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Temperature Change on Land, 1986

1986, as FAO’s 2026 release gives it · stored as published, never rewritten

Temperature Change on Land, 1986 covers 165 countries on 2 measures. Paraguay is highest, at 0.891; South Korea is lowest, at -0.772. The middle country reads 0.163. Against 1985, 162 values changed (96 up, 66 down), 3 countries joined, 1 left.

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Temperature Change on Land · Data for 1986

HighestParaguay

0.891

LowestSouth Korea

-0.772

Shaded by value in five groups of equal size, darkest at the highest end. Neither end is better. The values describe a shape, not a score.

01Values only

The table

Every country and every column of Temperature Change on Land, 1986, as published. The file carries values only, so no position is shown. “=” marks a shared position.

Showing 25 of 165 countries · select a heading to sort

Temperature Change on Land, 1986: every country, as published by Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO).
ParaguayPRYSouth America0.8910.450
RwandaRWAEastern Africa0.8040.238
UruguayURYSouth America0.7670.385
BahrainBHRWestern Asia0.7430.397
NigerNERWestern Africa0.7160.334
ChadTCDMiddle Africa0.6580.274
GambiaGMBWestern Africa0.6580.366
AlbaniaALBSouthern Europe0.6320.434
BurundiBDIEastern Africa0.6030.273
United StatesUSANorthern America0.5850.306
Guinea-BissauGNBWestern Africa0.5500.303
TuvaluTUVPolynesia0.5370.202
NigeriaNGAWestern Africa0.5340.281
QatarQATWestern Asia0.4940.396
LesothoLSOSouthern Africa0.4850.284
UgandaUGAEastern Africa0.4810.255
BoliviaBOLSouth America0.4780.304
SenegalSENWestern Africa0.4740.432
RomaniaROUEastern Europe0.4530.634
ArgentinaARGSouth America0.4420.306
ItalyITASouthern Europe0.4380.324
MonacoMCOWestern Europe0.4350.338
TürkiyeTURWestern Asia0.4340.628
South AfricaZAFSouthern Africa0.4250.275
American SamoaASMPolynesia0.3990.250

02In 1986

At either end

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

Highest

  1. Paraguay0.891
  2. Rwanda0.804
  3. Uruguay0.767
  4. Bahrain0.743
  5. Niger0.716

Lowest

  1. South Korea-0.772
  2. Ireland-0.756
  3. North Korea-0.688
  4. Japan-0.683
  5. Channel Islands-0.642

Neither end is better. The values describe a shape, not a score. The middle country reads 0.163. “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

031985 → 1986

Since 1985

What changed between 1985 and this one: who joined or left, and how far the headline moved.

  • +3 / −1countries joined / left
  • 162values changed, of 162 in both
  • 96 · 66rose · fell
  • 0unchanged

Rose most

Fell most

+ Burundi+ Comoros+ Rwanda− Nauru

Both years come from the same release, so a difference here is a change in the data, not a revision of it. Every country’s full history is charted on the statistic page.

04Caveats

Read before you use

What this edition’s numbers are and are not, worked out from the file itself.

The site’s method

  • One year of the 2026 release

    Every year in this series comes from FAO’s 2026 release, recalculated on one method. It can differ from what was first published for 1986.

  • 147 distinct values among 165

    Values are stored exactly as published, to 3 decimals. 3 countries share 0.389. Countries sharing a value share a position too.

  • Which end is better

    Neither end is better. The values describe a shape, not a score.

  • Nothing missing

    Every one of the 165 countries has every column.

05The files

Download and cite

The table as a file, digit for digit, what this site changed, and a citation for this edition.

Licence in full

What this site changed: Reshaped into one row per country: regional and income-group totals are left out, only the columns listed are kept, each row gets its ISO 3166 code, and some country names are brought to one spelling. No value is recalculated, rescaled or rounded.

Licence: CC BY 4.0. Share, adapt and use commercially. Credit the publisher and say if you changed anything.

Cite this edition

Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) (1986). Temperature Change on Land, 1986 [data set], describing 1986. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/temperature-change/1986

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07Questions

Temperature Change on Land, 1986: questions and answers

Which country has the highest temperature change in Temperature Change on Land, 1986?

Paraguay, at 0.891, of the 165 countries in the file.

What year does Temperature Change on Land, 1986 describe?

1986.

How many countries does Temperature Change on Land, 1986 cover?

165.

Where can I download Temperature Change on Land, 1986?

On this page, as a CSV file holding every value exactly as published, or from the publisher’s own site, linked below.

Is Temperature Change on Land, 1986 the newest?

No. The newest held here is Temperature Change on Land, 2025.

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