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Temperature Change on Land, 2003

2003, 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, 2003 covers 191 countries on 2 measures. Andorra is highest, at 1.941; Georgia is lowest, at -0.293. The middle country reads 0.865. Against 2002, 189 values changed (96 up, 93 down), 2 countries joined.

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Temperature Change on Land · Data for 2003

HighestAndorra

1.941

LowestGeorgia

-0.293

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, 2003, as published. The file carries values only, so no position is shown. “=” marks a shared position.

Showing 25 of 191 countries · select a heading to sort

Temperature Change on Land, 2003: every country, as published by Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO).
AndorraANDSouthern Europe1.9410.417
SwitzerlandCHEWestern Europe1.8610.458
FranceFRAWestern Europe1.7860.427
IcelandISLNorthern Europe1.7490.587
MonacoMCOWestern Europe1.7240.338
LuxembourgLUXWestern Europe1.6940.601
LiechtensteinLIEWestern Europe1.6800.466
San MarinoSMRSouthern Europe1.6150.361
SpainESPSouthern Europe1.5660.402
TunisiaTUNNorthern Africa1.5570.421
MoroccoMARNorthern Africa1.5560.521
BelgiumBELWestern Europe1.5200.574
AlgeriaDZANorthern Africa1.5180.401
ItalyITASouthern Europe1.5080.324
AustriaAUTWestern Europe1.4610.529
SloveniaSVNSouthern Europe1.4240.523
KuwaitKWTWestern Asia1.4090.516
PortugalPRTSouthern Europe1.4030.440
Channel IslandsCHINorthern Europe1.3820.484
Cabo VerdeCPVWestern Africa1.3280.422
MaltaMLTSouthern Europe1.3270.365
SurinameSURSouth America1.2930.222
MauritaniaMRTWestern Africa1.2650.465
CroatiaHRVSouthern Europe1.2580.487
DjiboutiDJIEastern Africa1.2540.289

02In 2003

At either end

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

Highest

  1. Andorra1.941
  2. Switzerland1.861
  3. France1.786
  4. Iceland1.749
  5. Monaco1.724

Lowest

  1. Georgia-0.293
  2. Ukraine-0.271
  3. Moldova-0.221
  4. Azerbaijan-0.077
  5. Belarus0.061

Neither end is better. The values describe a shape, not a score. The middle country reads 0.865. “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

032002 → 2003

Since 2002

  • +2 / −0countries joined / left
  • 189values changed, of 189 in both
  • 96 · 93rose · fell
  • 0unchanged

Rose most

Fell most

+ Solomon Islands+ Timor-Leste

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 2003.

  • 177 distinct values among 191

    Values are stored exactly as published, to 3 decimals. 3 countries share 0.865. Countries sharing a value share a position too.

  • Nothing missing

    Every one of the 191 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) (2003). Temperature Change on Land, 2003 [data set], describing 2003. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/temperature-change/2003

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