 unchanged flat
206 Liberia 0.221 °C 2025 unchanged flat
208 Fiji 0.219 °C 2025 unchanged flat
208 Gabon 0.219 °C 2025 unchanged flat
208 Ascension, Saint Helena and Tristan da Cunha 0.219 °C 2025 unchanged flat
211 Central African Republic 0.218 °C 2025 unchanged flat
211 French Guiana 0.218 °C 2025 unchanged flat
213 Sao Tome and Principe 0.214 °C 2025 unchanged flat
213 Cook Islands 0.214 °C 2025 unchanged flat
215 Marshall Islands 0.212 °C 2025 unchanged flat
216 Angola 0.211 °C 2025 unchanged flat
216 Cameroon 0.211 °C 2025 unchanged flat
218 Equatorial Guinea 0.21 °C 2025 unchanged flat
219 Sri Lanka 0.207 °C 2025 unchanged flat
220 Congo 0.202 °C 2025 unchanged flat
220 Tuvalu 0.202 °C 2025 unchanged flat
220 Brunei Darussalam 0.202 °C 2025 unchanged flat
223 Solomon Islands 0.193 °C 2025 unchanged flat
224 Papua New Guinea 0.183 °C 2025 unchanged flat
225 Kiribati 0.182 °C 2025 unchanged flat
226 Malaysia 0.179 °C 2025 unchanged flat
227 Philippines 0.177 °C 2025 unchanged flat
228 Palau 0.167 °C 2025 unchanged flat
229 Indonesia 0.153 °C 2025 unchanged flat
230 Pacific Islands Trust Territory 0.152 °C 1990 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
285 places, 16,797 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).