Temperature change in Western Asia
Western Asia: Temperature change was 1.7 °C in 2025. ◆ Volatile
Temperature change in Western Asia, 1961–2025
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in °C.
Analysis
In 2025, temperature change in Western Asia stood at 1.7 °C.
Compared with earlier readings it is down 25.2% on the previous year and up 5.5% over ten years.
Over the whole period, temperature change in Western Asia peaked at 2.27 °C in 2024 and was at its lowest, -1.04 °C, in 1992.
Western Asia ranks 15th 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 Asia, year by year
| Year | °C | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | -0.096 °C | — |
| 1962 | 0.67 °C | -797.9% |
| 1963 | 0.44 °C | -34.3% |
| 1964 | -0.535 °C | -221.6% |
| 1965 | -0.093 °C | -82.6% |
| 1966 | 0.718 °C | -872.0% |
| 1967 | -0.647 °C | -190.1% |
| 1968 | -0.34 °C | -47.4% |
| 1969 | 0.323 °C | -195.0% |
| 1970 | 0.511 °C | +58.2% |
| 1971 | -0.269 °C | -152.6% |
| 1972 | -0.509 °C | +89.2% |
| 1973 | -0.209 °C | -58.9% |
| 1974 | -0.24 °C | +14.8% |
| 1975 | -0.254 °C | +5.8% |
| 1976 | -0.536 °C | +111.0% |
| 1977 | 0.238 °C | -144.4% |
| 1978 | 0.016 °C | -93.3% |
| 1979 | 0.84 °C | +5150.0% |
| 1980 | 0.099 °C | -88.2% |
| 1981 | 0.139 °C | +40.4% |
| 1982 | -0.387 °C | -378.4% |
| 1983 | -0.708 °C | +82.9% |
| 1984 | -0.137 °C | -80.6% |
| 1985 | 0.022 °C | -116.1% |
| 1986 | 0.176 °C | +700.0% |
| 1987 | 0.177 °C | +0.6% |
| 1988 | 0.256 °C | +44.6% |
| 1989 | 0.012 °C | -95.3% |
| 1990 | 0.092 °C | +666.7% |
| 1991 | 0.279 °C | +203.3% |
| 1992 | -1.04 °C | -472.4% |
| 1993 | -0.389 °C | -62.6% |
| 1994 | 0.739 °C | -290.0% |
| 1995 | 0.168 °C | -77.3% |
| 1996 | 0.441 °C | +162.5% |
| 1997 | -0.007 °C | -101.6% |
| 1998 | 1.03 °C | -14800.0% |
| 1999 | 1.37 °C | +33.1% |
| 2000 | 0.715 °C | -47.8% |
| 2001 | 1.04 °C | +45.3% |
| 2002 | 1 °C | -3.3% |
| 2003 | 0.754 °C | -25.0% |
| 2004 | 0.873 °C | +15.8% |
| 2005 | 0.511 °C | -41.5% |
| 2006 | 1.13 °C | +121.9% |
| 2007 | 0.78 °C | -31.2% |
| 2008 | 0.871 °C | +11.7% |
| 2009 | 0.854 °C | -2.0% |
| 2010 | 2.17 °C | +154.3% |
| 2011 | 0.729 °C | -66.4% |
| 2012 | 1.12 °C | +53.2% |
| 2013 | 1.18 °C | +5.4% |
| 2014 | 1.19 °C | +1.1% |
| 2015 | 1.61 °C | +35.4% |
| 2016 | 1.53 °C | -5.0% |
| 2017 | 1.46 °C | -4.8% |
| 2018 | 2.04 °C | +39.7% |
| 2019 | 1.62 °C | -20.2% |
| 2020 | 1.58 °C | -2.6% |
| 2021 | 2.12 °C | +34.3% |
| 2022 | 1.68 °C | -21.0% |
| 2023 | 1.88 °C | +12.0% |
| 2024 | 2.27 °C | +21.0% |
| 2025 | 1.7 °C | -25.2% |
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Temperature change in Western Asia 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1998 | +14800.0% | -0.007 °C | 1.03 °C |
| 1979 | +5150.0% | 0.016 °C | 0.84 °C |
| 1966 | +872.0% | -0.093 °C | 0.718 °C |
| 1962 | +797.9% | -0.096 °C | 0.67 °C |
| 1986 | +700.0% | 0.022 °C | 0.176 °C |
| 1990 | +666.7% | 0.012 °C | 0.092 °C |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 0.0489 °C | -0.647 °C | 0.718 °C | 9 |
| 1970s | -0.0412 °C | -0.536 °C | 0.84 °C | 10 |
| 1980s | -0.0351 °C | -0.708 °C | 0.256 °C | 10 |
| 1990s | 0.2683 °C | -1.04 °C | 1.37 °C | 10 |
| 2000s | 0.8536 °C | 0.511 °C | 1.13 °C | 10 |
| 2010s | 1.46 °C | 0.729 °C | 2.17 °C | 10 |
| 2020s | 1.87 °C | 1.58 °C | 2.27 °C | 6 |
Countries ranked near Western Asia
- 12 Latvia 2.56 °C compare
- 13 Democratic Republic of the Congo 1.17 °C compare
- 13 Norway 2.52 °C compare
- 14 Monaco 2.41 °C compare
- 15 Lithuania 2.41 °C compare
- 15 Micronesia 1.08 °C compare
- 16 Cabo Verde 1.65 °C compare
- 16 Mongolia 2.37 °C compare
- 16 United Republic of Tanzania 1.06 °C compare
- 17 Switzerland 2.33 °C compare
- 17 Timor-Leste 0.973 °C compare
- 18 Tajikistan 2.32 °C compare
- 18 Polynesia 0.894 °C compare
More environment data for Western Asia
- Standard Deviation, annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2025)
- Standard Deviation 0.404 °C (2025)
- Total fibre furnish — Production 5.65 million t (2024)
- Recovered paper — Production 5.50 million t (2024)
- Paper and paperboard — Production 5.12 million t (2024)
- Other paper and paperboard — Production 4.72 million t (2024)
- Nutrient phosphate P2O5 (total) — Use per area of cropland 23.62 kg/ha (2024)
- Nutrient nitrogen N (total) — Use per capita 8.47 kg/cap (2024)
- Nutrient nitrogen N (total) — Use per value of agricultural production 20.01 g/Int$ (2024)
- Nutrient phosphate P2O5 (total) — Import quantity 549,334 t (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is temperature change in Western Asia?
- Temperature change in Western Asia was 1.7 °C in 2025, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest temperature change recorded in Western Asia?
- The highest recorded value was 2.27 °C in 2024.
- What is the lowest temperature change recorded in Western Asia?
- The lowest recorded value was -1.04 °C in 1992.
- How does Western Asia rank for temperature change?
- Western Asia ranks 15th out of 33 groups with data for 2025.
- Is temperature change rising or falling in Western Asia?
- Over the last ten years it is up 5.5%. The long-run trend across the full record is volatile.
- Where does this Western Asia 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).