Temperature change in Cocos (Keeling) Islands
Cocos (Keeling) Islands: Temperature change was 1.37 °C in 2025. ◆ Volatile
Temperature change in Cocos (Keeling) Islands, 1961–2025
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in °C.
Analysis
In 2025, temperature change in Cocos (Keeling) Islands stood at 1.37 °C.
Compared with earlier readings it is down 24.7% on the previous year and up 62.2% over ten years.
Over the whole period, temperature change in Cocos (Keeling) Islands peaked at 1.82 °C in 2024 and was at its lowest, -0.46 °C, in 1968.
Cocos (Keeling) Islands ranks 128th of 233 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 Cocos (Keeling) Islands, year by year
| Year | °C | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | -0.034 °C | — |
| 1962 | 0.051 °C | -250.0% |
| 1963 | -0.089 °C | -274.5% |
| 1964 | 0.089 °C | -200.0% |
| 1965 | -0.139 °C | -256.2% |
| 1966 | -0.154 °C | +10.8% |
| 1967 | 0.079 °C | -151.3% |
| 1968 | -0.46 °C | -682.3% |
| 1969 | 0.339 °C | -173.7% |
| 1970 | 0.006 °C | -98.2% |
| 1971 | -0.315 °C | -5350.0% |
| 1972 | -0.236 °C | -25.1% |
| 1973 | 0.103 °C | -143.6% |
| 1974 | -0.337 °C | -427.2% |
| 1975 | -0.417 °C | +23.7% |
| 1976 | -0.231 °C | -44.6% |
| 1977 | 0.045 °C | -119.5% |
| 1978 | -0.381 °C | -946.7% |
| 1979 | -0.004 °C | -99.0% |
| 1980 | 0.027 °C | -775.0% |
| 1981 | -0.256 °C | -1048.1% |
| 1982 | -0.326 °C | +27.3% |
| 1983 | 0.602 °C | -284.7% |
| 1984 | 0.117 °C | -80.6% |
| 1985 | 0.055 °C | -53.0% |
| 1986 | -0.296 °C | -638.2% |
| 1987 | 0.443 °C | -249.7% |
| 1988 | 0.42 °C | -5.2% |
| 1989 | 0.242 °C | -42.4% |
| 1990 | 0.356 °C | +47.1% |
| 1991 | 0.47 °C | +32.0% |
| 1992 | 0.213 °C | -54.7% |
| 1993 | 0.214 °C | +0.5% |
| 1994 | 0.015 °C | -93.0% |
| 1995 | 0.435 °C | +2800.0% |
| 1996 | 0.66 °C | +51.7% |
| 1997 | 0.347 °C | -47.4% |
| 1998 | 1.26 °C | +263.4% |
| 1999 | 1.22 °C | -3.6% |
| 2000 | 0.353 °C | -71.0% |
| 2001 | 0.181 °C | -48.7% |
| 2002 | 0.731 °C | +303.9% |
| 2003 | 0.545 °C | -25.4% |
| 2004 | 0.412 °C | -24.4% |
| 2005 | 0.688 °C | +67.0% |
| 2006 | 0.381 °C | -44.6% |
| 2007 | 0.604 °C | +58.5% |
| 2008 | 0.575 °C | -4.8% |
| 2009 | 0.582 °C | +1.2% |
| 2010 | 0.904 °C | +55.3% |
| 2011 | 0.49 °C | -45.8% |
| 2012 | 0.673 °C | +37.3% |
| 2013 | 0.748 °C | +11.1% |
| 2014 | 0.732 °C | -2.1% |
| 2015 | 0.844 °C | +15.3% |
| 2016 | 1.41 °C | +66.7% |
| 2017 | 0.803 °C | -42.9% |
| 2018 | 0.898 °C | +11.8% |
| 2019 | 1.02 °C | +13.5% |
| 2020 | 1.51 °C | +48.7% |
| 2021 | 1.17 °C | -22.8% |
| 2022 | 1.19 °C | +1.8% |
| 2023 | 0.824 °C | -30.8% |
| 2024 | 1.82 °C | +120.8% |
| 2025 | 1.37 °C | -24.7% |
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Temperature change in Cocos (Keeling) Islands 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1971 | -5350.0% | 0.006 °C | -0.315 °C |
| 1995 | +2800.0% | 0.015 °C | 0.435 °C |
| 1981 | -1048.1% | 0.027 °C | -0.256 °C |
| 1978 | -946.7% | 0.045 °C | -0.381 °C |
| 1980 | +775.0% | -0.004 °C | 0.027 °C |
| 1968 | -682.3% | 0.079 °C | -0.46 °C |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | -0.0353 °C | -0.46 °C | 0.339 °C | 9 |
| 1970s | -0.1767 °C | -0.417 °C | 0.103 °C | 10 |
| 1980s | 0.1028 °C | -0.326 °C | 0.602 °C | 10 |
| 1990s | 0.5187 °C | 0.015 °C | 1.26 °C | 10 |
| 2000s | 0.5052 °C | 0.181 °C | 0.731 °C | 10 |
| 2010s | 0.8518 °C | 0.49 °C | 1.41 °C | 10 |
| 2020s | 1.31 °C | 0.824 °C | 1.82 °C | 6 |
Countries ranked near Cocos (Keeling) Islands
More environment data for Cocos (Keeling) Islands
- Standard Deviation, annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2025)
- Standard Deviation 0.284 °C (2025)
- Paper and paperboard — Import value 108 1000 USD (2024)
- Printing and writing papers — Import value 170 1000 USD (1997)
- Wood-based panels — Import value 8 1000 USD (2024)
- Plywood and LVL — Import quantity 5 m3 (2024)
- Plywood and LVL — Import value 8 1000 USD (2024)
- Paper and paperboard — Import quantity 79 t (2024)
- Paper and paperboard — Export quantity 0 t (2024)
- Graphic papers — Import quantity 216 t (1997)
Frequently asked questions
- What is temperature change in Cocos (Keeling) Islands?
- Temperature change in Cocos (Keeling) Islands was 1.37 °C in 2025, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest temperature change recorded in Cocos (Keeling) Islands?
- The highest recorded value was 1.82 °C in 2024.
- What is the lowest temperature change recorded in Cocos (Keeling) Islands?
- The lowest recorded value was -0.46 °C in 1968.
- How does Cocos (Keeling) Islands rank for temperature change?
- Cocos (Keeling) Islands ranks 128th out of 233 countries with data for 2025.
- Is temperature change rising or falling in Cocos (Keeling) Islands?
- Over the last ten years it is up 62.2%. The long-run trend across the full record is volatile.
- Where does this Cocos (Keeling) Islands 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).