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Temperature Change on Land, 1996

1996, 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, 1996 covers 186 countries on 2 measures. Mauritania is highest, at 1.491; Poland is lowest, at -0.797. The middle country reads 0.265. Against 1995, 184 values changed (53 up, 131 down), 1 country joined, 1 left.

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Temperature Change on Land · Data for 1996

HighestMauritania

1.491

LowestPoland

-0.797

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, 1996, as published. The file carries values only, so no position is shown. “=” marks a shared position.

Showing 25 of 186 countries · select a heading to sort

Temperature Change on Land, 1996: every country, as published by Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO).
MauritaniaMRTWestern Africa1.4910.465
Cabo VerdeCPVWestern Africa1.3660.422
MaliMLIWestern Africa1.2230.401
SenegalSENWestern Africa1.2090.432
GambiaGMBWestern Africa1.1470.366
NigerNERWestern Africa1.0930.334
SurinameSURSouth America1.0820.222
Guinea-BissauGNBWestern Africa1.0070.303
GuyanaGUYSouth America0.9080.299
Burkina FasoBFAWestern Africa0.9020.331
Trinidad and TobagoTTOCaribbean0.8950.270
GuineaGINWestern Africa0.8380.285
RussiaRUSEastern Europe0.8060.586
MoroccoMARNorthern Africa0.8040.521
AlgeriaDZANorthern Africa0.7950.401
GrenadaGRDCaribbean0.7900.271
Saint Vincent and the GrenadinesVCTCaribbean0.7850.272
BeninBENWestern Africa0.7840.268
KuwaitKWTWestern Asia0.7790.516
IraqIRQWestern Asia0.7670.549
VenezuelaVENSouth America0.7650.301
NigeriaNGAWestern Africa0.7540.281
Côte d’IvoireCIVWestern Africa0.7490.255
EthiopiaETHEastern Africa0.7320.272
American SamoaASMPolynesia0.7140.250

02In 1996

At either end

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

Highest

  1. Mauritania1.491
  2. Cabo Verde1.366
  3. Mali1.223
  4. Senegal1.209
  5. Gambia1.147

Lowest

  1. Poland-0.797
  2. Netherlands-0.771
  3. Denmark-0.759
  4. Germany-0.701
  5. Moldova-0.695

Neither end is better. The values describe a shape, not a score. The middle country reads 0.265. “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: 0.319

031995 → 1996

Since 1995

  • +1 / −1countries joined / left
  • 184values changed, of 185 in both
  • 53 · 131rose · fell
  • 1unchanged

Rose most

Fell most

+ Eritrea− São Tomé and Príncipe

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 1996.

  • 175 distinct values among 186

    Values are stored exactly as published, to 3 decimals. 3 countries share 0.318. Countries sharing a value share a position too.

  • Nothing missing

    Every one of the 186 countries has every column.

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) (1996). Temperature Change on Land, 1996 [data set], describing 1996. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/temperature-change/1996

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