Temperature change in World
World: Temperature change was 1.88 °C in 2025. ◆ Volatile
Temperature change in World, 1961–2025
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in °C.
Analysis
In 2025, temperature change in World stood at 1.88 °C.
That represents a change of down 10.8% on the previous year and up 34.4% over ten years.
Over the whole period, temperature change in World peaked at 2.11 °C in 2024 and was at its lowest, -0.299 °C, in 1976.
That places World 12th out of 38 groups with data for 2025, putting it in the middle of the range.
The series is highly variable year to year, so single readings are best treated with caution.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | -0.0247 °C | -0.251 °C | 0.206 °C | 9 |
| 1970s | 0.0145 °C | -0.299 °C | 0.303 °C | 10 |
| 1980s | 0.2954 °C | -0.048 °C | 0.578 °C | 10 |
| 1990s | 0.5785 °C | 0.18 °C | 1.05 °C | 10 |
| 2000s | 0.9596 °C | 0.748 °C | 1.19 °C | 10 |
| 2010s | 1.25 °C | 0.93 °C | 1.68 °C | 10 |
| 2020s | 1.71 °C | 1.38 °C | 2.11 °C | 6 |
Countries ranked near World
More environment data for World
- Standard Deviation 0.208 °C (2025)
- Recovered paper — Production 241.28 million t (2024)
- Total fibre furnish — Production 431.35 million t (2024)
- Other paper and paperboard, not elsewhere specified — Import value 4.18 million 1000 USD (2024)
- Other paper and paperboard, not elsewhere specified — Import quantity 1.50 million t (2024)
- Other paper and paperboard — Export value 68.53 million 1000 USD (2024)
- Other paper and paperboard — Export quantity 76.62 million t (2024)
- Other paper and paperboard — Import value 71.11 million 1000 USD (2024)
- Other paper and paperboard — Import quantity 77.03 million t (2024)
- Printing and writing papers — Import value 32.12 million 1000 USD (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is temperature change in World?
- Temperature change in World was 1.88 °C in 2025, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest temperature change recorded in World?
- The highest recorded value was 2.11 °C in 2024.
- What is the lowest temperature change recorded in World?
- The lowest recorded value was -0.299 °C in 1976.
- How does World rank for temperature change?
- World ranks 12th out of 38 groups with data for 2025.
- Is temperature change rising or falling in World?
- Over the last ten years it is up 34.4%. The long-run trend across the full record is volatile.
- Where does this World 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).