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Temperature Change on Land, 1973

1973, as FAO’s 2026 release gives it · stored as published, never rewritten

This is how much warmer — or, occasionally, colder — a country's land surface was over a year than its own average for 1951–1980, in degrees Celsius. FAO calculates it for every country from NASA's global surface temperature record, which makes it the plainest country-by-country measure of how far the climate has already moved.

Temperature Change on Land, 1973 covers 166 countries on 2 measures. Sweden is highest, at 1.151; Lebanon is lowest, at -0.515. The middle country reads 0.273. Against 1972, 166 values changed (141 up, 25 down), the same countries are covered.

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Temperature Change on Land · Data for 1973

HighestSweden

1.151

LowestLebanon

-0.515

Shaded by value in five groups of equal size, darkest at the highest end.

01Values only

The table

Every country and every column of Temperature Change on Land, 1973, as published. The file carries values only, so no position is shown. “=” marks a shared position.

Showing 25 of 166 countries · select a heading to sort

Temperature Change on Land, 1973: every country, as published by Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO).
SwedenSWENorthern Europe1.1510.852
FinlandFINNorthern Europe1.1400.986
NorwayNORNorthern Europe0.9250.738
AustraliaAUSAustralia and New Zealand0.8410.345
NigeriaNGAWestern Africa0.8220.281
SenegalSENWestern Africa0.7030.432
ChadTCDMiddle Africa0.7010.274
MongoliaMNGEastern Asia0.6950.602
Burkina FasoBFAWestern Africa0.6800.331
DenmarkDNKNorthern Europe0.6730.696
GambiaGMBWestern Africa0.6630.366
BotswanaBWASouthern Africa0.6610.381
DjiboutiDJIEastern Africa0.6550.289
ZimbabweZWEEastern Africa0.6350.311
VanuatuVUTMelanesia0.6270.225
Cabo VerdeCPVWestern Africa0.6220.422
BeninBENWestern Africa0.6190.268
Côte d’IvoireCIVWestern Africa0.6190.255
NamibiaNAMSouthern Africa0.6170.319
North KoreaPRKEastern Asia0.6160.499
Timor-LesteTLSSouth-eastern Asia0.5920.313
GuineaGINWestern Africa0.5870.285
GhanaGHAWestern Africa0.5780.260
SomaliaSOMEastern Africa0.5690.278
Guinea-BissauGNBWestern Africa0.5600.303

02In 1973

At either end

The 5 countries at each end of the headline, then the highest and lowest on each other measure.

Highest

  1. Sweden1.151
  2. Finland1.140
  3. Norway0.925
  4. Australia0.841
  5. Nigeria0.822

Lowest

  1. Lebanon-0.515
  2. Jordan-0.490
  3. Türkiye-0.474
  4. Israel-0.451
  5. Bulgaria-0.400

Neither end is better. The values describe a shape, not a score. The middle country reads 0.273. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

Each measure’s ends

  • Standard deviation of the 1951–1980 baseline (°C)

    HighestFinland0.986

    LowestIndonesia0.153

    Middle country: 0.297

031972 → 1973

Since 1972

  • +0 / −0countries joined / left
  • 166values changed, of 166 in both
  • 141 · 25rose · fell
  • 0unchanged

Rose most

Fell most

04Caveats

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How values are stored

  • One year of the 2026 release

    Every year in this series comes from FAO’s 2026 release, recalculated on one method, so a change from one year to the next is not a revision. It can differ from what was first published for 1973.

  • 148 distinct values among 166

    Values are stored exactly as published, to 3 decimals. 4 countries share 0.168. Countries sharing a value share a position too.

  • 1 empty cell

    An empty cell means the publisher gave no figure. It is never a zero.

05The files

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Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) (1973). Temperature Change on Land, 1973 [data set], describing 1973. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/temperature-change/1973

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