Temperature change in OECD
OECD: Temperature change was 2.18 °C in 2025. ◆ Volatile
Temperature change in OECD, 1961–2025
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in °C.
Analysis
In 2025, temperature change in OECD stood at 2.18 °C.
That represents a change of down 9.9% on the previous year and up 67.6% over ten years.
Over the whole period, temperature change in OECD peaked at 2.41 °C in 2024 and was at its lowest, -0.7 °C, in 1972.
OECD ranks 33rd of 233 countries on this measure, in the top quarter.
The series is highly variable year to year, so single readings are best treated with caution.
Temperature change in OECD, year by year
| Year | °C | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 0.15 °C | — |
| 1962 | -0.024 °C | -116.0% |
| 1963 | 0.17 °C | -808.3% |
| 1964 | -0.201 °C | -218.2% |
| 1965 | -0.451 °C | +124.4% |
| 1966 | -0.172 °C | -61.9% |
| 1967 | -0.142 °C | -17.4% |
| 1968 | 0.073 °C | -151.4% |
| 1969 | -0.061 °C | -183.6% |
| 1970 | 0.117 °C | -291.8% |
| 1971 | -0.127 °C | -208.5% |
| 1972 | -0.7 °C | +451.2% |
| 1973 | 0.295 °C | -142.1% |
| 1974 | -0.353 °C | -219.7% |
| 1975 | 0.07 °C | -119.8% |
| 1976 | -0.159 °C | -327.1% |
| 1977 | 0.53 °C | -433.3% |
| 1978 | -0.207 °C | -139.1% |
| 1979 | -0.117 °C | -43.5% |
| 1980 | 0.595 °C | -608.5% |
| 1981 | 0.889 °C | +49.4% |
| 1982 | -0.252 °C | -128.3% |
| 1983 | 0.491 °C | -294.8% |
| 1984 | 0.042 °C | -91.4% |
| 1985 | -0.101 °C | -340.5% |
| 1986 | 0.211 °C | -308.9% |
| 1987 | 0.742 °C | +251.7% |
| 1988 | 0.806 °C | +8.6% |
| 1989 | 0.279 °C | -65.4% |
| 1990 | 0.448 °C | +60.6% |
| 1991 | 0.469 °C | +4.7% |
| 1992 | 0.238 °C | -49.3% |
| 1993 | 0.249 °C | +4.6% |
| 1994 | 0.483 °C | +94.0% |
| 1995 | 0.734 °C | +52.0% |
| 1996 | 0.089 °C | -87.9% |
| 1997 | 0.441 °C | +395.5% |
| 1998 | 1.6 °C | +261.9% |
| 1999 | 1.11 °C | -30.3% |
| 2000 | 0.928 °C | -16.5% |
| 2001 | 0.967 °C | +4.2% |
| 2002 | 0.739 °C | -23.6% |
| 2003 | 1.02 °C | +38.6% |
| 2004 | 0.663 °C | -35.3% |
| 2005 | 1.14 °C | +72.2% |
| 2006 | 1.45 °C | +27.0% |
| 2007 | 1.15 °C | -20.7% |
| 2008 | 0.686 °C | -40.3% |
| 2009 | 0.696 °C | +1.5% |
| 2010 | 1.48 °C | +113.1% |
| 2011 | 0.896 °C | -39.6% |
| 2012 | 1.4 °C | +56.2% |
| 2013 | 1.03 °C | -26.6% |
| 2014 | 0.76 °C | -26.1% |
| 2015 | 1.3 °C | +70.8% |
| 2016 | 1.95 °C | +49.8% |
| 2017 | 1.39 °C | -28.4% |
| 2018 | 1.01 °C | -27.4% |
| 2019 | 1.29 °C | +28.0% |
| 2020 | 1.39 °C | +7.7% |
| 2021 | 1.6 °C | +14.6% |
| 2022 | 1.24 °C | -22.5% |
| 2023 | 1.71 °C | +38.1% |
| 2024 | 2.41 °C | +41.2% |
| 2025 | 2.18 °C | -9.9% |
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Temperature change in OECD 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1963 | +808.3% | -0.024 °C | 0.17 °C |
| 1980 | +608.5% | -0.117 °C | 0.595 °C |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | -0.0731 °C | -0.451 °C | 0.17 °C | 9 |
| 1970s | -0.0651 °C | -0.7 °C | 0.53 °C | 10 |
| 1980s | 0.3702 °C | -0.252 °C | 0.889 °C | 10 |
| 1990s | 0.5859 °C | 0.089 °C | 1.6 °C | 10 |
| 2000s | 0.9445 °C | 0.663 °C | 1.45 °C | 10 |
| 2010s | 1.25 °C | 0.76 °C | 1.95 °C | 10 |
| 2020s | 1.76 °C | 1.24 °C | 2.41 °C | 6 |
Countries ranked near OECD
More environment data for OECD
- Historical exposure to drought — Land soil moisture anomaly -2.62 Percentage change (2025)
- Historical exposure to drought — Cropland soil moisture anomaly -3.17 Percentage change (2025)
- Standard Deviation, annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2025)
- Standard Deviation 0.312 °C (2025)
- Agriculture — Area 1.19 million 1000 ha (2024)
- Cropland — Area 382,348 1000 ha (2024)
- Agricultural land — Value of agricultural production (Int. $) per Area 915.76 USD_PPP/ha (2024)
- Agricultural land — Share in Land area 34.15 % (2024)
- Agricultural land — Area 1.16 million 1000 ha (2024)
- Country area — Area 4.23 million 1000 ha (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is temperature change in OECD?
- Temperature change in OECD was 2.18 °C in 2025, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest temperature change recorded in OECD?
- The highest recorded value was 2.41 °C in 2024.
- What is the lowest temperature change recorded in OECD?
- The lowest recorded value was -0.7 °C in 1972.
- How does OECD rank for temperature change?
- OECD ranks 33rd out of 233 countries with data for 2025.
- Is temperature change rising or falling in OECD?
- Over the last ten years it is up 67.6%. The long-run trend across the full record is volatile.
- Where does this OECD 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).