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Temperature Change on Land, 1985

1985, 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, 1985 covers 163 countries on 2 measures. Lesotho is highest, at 0.784; Finland is lowest, at -1.176. The middle country reads 0.099. Against 1984, 162 values changed (83 up, 79 down), 1 country joined, 1 left.

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Temperature Change on Land · Data for 1985

HighestLesotho

0.784

LowestFinland

-1.176

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, 1985, as published. The file carries values only, so no position is shown. “=” marks a shared position.

Showing 25 of 163 countries · select a heading to sort

Temperature Change on Land, 1985: every country, as published by Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO).
LesothoLSOSouthern Africa0.7840.284
AngolaAGOMiddle Africa0.7090.211
MoroccoMARNorthern Africa0.6660.521
EswatiniSWZSouthern Africa0.6390.321
South AfricaZAFSouthern Africa0.6270.275
MaliMLIWestern Africa0.5840.401
BelizeBLZCentral America0.5630.287
MauritaniaMRTWestern Africa0.5570.465
SenegalSENWestern Africa0.5260.432
Timor-LesteTLSSouth-eastern Asia0.5180.313
PortugalPRTSouthern Europe0.4890.440
Burkina FasoBFAWestern Africa0.4750.331
NamibiaNAMSouthern Africa0.4750.319
SpainESPSouthern Europe0.4670.402
GuineaGINWestern Africa0.4620.285
AlgeriaDZANorthern Africa0.4540.401
BahrainBHRWestern Asia0.4500.397
ParaguayPRYSouth America0.4490.450
BeninBENWestern Africa0.4480.268
UruguayURYSouth America0.4470.385
Guinea-BissauGNBWestern Africa0.4390.303
MaltaMLTSouthern Europe0.4160.365
GambiaGMBWestern Africa0.4080.366
YemenYEMWestern Asia0.4070.274
NigeriaNGAWestern Africa0.4060.281

02In 1985

At either end

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

Highest

  1. Lesotho0.784
  2. Angola0.709
  3. Morocco0.666
  4. Eswatini0.639
  5. South Africa0.627

Lowest

  1. Finland-1.176
  2. Romania-1.170
  3. Hungary-1.057
  4. Poland-1.052
  5. Sweden-1.029

Neither end is better. The values describe a shape, not a score. The middle country reads 0.099. “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: 0.300

031984 → 1985

Since 1984

  • +1 / −1countries joined / left
  • 162values changed, of 162 in both
  • 83 · 79rose · fell
  • 0unchanged

Rose most

Fell most

+ Cabo Verde− Comoros

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 1985.

  • 154 distinct values among 163

    Values are stored exactly as published, to 3 decimals. 3 countries share -0.041. 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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What this site changed: Reshaped to one row per country, with its ISO code; no value recalculated, rescaled or rounded. In full

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Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) (1985). Temperature Change on Land, 1985 [data set], describing 1985. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/temperature-change/1985

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