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 133rd out of 254 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
- 130 Belize 1.4 °C compare
- 131 Australia 1.4 °C compare
- 132 Australia and New Zealand 1.39 °C compare
- 134 Mayotte 1.37 °C compare
- 135 Antarctica 1.37 °C compare
- 136 Cocos (Keeling) Islands 1.37 °C compare
More environment data for Ethiopia
- Grazing land use over the long-term, annual growth rate 0 % 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 0.1476 hectares per person (2025)
- Standard Deviation, annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2025)
- Standard Deviation 0.272 °C (2025)
- Grazing land use over the long-term, per square kilometre 17.82 hectares per square kilometre (2024)
- Sawnwood, coniferous — Production, annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2024)
- 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)
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 133rd out of 254 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).