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Temperature Change on Land, 1997

1997, 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, 1997 covers 183 countries on 2 measures. Mongolia is highest, at 1.962; Moldova is lowest, at -0.468. The middle country reads 0.551. Against 1996, 182 values changed (128 up, 54 down), 1 country joined, 4 left.

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Temperature Change on Land · Data for 1997

HighestMongolia

1.962

LowestMoldova

-0.468

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, 1997, as published. The file carries values only, so no position is shown. “=” marks a shared position.

Showing 25 of 183 countries · select a heading to sort

Temperature Change on Land, 1997: every country, as published by Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO).
MongoliaMNGEastern Asia1.9620.602
KazakhstanKAZCentral Asia1.8820.801
AndorraANDSouthern Europe1.7900.417
UzbekistanUZBCentral Asia1.5700.740
PortugalPRTSouthern Europe1.5690.440
SpainESPSouthern Europe1.5060.402
KyrgyzstanKGZCentral Asia1.4690.581
Cabo VerdeCPVWestern Africa1.4220.422
TurkmenistanTKMCentral Asia1.4100.705
GambiaGMBWestern Africa1.3690.366
SenegalSENWestern Africa1.3690.432
MonacoMCOWestern Europe1.3630.338
RussiaRUSEastern Europe1.2770.586
TajikistanTJKCentral Asia1.2580.610
Guinea-BissauGNBWestern Africa1.2490.303
FranceFRAWestern Europe1.2390.427
Trinidad and TobagoTTOCaribbean1.2140.270
MauritaniaMRTWestern Africa1.1880.465
UruguayURYSouth America1.1690.385
MoroccoMARNorthern Africa1.1380.521
TunisiaTUNNorthern Africa1.1050.421
GuyanaGUYSouth America1.0810.299
SwitzerlandCHEWestern Europe1.0750.458
EcuadorECUSouth America1.0740.400
SurinameSURSouth America1.0500.222

02In 1997

At either end

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

Highest

  1. Mongolia1.962
  2. Kazakhstan1.882
  3. Andorra1.790
  4. Uzbekistan1.570
  5. Portugal1.569

Lowest

  1. Moldova-0.468
  2. Pakistan-0.400
  3. Nepal-0.388
  4. Romania-0.377
  5. Ukraine-0.340

Neither end is better. The values describe a shape, not a score. The middle country reads 0.551. “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: 0.321

031996 → 1997

Since 1996

  • +1 / −4countries joined / left
  • 182values changed, of 182 in both
  • 128 · 54rose · fell
  • 0unchanged

Rose most

Fell most

+ Yemen− American Samoa− Republic of the Congo− Equatorial Guinea− Samoa

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 1997.

  • 170 distinct values among 183

    Values are stored exactly as published, to 3 decimals. 2 countries share 1.369. Countries sharing a value share a position too.

  • Nothing missing

    Every one of the 183 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) (1997). Temperature Change on Land, 1997 [data set], describing 1997. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/temperature-change/1997

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