Standard Deviation in Costa Rica

Costa Rica: Standard Deviation was 0.257 °C in 2025. ▼ Falling

Latest (2025)
0.257 °C
Change on year
unchanged
World rank
193rd
of 247 countries
All-time high
0.4 °C
in 1968
All-time low
0.257 °C
in 1961
Years of data
65
1961–2025

Standard Deviation in Costa Rica, 1961–2025

00.10.20.30.4196119932025

Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in °C.

Analysis

Costa Rica recorded 0.257 °C for standard deviation in 2025. That is the lowest value across all 65 years on record.

That represents a change of unchanged over ten years.

Over the whole period, standard deviation in Costa Rica peaked at 0.4 °C in 1968 and was at its lowest, 0.257 °C, in 1961.

That places Costa Rica 193rd out of 247 countries with data for 2025, putting it in the bottom quarter.

The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 65 years of available data.

Averages by decade

DecadeAverage LowestHighest Years
1960s 0.2871 °C 0.257 °C 0.4 °C 9
1970s 0.257 °C 0.257 °C 0.257 °C 10
1980s 0.257 °C 0.257 °C 0.257 °C 10
1990s 0.257 °C 0.257 °C 0.257 °C 10
2000s 0.257 °C 0.257 °C 0.257 °C 10
2010s 0.257 °C 0.257 °C 0.257 °C 10
2020s 0.257 °C 0.257 °C 0.257 °C 6

Countries ranked near Costa Rica

  1. 190 Guadeloupe 0.259 °C compare
  2. 191 Dominica 0.258 °C compare
  3. 191 Seychelles 0.258 °C compare
  4. 193 Bhutan 0.257 °C compare
  5. 193 Martinique 0.257 °C compare
  6. 193 Saint Lucia 0.257 °C compare

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Frequently asked questions

What is standard deviation in Costa Rica?
Standard deviation in Costa Rica was 0.257 °C in 2025, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
What is the highest standard deviation recorded in Costa Rica?
The highest recorded value was 0.4 °C in 1968.
What is the lowest standard deviation recorded in Costa Rica?
The lowest recorded value was 0.257 °C in 1961.
How does Costa Rica rank for standard deviation?
Costa Rica ranks 193rd out of 247 countries with data for 2025.
Is standard deviation rising or falling in Costa Rica?
Over the last ten years it is unchanged. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
Where does this Costa Rica data come from?
The figures come from Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as part of Standard Deviation. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.

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About this data

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).