Standard Deviation in Sub-Saharan Africa
Sub-Saharan Africa: Standard Deviation was 0.223 °C in 2025. ▬ Flat
Standard Deviation in Sub-Saharan Africa, 1961–2025
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in °C.
Analysis
The most recent figure for standard deviation in Sub-Saharan Africa is 0.223 °C, measured in 2025. That is the highest value across all 65 years on record.
That represents a change of unchanged over ten years.
Over the whole period, standard deviation in Sub-Saharan Africa peaked at 0.223 °C in 1961 and was at its lowest, 0.223 °C, in 1961.
That places Sub-Saharan Africa 27th out of 38 groups with data for 2025, putting it in the middle of the range.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 0.223 °C | 0.223 °C | 0.223 °C | 9 |
| 1970s | 0.223 °C | 0.223 °C | 0.223 °C | 10 |
| 1980s | 0.223 °C | 0.223 °C | 0.223 °C | 10 |
| 1990s | 0.223 °C | 0.223 °C | 0.223 °C | 10 |
| 2000s | 0.223 °C | 0.223 °C | 0.223 °C | 10 |
| 2010s | 0.223 °C | 0.223 °C | 0.223 °C | 10 |
| 2020s | 0.223 °C | 0.223 °C | 0.223 °C | 6 |
Countries ranked near Sub-Saharan Africa
More environment data for Sub-Saharan Africa
- Temperature change 1.21 °C (2025)
- Permanent crops — Share in Agricultural land 4.08 % (2024)
- Inland waters — Area 41,984 1000 ha (2024)
- Permanent meadows and pastures — Area 704,021 1000 ha (2024)
- Nitrous oxide (N2O) emissions from Waste 13.02 Mt CO2e (2024)
- Nitrous oxide (N2O) emissions from Transport (Energy) 2.96 Mt CO2e (2024)
- Nitrous oxide (N2O) emissions from Power Industry (Energy) 2.29 Mt CO2e (2024)
- Nitrous oxide (N2O) emissions (total) excluding LULUCF 305.43 Mt CO2e (2024)
- Nitrous oxide (N2O) emissions from Industrial Processes 30.86 Mt CO2e (2024)
- Permanent meadows and pastures — Share in Land area 31.93 % (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is standard deviation in Sub-Saharan Africa?
- Standard deviation in Sub-Saharan Africa was 0.223 °C in 2025, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest standard deviation recorded in Sub-Saharan Africa?
- The highest recorded value was 0.223 °C in 1961.
- What is the lowest standard deviation recorded in Sub-Saharan Africa?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.223 °C in 1961.
- How does Sub-Saharan Africa rank for standard deviation?
- Sub-Saharan Africa ranks 27th out of 38 groups with data for 2025.
- Is standard deviation rising or falling in Sub-Saharan Africa?
- Over the last ten years it is unchanged. The long-run trend across the full record is flat.
- Where does this Sub-Saharan Africa 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
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).