Temperature change in Maldives

Maldives: Temperature change was 0.911 °C in 2025. ◆ Volatile

Latest (2025)
0.911 °C
Change on year
down 11.6%
World rank
216th
of 250 countries
All-time high
1.13 °C
in 2016
All-time low
-0.797 °C
in 1971
Years of data
61
1962–2025

Temperature change in Maldives, 1962–2025

-1-0.500.51196219932025

Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in °C.

Analysis

Maldives recorded 0.911 °C for temperature change in 2025.

Compared with earlier readings it is down 11.6% on the previous year and up 20.2% over ten years.

Over the whole period, temperature change in Maldives peaked at 1.13 °C in 2016 and was at its lowest, -0.797 °C, in 1971.

Maldives ranks 216th of 250 countries on this measure, in the bottom quarter.

The series is highly variable year to year, so single readings are best treated with caution.

Averages by decade

DecadeAverage LowestHighest Years
1960s 0.1098 °C -0.142 °C 0.436 °C 5
1970s -0.1226 °C -0.797 °C 0.452 °C 10
1980s 0.2143 °C -0.108 °C 0.626 °C 10
1990s 0.3802 °C -0.014 °C 0.929 °C 10
2000s 0.4811 °C 0.204 °C 0.823 °C 10
2010s 0.7136 °C 0.537 °C 1.13 °C 10
2020s 0.7958 °C 0.485 °C 1.03 °C 6

Countries ranked near Maldives

  1. 213 India 0.954 °C compare
  2. 214 Cambodia 0.929 °C compare
  3. 215 Samoa 0.919 °C compare
  4. 217 Philippines 0.905 °C compare
  5. 218 Polynesia 0.894 °C compare
  6. 219 Cook Islands 0.886 °C compare

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Frequently asked questions

What is temperature change in Maldives?
Temperature change in Maldives was 0.911 °C in 2025, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
What is the highest temperature change recorded in Maldives?
The highest recorded value was 1.13 °C in 2016.
What is the lowest temperature change recorded in Maldives?
The lowest recorded value was -0.797 °C in 1971.
How does Maldives rank for temperature change?
Maldives ranks 216th out of 250 countries with data for 2025.
Is temperature change rising or falling in Maldives?
Over the last ten years it is up 20.2%. The long-run trend across the full record is volatile.
Where does this Maldives 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

Indicator
Temperature change
Unit
°C
Source
Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations
Licence
CC BY-NC-SA 3.0 IGO (FAO)
Coverage
288 places, 16,949 data points, 1961–2025
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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).