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Temperature Change on Land, 2000

2000, as FAO’s 2026 release gives it · stored as published, never rewritten

Temperature Change on Land, 2000 covers 187 countries on 2 measures. Estonia is highest, at 2.062; Botswana is lowest, at -0.608. The middle country reads 0.565. Against 1999, 184 values changed (78 up, 106 down), 2 countries joined, 2 left.

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Temperature Change on Land · Data for 2000

HighestEstonia

2.062

LowestBotswana

-0.608

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, 2000, 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, 2000: every country, as published by Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO).
EstoniaESTNorthern Europe2.0620.899
FinlandFINNorthern Europe2.0280.986
LithuaniaLTUNorthern Europe2.0140.889
LatviaLVANorthern Europe2.0040.883
BelarusBLREastern Europe1.9180.869
CzechiaCZEEastern Europe1.8990.630
PolandPOLEastern Europe1.8710.777
SloveniaSVNSouthern Europe1.7840.523
AustriaAUTWestern Europe1.7660.529
GermanyDEUWestern Europe1.7590.613
HungaryHUNEastern Europe1.7580.630
SwedenSWENorthern Europe1.7220.852
DenmarkDNKNorthern Europe1.6980.696
LuxembourgLUXWestern Europe1.6530.601
SlovakiaSVKEastern Europe1.6360.652
CroatiaHRVSouthern Europe1.6080.487
NetherlandsNLDWestern Europe1.6020.617
Bosnia and HerzegovinaBIHSouthern Europe1.5410.509
KazakhstanKAZCentral Asia1.4910.801
BelgiumBELWestern Europe1.4780.574
LiechtensteinLIEWestern Europe1.4650.466
MoldovaMDAEastern Europe1.4560.733
NorwayNORNorthern Europe1.4420.738
SwitzerlandCHEWestern Europe1.4280.458
UkraineUKREastern Europe1.4200.795

02In 2000

At either end

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

Highest

  1. Estonia2.062
  2. Finland2.028
  3. Lithuania2.014
  4. Latvia2.004
  5. Belarus1.918

Lowest

  1. Botswana-0.608
  2. Chile-0.312
  3. Argentina-0.223
  4. El Salvador-0.182
  5. Namibia-0.174

Neither end is better. The values describe a shape, not a score. The middle country reads 0.565. “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

031999 → 2000

Since 1999

What changed between 1999 and this one: who joined or left, and how far the headline moved.

  • +2 / −2countries joined / left
  • 184values changed, of 185 in both
  • 78 · 106rose · fell
  • 1unchanged

Rose most

Fell most

+ Belgium+ Luxembourg− Sierra Leone− Timor-Leste

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 2000.

  • 175 distinct values among 187

    Values are stored exactly as published, to 3 decimals. 3 countries share 0.333. 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) (2000). Temperature Change on Land, 2000 [data set], describing 2000. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/temperature-change/2000

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07Questions

Temperature Change on Land, 2000: questions and answers

Which country has the highest temperature change in Temperature Change on Land, 2000?

Estonia, at 2.062, of the 187 countries in the file.

What year does Temperature Change on Land, 2000 describe?

2000.

How many countries does Temperature Change on Land, 2000 cover?

187.

Where can I download Temperature Change on Land, 2000?

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, 2000 the newest?

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

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