Temperature change in Western Africa
Western Africa: Temperature change was 1.37 °C in 2025. ◆ Volatile
Temperature change in Western Africa, 1961–2025
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in °C.
Analysis
Western Africa recorded 1.37 °C for temperature change in 2025.
Compared with earlier readings it is down 16.5% on the previous year and up 18.4% over ten years.
Over the whole period, temperature change in Western Africa peaked at 1.68 °C in 2021 and was at its lowest, -0.356 °C, in 1975.
Western Africa ranks 22nd of 33 groups on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The series is highly variable year to year, so single readings are best treated with caution.
Temperature change in Western Africa, year by year
| Year | °C | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | -0.264 °C | — |
| 1962 | -0.108 °C | -59.1% |
| 1963 | 0.221 °C | -304.6% |
| 1964 | -0.175 °C | -179.2% |
| 1965 | -0.214 °C | +22.3% |
| 1966 | -0.01 °C | -95.3% |
| 1967 | -0.247 °C | +2370.0% |
| 1968 | -0.18 °C | -27.1% |
| 1969 | 0.562 °C | -412.2% |
| 1970 | 0.327 °C | -41.8% |
| 1971 | -0.121 °C | -137.0% |
| 1972 | 0.159 °C | -231.4% |
| 1973 | 0.557 °C | +250.3% |
| 1974 | -0.222 °C | -139.9% |
| 1975 | -0.356 °C | +60.4% |
| 1976 | -0.199 °C | -44.1% |
| 1977 | 0.215 °C | -208.0% |
| 1978 | 0.24 °C | +11.6% |
| 1979 | 0.657 °C | +173.8% |
| 1980 | 0.676 °C | +2.9% |
| 1981 | 0.345 °C | -49.0% |
| 1982 | 0.344 °C | -0.3% |
| 1983 | 0.682 °C | +98.3% |
| 1984 | 0.612 °C | -10.3% |
| 1985 | 0.435 °C | -28.9% |
| 1986 | 0.417 °C | -4.1% |
| 1987 | 1.01 °C | +141.7% |
| 1988 | 0.691 °C | -31.4% |
| 1989 | 0.073 °C | -89.4% |
| 1990 | 0.824 °C | +1028.8% |
| 1991 | 0.715 °C | -13.2% |
| 1992 | 0.197 °C | -72.4% |
| 1993 | 0.719 °C | +265.0% |
| 1994 | 0.422 °C | -41.3% |
| 1995 | 0.622 °C | +47.4% |
| 1996 | 1.06 °C | +69.9% |
| 1997 | 0.84 °C | -20.5% |
| 1998 | 1.17 °C | +38.8% |
| 1999 | 0.57 °C | -51.1% |
| 2000 | 0.719 °C | +26.1% |
| 2001 | 0.603 °C | -16.1% |
| 2002 | 0.97 °C | +60.9% |
| 2003 | 1.04 °C | +7.4% |
| 2004 | 0.981 °C | -5.9% |
| 2005 | 1.26 °C | +28.2% |
| 2006 | 1.19 °C | -5.4% |
| 2007 | 0.946 °C | -20.5% |
| 2008 | 0.722 °C | -23.7% |
| 2009 | 1.1 °C | +52.2% |
| 2010 | 1.59 °C | +44.3% |
| 2011 | 1.15 °C | -27.4% |
| 2012 | 0.651 °C | -43.4% |
| 2013 | 1.05 °C | +60.7% |
| 2014 | 1.04 °C | -0.1% |
| 2015 | 1.16 °C | +10.5% |
| 2016 | 1.27 °C | +10.4% |
| 2017 | 1.4 °C | +9.6% |
| 2018 | 1.12 °C | -19.7% |
| 2019 | 1.25 °C | +11.1% |
| 2020 | 1.28 °C | +2.3% |
| 2021 | 1.68 °C | +31.9% |
| 2022 | 1.06 °C | -37.3% |
| 2023 | 1.67 °C | +58.3% |
| 2024 | 1.64 °C | -2.0% |
| 2025 | 1.37 °C | -16.5% |
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Temperature change in Western Africa 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1967 | -2370.0% | -0.01 °C | -0.247 °C |
| 1990 | +1028.8% | 0.073 °C | 0.824 °C |
| 1969 | +412.2% | -0.18 °C | 0.562 °C |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | -0.0461 °C | -0.264 °C | 0.562 °C | 9 |
| 1970s | 0.1257 °C | -0.356 °C | 0.657 °C | 10 |
| 1980s | 0.5283 °C | 0.073 °C | 1.01 °C | 10 |
| 1990s | 0.7132 °C | 0.197 °C | 1.17 °C | 10 |
| 2000s | 0.953 °C | 0.603 °C | 1.26 °C | 10 |
| 2010s | 1.17 °C | 0.651 °C | 1.59 °C | 10 |
| 2020s | 1.45 °C | 1.06 °C | 1.68 °C | 6 |
Countries ranked near Western Africa
- 19 Côte d'Ivoire 1.51 °C compare
- 19 France 2.31 °C compare
- 19 Melanesia 0.857 °C compare
- 20 Lao People's Democratic Republic 0.825 °C compare
- 20 Spain 2.3 °C compare
- 21 Gibraltar 2.29 °C compare
- 21 Viet Nam 0.817 °C compare
- 22 Bolivia (Plurinational State of) 0.644 °C compare
- 22 Denmark 2.29 °C compare
- 23 Liechtenstein 2.28 °C compare
- 24 Ukraine 2.27 °C compare
- 25 Turkmenistan 2.23 °C compare
More environment data for Western Africa
- Standard Deviation, annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2025)
- Historical exposure to drought — Land soil moisture anomaly -6.69 Percentage change (2025)
- Historical exposure to drought — Cropland soil moisture anomaly -6.59 Percentage change (2025)
- Standard Deviation 0.311 °C (2025)
- Wood fuel, non-coniferous — Production 221.11 million m3 (2024)
- Industrial roundwood — Export quantity 355,916 m3 (2024)
- Industrial roundwood — Import value 18,051 1000 USD (2024)
- Industrial roundwood — Import quantity 79,324 m3 (2024)
- Industrial roundwood — Production 20.68 million m3 (2024)
- Wood fuel — Production 221.11 million m3 (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is temperature change in Western Africa?
- Temperature change in Western Africa was 1.37 °C in 2025, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest temperature change recorded in Western Africa?
- The highest recorded value was 1.68 °C in 2021.
- What is the lowest temperature change recorded in Western Africa?
- The lowest recorded value was -0.356 °C in 1975.
- How does Western Africa rank for temperature change?
- Western Africa ranks 22nd out of 33 groups with data for 2025.
- Is temperature change rising or falling in Western Africa?
- Over the last ten years it is up 18.4%. The long-run trend across the full record is volatile.
- Where does this Western Africa 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).