Temperature change in Caribbean
Caribbean: Temperature change was 1.29 °C in 2025. ◆ Volatile
Temperature change in Caribbean, 1961–2025
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in °C.
Analysis
In 2025, temperature change in Caribbean stood at 1.29 °C.
Compared with earlier readings it is down 14.0% on the previous year and up 7.4% over ten years.
Over the whole period, temperature change in Caribbean peaked at 1.5 °C in 2024 and was at its lowest, -0.283 °C, in 1968.
Caribbean ranks 150th of 254 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The series is highly variable year to year, so single readings are best treated with caution.
Temperature change in Caribbean, year by year
| Year | °C | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | -0.039 °C | — |
| 1962 | -0.059 °C | +51.3% |
| 1963 | -0.079 °C | +33.9% |
| 1964 | 0.132 °C | -267.1% |
| 1965 | -0.096 °C | -172.7% |
| 1966 | -0.131 °C | +36.5% |
| 1967 | -0.225 °C | +71.8% |
| 1968 | -0.283 °C | +25.8% |
| 1969 | 0.135 °C | -147.7% |
| 1970 | -0.226 °C | -267.4% |
| 1971 | -0.103 °C | -54.4% |
| 1972 | 0.232 °C | -325.2% |
| 1973 | 0.357 °C | +53.9% |
| 1974 | -0.088 °C | -124.6% |
| 1975 | 0.283 °C | -421.6% |
| 1976 | -0.279 °C | -198.6% |
| 1977 | 0.192 °C | -168.8% |
| 1978 | 0.105 °C | -45.3% |
| 1979 | 0.254 °C | +141.9% |
| 1980 | 0.543 °C | +113.8% |
| 1981 | 0.243 °C | -55.2% |
| 1982 | 0.435 °C | +79.0% |
| 1983 | 0.408 °C | -6.2% |
| 1984 | 0.215 °C | -47.3% |
| 1985 | 0.148 °C | -31.2% |
| 1986 | 0.249 °C | +68.2% |
| 1987 | 0.757 °C | +204.0% |
| 1988 | 0.609 °C | -19.6% |
| 1989 | 0.478 °C | -21.5% |
| 1990 | 0.679 °C | +42.1% |
| 1991 | 0.684 °C | +0.7% |
| 1992 | 0.449 °C | -34.4% |
| 1993 | 0.493 °C | +9.8% |
| 1994 | 0.813 °C | +64.9% |
| 1995 | 0.85 °C | +4.6% |
| 1996 | 0.305 °C | -64.1% |
| 1997 | 0.77 °C | +152.5% |
| 1998 | 1.03 °C | +34.2% |
| 1999 | 0.659 °C | -36.2% |
| 2000 | 0.447 °C | -32.2% |
| 2001 | 0.54 °C | +20.8% |
| 2002 | 0.803 °C | +48.7% |
| 2003 | 0.936 °C | +16.6% |
| 2004 | 0.614 °C | -34.4% |
| 2005 | 0.721 °C | +17.4% |
| 2006 | 0.75 °C | +4.0% |
| 2007 | 0.908 °C | +21.1% |
| 2008 | 0.527 °C | -42.0% |
| 2009 | 0.702 °C | +33.2% |
| 2010 | 0.792 °C | +12.8% |
| 2011 | 0.451 °C | -43.1% |
| 2012 | 0.58 °C | +28.6% |
| 2013 | 0.815 °C | +40.5% |
| 2014 | 0.96 °C | +17.8% |
| 2015 | 1.2 °C | +25.0% |
| 2016 | 1.19 °C | -0.7% |
| 2017 | 1.19 °C | -0.3% |
| 2018 | 1.01 °C | -15.2% |
| 2019 | 1.21 °C | +19.5% |
| 2020 | 1.48 °C | +22.8% |
| 2021 | 1.02 °C | -31.1% |
| 2022 | 1.06 °C | +4.1% |
| 2023 | 1.48 °C | +39.2% |
| 2024 | 1.5 °C | +1.4% |
| 2025 | 1.29 °C | -14.0% |
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Temperature change in Caribbean changed far more than this series normally does. A large move can be a real event or a change in how the figure was measured — the source note below says who published it.
| Year | Change | From | To |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1975 | +421.6% | -0.088 °C | 0.283 °C |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | -0.0717 °C | -0.283 °C | 0.135 °C | 9 |
| 1970s | 0.0727 °C | -0.279 °C | 0.357 °C | 10 |
| 1980s | 0.4085 °C | 0.148 °C | 0.757 °C | 10 |
| 1990s | 0.6735 °C | 0.305 °C | 1.03 °C | 10 |
| 2000s | 0.6948 °C | 0.447 °C | 0.936 °C | 10 |
| 2010s | 0.9392 °C | 0.451 °C | 1.21 °C | 10 |
| 2020s | 1.3 °C | 1.02 °C | 1.5 °C | 6 |
Countries ranked near Caribbean
- 147 Fiji 1.31 °C compare
- 148 Central African Republic 1.3 °C compare
- 149 Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of) 1.29 °C compare
- 151 Brunei Darussalam 1.29 °C compare
- 152 Benin 1.29 °C compare
- 153 El Salvador 1.28 °C compare
- 153 Sierra Leone 1.28 °C compare
More environment data for Caribbean
- Historical exposure to drought — Land soil moisture anomaly -4.29 Percentage change (2025)
- Historical exposure to drought — Cropland soil moisture anomaly -4.76 Percentage change (2025)
- Standard Deviation, annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2025)
- Standard Deviation 0.233 °C (2025)
- Primary wood and paper products (export/import) — Import value 1.32 million 1000 USD (2024)
- Roundwood — Import quantity 152,566 m3 (2024)
- Other industrial roundwood — Production 562,810 m3 (2024)
- Sawlogs and veneer logs, non-coniferous — Production 384,456 m3 (2024)
- Sawlogs and veneer logs, coniferous — Production 355,073 m3 (2024)
- Sawlogs and veneer logs — Production 739,529 m3 (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is temperature change in Caribbean?
- Temperature change in Caribbean was 1.29 °C in 2025, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest temperature change recorded in Caribbean?
- The highest recorded value was 1.5 °C in 2024.
- What is the lowest temperature change recorded in Caribbean?
- The lowest recorded value was -0.283 °C in 1968.
- How does Caribbean rank for temperature change?
- Caribbean ranks 150th out of 254 countries with data for 2025.
- Is temperature change rising or falling in Caribbean?
- Over the last ten years it is up 7.4%. The long-run trend across the full record is volatile.
- Where does this Caribbean data come from?
- The figures come from Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as part of Temperature change. 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).