Temperature change in Zambia
Zambia: Temperature change was 1.11 °C in 2025. ◆ Volatile
Temperature change in Zambia, 1961–2025
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in °C.
Analysis
The most recent figure for temperature change in Zambia is 1.11 °C, measured in 2025.
The figure is down 33.4% on the previous year and down 28.9% over ten years.
Over the whole period, temperature change in Zambia peaked at 1.66 °C in 2024 and was at its lowest, -0.416 °C, in 1965.
That places Zambia 188th out of 250 countries with data for 2025, putting it in the bottom quarter.
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 | -0.0764 °C | -0.416 °C | 0.296 °C | 9 |
| 1970s | 0.0435 °C | -0.39 °C | 0.536 °C | 10 |
| 1980s | 0.4011 °C | -0.148 °C | 1.03 °C | 10 |
| 1990s | 0.5157 °C | 0.014 °C | 1.06 °C | 10 |
| 2000s | 0.6064 °C | 0.152 °C | 1.17 °C | 10 |
| 2010s | 0.9862 °C | 0.381 °C | 1.56 °C | 10 |
| 2020s | 1.2 °C | 0.826 °C | 1.66 °C | 6 |
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More environment data for Zambia
- Standard Deviation 0.265 °C (2025)
- Other paper and paperboard, not elsewhere specified — Import value 952 1000 USD (2024)
- Other paper and paperboard, not elsewhere specified — Import quantity 292 t (2024)
- Other paper and paperboard — Export value 128 1000 USD (2024)
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- Other paper and paperboard — Import quantity 51,634 t (2024)
- Printing and writing papers — Import value 16,320 1000 USD (2024)
- Printing and writing papers — Import quantity 14,215 t (2024)
- Newsprint — Import value 4,714 1000 USD (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is temperature change in Zambia?
- Temperature change in Zambia was 1.11 °C in 2025, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest temperature change recorded in Zambia?
- The highest recorded value was 1.66 °C in 2024.
- What is the lowest temperature change recorded in Zambia?
- The lowest recorded value was -0.416 °C in 1965.
- How does Zambia rank for temperature change?
- Zambia ranks 188th out of 250 countries with data for 2025.
- Is temperature change rising or falling in Zambia?
- Over the last ten years it is down 28.9%. The long-run trend across the full record is volatile.
- Where does this Zambia 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).