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Temperature Change on Land, 2008

2008, as FAO’s 2026 release gives it · stored as published, never rewritten

Temperature Change on Land, 2008 covers 189 countries on 2 measures. Estonia is highest, at 2.596; Djibouti is lowest, at 0.074. The middle country reads 0.722. Against 2007, 189 values changed (43 up, 146 down), 4 left.

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Temperature Change on Land · Data for 2008

HighestEstonia

2.596

LowestDjibouti

0.074

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, 2008, as published. The file carries values only, so no position is shown. “=” marks a shared position.

Showing 25 of 189 countries · select a heading to sort

Temperature Change on Land, 2008: every country, as published by Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO).
EstoniaESTNorthern Europe2.5960.899
LatviaLVANorthern Europe2.3880.883
BelarusBLREastern Europe2.2320.869
LithuaniaLTUNorthern Europe2.2160.889
RussiaRUSEastern Europe2.2130.586
FinlandFINNorthern Europe2.1310.986
SwedenSWENorthern Europe1.9580.852
DenmarkDNKNorthern Europe1.8520.696
MongoliaMNGEastern Asia1.7880.602
PolandPOLEastern Europe1.7370.777
CzechiaCZEEastern Europe1.6390.630
NorwayNORNorthern Europe1.6200.738
UkraineUKREastern Europe1.6080.795
AustriaAUTWestern Europe1.5840.529
SloveniaSVNSouthern Europe1.5770.523
North KoreaPRKEastern Asia1.5700.499
KazakhstanKAZCentral Asia1.5440.801
GermanyDEUWestern Europe1.5390.613
SlovakiaSVKEastern Europe1.5240.652
MoldovaMDAEastern Europe1.5120.733
HungaryHUNEastern Europe1.5040.630
NetherlandsNLDWestern Europe1.4350.617
CroatiaHRVSouthern Europe1.4280.487
LiechtensteinLIEWestern Europe1.4000.466
Bosnia and HerzegovinaBIHSouthern Europe1.3860.509

02In 2008

At either end

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

Highest

  1. Estonia2.596
  2. Latvia2.388
  3. Belarus2.232
  4. Lithuania2.216
  5. Russia2.213

Lowest

  1. Djibouti0.074
  2. Papua New Guinea0.148
  3. Angola0.178
  4. Laos0.199
  5. Vietnam0.201

Neither end is better. The values describe a shape, not a score. The middle country reads 0.722. “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: 0.324

032007 → 2008

Since 2007

What changed between 2007 and this one: who joined or left, and how far the headline moved.

  • +0 / −4countries joined / left
  • 189values changed, of 189 in both
  • 43 · 146rose · fell
  • 0unchanged

Rose most

Fell most

− Burundi− Palau− Rwanda− Solomon Islands

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 2008.

  • 175 distinct values among 189

    Values are stored exactly as published, to 3 decimals. 3 countries share 0.682. 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 189 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) (2008). Temperature Change on Land, 2008 [data set], describing 2008. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/temperature-change/2008

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07Questions

Temperature Change on Land, 2008: questions and answers

Which country has the highest temperature change in Temperature Change on Land, 2008?

Estonia, at 2.596, of the 189 countries in the file.

What year does Temperature Change on Land, 2008 describe?

2008.

How many countries does Temperature Change on Land, 2008 cover?

189.

Where can I download Temperature Change on Land, 2008?

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, 2008 the newest?

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

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