Temperature change in Eswatini
Eswatini: Temperature change was 1.02 °C in 2025. ◆ Volatile
Temperature change in Eswatini, 1961–2025
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in °C.
Analysis
The most recent figure for temperature change in Eswatini is 1.02 °C, measured in 2025.
The figure is up 9.6% on the previous year and up 11.3% over ten years.
Over the whole period, temperature change in Eswatini peaked at 1.49 °C in 2019 and was at its lowest, -0.427 °C, in 1968.
Eswatini ranks 206th of 254 countries on this measure, in the bottom quarter.
The series is highly variable year to year, so single readings are best treated with caution.
Temperature change in Eswatini, year by year
| Year | °C | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 0.282 °C | — |
| 1962 | 0.41 °C | +45.4% |
| 1963 | -0.242 °C | -159.0% |
| 1964 | 0.023 °C | -109.5% |
| 1965 | -0.216 °C | -1039.1% |
| 1966 | 0.32 °C | -248.1% |
| 1967 | -0.275 °C | -185.9% |
| 1968 | -0.427 °C | +55.3% |
| 1969 | 0.431 °C | -200.9% |
| 1970 | 0.567 °C | +31.6% |
| 1971 | 0.006 °C | -98.9% |
| 1972 | -0.383 °C | -6483.3% |
| 1973 | 0.17 °C | -144.4% |
| 1974 | -0.144 °C | -184.7% |
| 1975 | -0.281 °C | +95.1% |
| 1976 | -0.312 °C | +11.0% |
| 1977 | 0.407 °C | -230.4% |
| 1978 | 0.313 °C | -23.1% |
| 1979 | 0.346 °C | +10.5% |
| 1980 | -0.019 °C | -105.5% |
| 1981 | -0.296 °C | +1457.9% |
| 1982 | 0.297 °C | -200.3% |
| 1983 | 1.05 °C | +253.9% |
| 1984 | 0.077 °C | -92.7% |
| 1985 | 0.639 °C | +729.9% |
| 1986 | 0.389 °C | -39.1% |
| 1987 | 0.59 °C | +51.7% |
| 1988 | 0.648 °C | +9.8% |
| 1989 | 0.166 °C | -74.4% |
| 1990 | 0.307 °C | +84.9% |
| 1991 | 0.551 °C | +79.5% |
| 1992 | 1.17 °C | +112.2% |
| 1993 | 0.758 °C | -35.2% |
| 1994 | 0.022 °C | -97.1% |
| 1995 | 0.599 °C | +2622.7% |
| 1996 | -0.038 °C | -106.3% |
| 1997 | 0.241 °C | -734.2% |
| 1998 | 0.95 °C | +294.2% |
| 1999 | 0.477 °C | -49.8% |
| 2000 | -0.138 °C | -128.9% |
| 2001 | 0.422 °C | -405.8% |
| 2002 | 0.397 °C | -5.9% |
| 2003 | 0.534 °C | +34.5% |
| 2004 | 0.444 °C | -16.9% |
| 2005 | 0.95 °C | +114.0% |
| 2006 | 0.134 °C | -85.9% |
| 2007 | 0.872 °C | +550.7% |
| 2008 | 0.493 °C | -43.5% |
| 2009 | 0.29 °C | -41.2% |
| 2010 | 1 °C | +245.5% |
| 2011 | 1.24 °C | +23.6% |
| 2012 | 0.495 °C | -60.0% |
| 2013 | 0.247 °C | -50.1% |
| 2014 | 0.543 °C | +119.8% |
| 2015 | 0.921 °C | +69.6% |
| 2016 | 0.858 °C | -6.8% |
| 2017 | 0.734 °C | -14.5% |
| 2018 | 0.743 °C | +1.2% |
| 2019 | 1.49 °C | +100.7% |
| 2020 | 0.252 °C | -83.1% |
| 2021 | 0.566 °C | +124.6% |
| 2022 | 1.02 °C | +80.6% |
| 2023 | 0.764 °C | -25.2% |
| 2024 | 0.935 °C | +22.4% |
| 2025 | 1.02 °C | +9.6% |
Eswatini compared with similar countries
- Eswatini's 1.02 °C is below the median for lower middle income countries, which is 1.34 °C, 77% of the median. (41 countries reporting)
- Eswatini's 1.02 °C is below the median for Sub-Saharan Africa, which is 1.22 °C, 84% of the median. (44 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Temperature change in Eswatini 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1972 | -6483.3% | 0.006 °C | -0.383 °C |
| 1995 | +2622.7% | 0.022 °C | 0.599 °C |
| 1981 | -1457.9% | -0.019 °C | -0.296 °C |
| 1965 | -1039.1% | 0.023 °C | -0.216 °C |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 0.034 °C | -0.427 °C | 0.431 °C | 9 |
| 1970s | 0.0689 °C | -0.383 °C | 0.567 °C | 10 |
| 1980s | 0.3542 °C | -0.296 °C | 1.05 °C | 10 |
| 1990s | 0.5036 °C | -0.038 °C | 1.17 °C | 10 |
| 2000s | 0.4398 °C | -0.138 °C | 0.95 °C | 10 |
| 2010s | 0.8272 °C | 0.247 °C | 1.49 °C | 10 |
| 2020s | 0.7607 °C | 0.252 °C | 1.02 °C | 6 |
Countries ranked near Eswatini
More environment data for Eswatini
- Grazing land use over the long-term, annual growth rate -0.1406 % change on previous year (2025)
- Grazing land use over the long-term, per unit of GDP 0.0002 hectares per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Grazing land use over the long-term, per capita 0.7918 hectares per person (2025)
- Standard Deviation, annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2025)
- Standard Deviation 0.321 °C (2025)
- Grazing land use over the long-term, per square kilometre 57.91 hectares per square kilometre (2024)
- Sawnwood, coniferous — Production, annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2024)
- Wood-based panels — Production, annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2024)
- Total greenhouse gas emissions excluding LULUCF (Mt CO2e), annual 0.2772 % change on previous year (2024)
- Total greenhouse gas emissions excluding LULUCF (Mt CO2e), per unit 0 Mt CO2e per US$ of GDP (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is temperature change in Eswatini?
- Temperature change in Eswatini was 1.02 °C in 2025, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest temperature change recorded in Eswatini?
- The highest recorded value was 1.49 °C in 2019.
- What is the lowest temperature change recorded in Eswatini?
- The lowest recorded value was -0.427 °C in 1968.
- How does Eswatini rank for temperature change?
- Eswatini ranks 206th out of 254 countries with data for 2025.
- Is temperature change rising or falling in Eswatini?
- Over the last ten years it is up 11.3%. The long-run trend across the full record is volatile.
- Where does this Eswatini 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).