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Temperature Change on Land, 1999

1999, as FAO’s 2026 release gives it · stored as published, never rewritten

Temperature Change on Land, 1999 covers 187 countries on 2 measures. Bahrain is highest, at 1.930; Tanzania is lowest, at -0.222. The middle country reads 0.688. Against 1998, 184 values changed (60 up, 124 down), 2 countries joined, 2 left.

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Temperature Change on Land · Data for 1999

HighestBahrain

1.930

LowestTanzania

-0.222

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, 1999, as published. The file carries values only, so no position is shown. “=” marks a shared position.

Showing 25 of 187 countries · select a heading to sort

Temperature Change on Land, 1999: every country, as published by Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO).
BahrainBHRWestern Asia1.9300.397
KuwaitKWTWestern Asia1.9220.516
IraqIRQWestern Asia1.8730.549
MongoliaMNGEastern Asia1.7910.602
CanadaCANNorthern America1.7070.642
QatarQATWestern Asia1.6600.396
IranIRNSouthern Asia1.6170.488
TunisiaTUNNorthern Africa1.6120.421
NetherlandsNLDWestern Europe1.5820.617
ArmeniaARMWestern Asia1.5690.764
LatviaLVANorthern Europe1.5380.883
EstoniaESTNorthern Europe1.5200.899
BelarusBLREastern Europe1.4840.869
LithuaniaLTUNorthern Europe1.4710.889
North KoreaPRKEastern Asia1.4480.499
AlgeriaDZANorthern Africa1.4250.401
Saudi ArabiaSAUWestern Asia1.4120.424
KazakhstanKAZCentral Asia1.3770.801
SwedenSWENorthern Europe1.3640.852
GermanyDEUWestern Europe1.3630.613
Channel IslandsCHINorthern Europe1.3390.484
TurkmenistanTKMCentral Asia1.3280.705
United Arab EmiratesAREWestern Asia1.3260.331
UzbekistanUZBCentral Asia1.3230.740
DenmarkDNKNorthern Europe1.3170.696

02In 1999

At either end

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

Highest

  1. Bahrain1.930
  2. Kuwait1.922
  3. Iraq1.873
  4. Mongolia1.791
  5. Canada1.707

Lowest

  1. Tanzania-0.222
  2. Costa Rica-0.167
  3. Marshall Islands-0.120
  4. Solomon Islands-0.027
  5. Kiribati-0.023

Neither end is better. The values describe a shape, not a score. The middle country reads 0.688. “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: 0.318

031998 → 1999

Since 1998

What changed between 1998 and this one: who joined or left, and how far the headline moved.

  • +2 / −2countries joined / left
  • 184values changed, of 185 in both
  • 60 · 124rose · fell
  • 1unchanged

Rose most

Fell most

+ American Samoa+ Samoa− Burundi− Rwanda

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 1999.

  • 176 distinct values among 187

    Values are stored exactly as published, to 3 decimals. 2 countries share 0.982. 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 187 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) (1999). Temperature Change on Land, 1999 [data set], describing 1999. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/temperature-change/1999

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07Questions

Temperature Change on Land, 1999: questions and answers

Which country has the highest temperature change in Temperature Change on Land, 1999?

Bahrain, at 1.930, of the 187 countries in the file.

What year does Temperature Change on Land, 1999 describe?

1999.

How many countries does Temperature Change on Land, 1999 cover?

187.

Where can I download Temperature Change on Land, 1999?

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, 1999 the newest?

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

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