Temperature change in Eastern Africa
Eastern Africa: Temperature change was 1.28 °C in 2025. ◆ Volatile
Temperature change in Eastern Africa, 1961–2025
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in °C.
Analysis
In 2025, temperature change in Eastern Africa stood at 1.28 °C.
Compared with earlier readings it is down 20.4% on the previous year and up 5.4% over ten years.
Over the whole period, temperature change in Eastern Africa peaked at 1.61 °C in 2024 and was at its lowest, -0.393 °C, in 1968.
That places Eastern Africa 29th out of 38 groups with data for 2025, putting it in the bottom quarter.
The series is highly variable year to year, so single readings are best treated with caution.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | -0.0916 °C | -0.393 °C | 0.252 °C | 9 |
| 1970s | 0.0818 °C | -0.229 °C | 0.416 °C | 10 |
| 1980s | 0.3334 °C | 0.054 °C | 0.692 °C | 10 |
| 1990s | 0.4143 °C | 0.166 °C | 0.739 °C | 10 |
| 2000s | 0.7026 °C | 0.413 °C | 1.02 °C | 10 |
| 2010s | 0.9941 °C | 0.75 °C | 1.22 °C | 10 |
| 2020s | 1.17 °C | 0.924 °C | 1.61 °C | 6 |
Countries ranked near Eastern Africa
More environment data for Eastern Africa
- Standard Deviation 0.229 °C (2025)
- Value Added (Agriculture, Forestry and Fishing) — Share of GDP US$ 17.13 % (2024)
- Value Added (Agriculture, Forestry and Fishing) — Annual growth US$ 4.47 % (2024)
- Value Added (Agriculture, Forestry and Fishing) — Annual growth US$ 11.79 % (2024)
- Value Added (Agriculture, Forestry and Fishing) — Share of GDP US$ 21.2 % (2024)
- Value Added (Agriculture, Forestry and Fishing) — Value US$ 157,643 million USD (2024)
- Wood fuel, coniferous — Production 10.99 million m3 (2024)
- Wood fuel — Production 326.16 million m3 (2024)
- Roundwood, non-coniferous — Production 332.34 million m3 (2024)
- Value Added (Agriculture, Forestry and Fishing) — Value US$, 2015 107,047 million USD (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is temperature change in Eastern Africa?
- Temperature change in Eastern Africa was 1.28 °C in 2025, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest temperature change recorded in Eastern Africa?
- The highest recorded value was 1.61 °C in 2024.
- What is the lowest temperature change recorded in Eastern Africa?
- The lowest recorded value was -0.393 °C in 1968.
- How does Eastern Africa rank for temperature change?
- Eastern Africa ranks 29th out of 38 groups with data for 2025.
- Is temperature change rising or falling in Eastern Africa?
- Over the last ten years it is up 5.4%. The long-run trend across the full record is volatile.
- Where does this Eastern Africa 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).