Temperature change in Ethiopia
Ethiopia: Temperature change was 1.39 °C in 2025. ▲ Rising
Temperature change in Ethiopia, 1993–2025
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in °C.
Analysis
In 2025, temperature change in Ethiopia stood at 1.39 °C.
The figure is down 12.8% on the previous year and up 13.8% over ten years.
Over the whole period, temperature change in Ethiopia peaked at 1.59 °C in 2024 and was at its lowest, 0.184 °C, in 1993.
That places Ethiopia 125th out of 233 countries with data for 2025, putting it in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 33 years of available data.
Temperature change in Ethiopia, year by year
| Year | °C | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1993 | 0.184 °C | — |
| 1994 | 0.516 °C | +180.4% |
| 1995 | 0.728 °C | +41.1% |
| 1996 | 0.732 °C | +0.5% |
| 1997 | 0.643 °C | -12.2% |
| 1998 | 0.735 °C | +14.3% |
| 1999 | 0.247 °C | -66.4% |
| 2000 | 0.473 °C | +91.5% |
| 2001 | 0.611 °C | +29.2% |
| 2002 | 0.933 °C | +52.7% |
| 2003 | 0.978 °C | +4.8% |
| 2004 | 0.712 °C | -27.2% |
| 2005 | 0.963 °C | +35.3% |
| 2006 | 0.845 °C | -12.3% |
| 2007 | 0.705 °C | -16.6% |
| 2008 | 0.655 °C | -7.1% |
| 2009 | 1.16 °C | +76.8% |
| 2010 | 1.1 °C | -4.9% |
| 2011 | 0.957 °C | -13.1% |
| 2012 | 0.855 °C | -10.7% |
| 2013 | 0.993 °C | +16.1% |
| 2014 | 0.902 °C | -9.2% |
| 2015 | 1.22 °C | +35.4% |
| 2016 | 1.22 °C | +0.2% |
| 2017 | 1.07 °C | -12.3% |
| 2018 | 0.48 °C | -55.3% |
| 2019 | 0.821 °C | +71.0% |
| 2020 | 0.785 °C | -4.4% |
| 2021 | 0.881 °C | +12.2% |
| 2022 | 0.848 °C | -3.7% |
| 2023 | 0.848 °C | +0.0% |
| 2024 | 1.59 °C | +87.7% |
| 2025 | 1.39 °C | -12.8% |
Ethiopia compared with similar countries
- Ethiopia's 1.39 °C is above the median for low income countries, which is 1.28 °C, 1.1× the median. (22 countries reporting)
- Ethiopia's 1.39 °C is above the median for Sub-Saharan Africa, which is 1.22 °C, 1.1× the median. (44 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Temperature change in Ethiopia 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1994 | +180.4% | 0.184 °C | 0.516 °C |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 0.5407 °C | 0.184 °C | 0.735 °C | 7 |
| 2000s | 0.8033 °C | 0.473 °C | 1.16 °C | 10 |
| 2010s | 0.9626 °C | 0.48 °C | 1.22 °C | 10 |
| 2020s | 1.06 °C | 0.785 °C | 1.59 °C | 6 |
Countries ranked near Ethiopia
- 122 Belize 1.4 °C compare
- 123 Australia 1.4 °C compare
- 124 Australia and New Zealand 1.39 °C compare
- 126 Mayotte 1.37 °C compare
- 127 Antarctica 1.37 °C compare
- 128 Cocos (Keeling) Islands 1.37 °C compare
More environment data for Ethiopia
- Standard Deviation, annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2025)
- Standard Deviation 0.272 °C (2025)
- Wood-based panels — Production, annual growth rate 77.13 % change on previous year (2024)
- Total greenhouse gas emissions excluding LULUCF (Mt CO2e), annual 2.26 % change on previous year (2024)
- Total greenhouse gas emissions excluding LULUCF (Mt CO2e), per unit 0 Mt CO2e per US$ of GDP (2024)
- Total greenhouse gas emissions excluding LULUCF (Mt CO2e), per capita 0 Mt CO2e per person (2024)
- Methane (CH4) emissions from Agriculture (Mt CO2e), annual growth rate 2.83 % change on previous year (2024)
- Methane (CH4) emissions from Agriculture (Mt CO2e), per unit of GDP 0 Mt CO2e per US$ of GDP (2024)
- Methane (CH4) emissions from Agriculture (Mt CO2e), per capita 0 Mt CO2e per person (2024)
- Methane (CH4) emissions from Building (Energy) (Mt CO2e), annual 0.1478 % change on previous year (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is temperature change in Ethiopia?
- Temperature change in Ethiopia was 1.39 °C in 2025, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest temperature change recorded in Ethiopia?
- The highest recorded value was 1.59 °C in 2024.
- What is the lowest temperature change recorded in Ethiopia?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.184 °C in 1993.
- How does Ethiopia rank for temperature change?
- Ethiopia ranks 125th out of 233 countries with data for 2025.
- Is temperature change rising or falling in Ethiopia?
- Over the last ten years it is up 13.8%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Ethiopia 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).