Temperature change in South Sudan
South Sudan: Temperature change was 1.92 °C in 2025. ▲ Rising
Temperature change in South Sudan, 2012–2025
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in °C.
Analysis
In 2025, temperature change in South Sudan stood at 1.92 °C.
That represents a change of down 2.9% on the previous year and up 53.4% over ten years.
Over the whole period, temperature change in South Sudan peaked at 1.98 °C in 2024 and was at its lowest, 0.606 °C, in 2020.
South Sudan ranks 69th of 254 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 14 years of available data.
Temperature change in South Sudan, year by year
| Year | °C | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2012 | 1.04 °C | — |
| 2013 | 1.33 °C | +28.0% |
| 2014 | 1.08 °C | -18.7% |
| 2015 | 1.25 °C | +15.8% |
| 2016 | 1.38 °C | +10.4% |
| 2017 | 1.4 °C | +1.6% |
| 2018 | 1.26 °C | -10.2% |
| 2019 | 1.08 °C | -14.1% |
| 2020 | 0.606 °C | -43.9% |
| 2021 | 1.08 °C | +78.4% |
| 2022 | 0.881 °C | -18.5% |
| 2023 | 1.43 °C | +62.7% |
| 2024 | 1.98 °C | +37.8% |
| 2025 | 1.92 °C | -2.9% |
South Sudan compared with similar countries
- South Sudan's 1.92 °C is above the median for low income countries, which is 1.28 °C, 1.5× the median. (22 countries reporting)
- South Sudan's 1.92 °C is above the median for Sub-Saharan Africa, which is 1.22 °C, 1.6× the median. (44 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2010s | 1.23 °C | 1.04 °C | 1.4 °C | 8 |
| 2020s | 1.32 °C | 0.606 °C | 1.98 °C | 6 |
Countries ranked near South Sudan
- 66 Türkiye 1.93 °C compare
- 67 China, mainland 1.92 °C compare
- 68 China 1.92 °C compare
- 70 Republic of Korea 1.9 °C compare
- 71 Slovakia 1.9 °C compare
- 72 Western Sahara 1.89 °C compare
More environment data for South Sudan
- Historical exposure to drought — Land soil moisture anomaly -18.33 Percentage change (2025)
- Historical exposure to drought — Cropland soil moisture anomaly -17.71 Percentage change (2025)
- Standard Deviation, annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2025)
- Standard Deviation 0.283 °C (2025)
- Aquaculture production (metric tons), annual growth rate -2.86 % change on previous year (2024)
- Aquaculture production (metric tons), per capita 0 metric tons per person (2024)
- Capture fisheries production (metric tons), annual growth rate 10 % change on previous year (2024)
- Capture fisheries production (metric tons), per capita 0.0046 metric tons per person (2024)
- Total fisheries production (metric tons), annual growth rate 9.99 % change on previous year (2024)
- Total fisheries production (metric tons), per capita 0.0046 metric tons per person (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is temperature change in South Sudan?
- Temperature change in South Sudan was 1.92 °C in 2025, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest temperature change recorded in South Sudan?
- The highest recorded value was 1.98 °C in 2024.
- What is the lowest temperature change recorded in South Sudan?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.606 °C in 2020.
- How does South Sudan rank for temperature change?
- South Sudan ranks 69th out of 254 countries with data for 2025.
- Is temperature change rising or falling in South Sudan?
- Over the last ten years it is up 53.4%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this South Sudan 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).