Skip to content
Nations Inquiry — home

Data for 2009

Temperature Change on Land, 2009

2009, as FAO’s 2026 release gives it · stored as published, never rewritten

Temperature Change on Land, 2009 covers 191 countries on 2 measures. Moldova is highest, at 1.723; Zimbabwe is lowest, at -0.161. The middle country reads 0.891. Against 2008, 188 values changed (125 up, 63 down), 2 countries joined.

Download CSVCite this year

Temperature Change on Land · Data for 2009

HighestMoldova

1.723

LowestZimbabwe

-0.161

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, 2009, 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, 2009: every country, as published by Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO).
MoldovaMDAEastern Europe1.7230.733
EritreaERIEastern Africa1.7110.338
FinlandFINNorthern Europe1.6930.986
SurinameSURSouth America1.6930.222
SloveniaSVNSouthern Europe1.6280.523
HungaryHUNEastern Europe1.6200.630
EstoniaESTNorthern Europe1.6110.899
RomaniaROUEastern Europe1.6110.634
UkraineUKREastern Europe1.5850.795
BelarusBLREastern Europe1.5770.869
AustriaAUTWestern Europe1.5430.529
LatviaLVANorthern Europe1.5060.883
SlovakiaSVKEastern Europe1.4920.652
NigerNERWestern Africa1.4710.334
CroatiaHRVSouthern Europe1.4650.487
BhutanBTNSouthern Asia1.4560.257
MonacoMCOWestern Europe1.4550.338
SwedenSWENorthern Europe1.4370.852
CzechiaCZEEastern Europe1.4190.630
MongoliaMNGEastern Asia1.4180.602
LiechtensteinLIEWestern Europe1.4140.466
SerbiaSRBSouthern Europe1.4030.594
NorwayNORNorthern Europe1.4010.738
Bosnia and HerzegovinaBIHSouthern Europe1.3980.509
LithuaniaLTUNorthern Europe1.3860.889

02In 2009

At either end

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

Highest

  1. Moldova1.723
  2. Eritrea1.711
  3. Finlandshared1.693
  4. Surinameshared1.693
  5. Slovenia1.628

Lowest

  1. Zimbabwe-0.161
  2. Botswana-0.090
  3. New Zealand0.058
  4. Solomon Islands0.110
  5. Papua New Guinea0.189

Neither end is better. The values describe a shape, not a score. The middle country reads 0.891. “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

032008 → 2009

Since 2008

What changed between 2008 and this one: who joined or left, and how far the headline moved.

  • +2 / −0countries joined / left
  • 188values changed, of 189 in both
  • 125 · 63rose · fell
  • 1unchanged

Rose most

Fell most

+ Palau+ 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 2009.

  • 178 distinct values among 191

    Values are stored exactly as published, to 3 decimals. 2 countries share 1.693. 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 191 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) (2009). Temperature Change on Land, 2009 [data set], describing 2009. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/temperature-change/2009

0665 held

Other years

07Questions

Temperature Change on Land, 2009: questions and answers

Which country has the highest temperature change in Temperature Change on Land, 2009?

Moldova, at 1.723, of the 191 countries in the file.

What year does Temperature Change on Land, 2009 describe?

2009.

How many countries does Temperature Change on Land, 2009 cover?

191.

Where can I download Temperature Change on Land, 2009?

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, 2009 the newest?

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

Feedback

Feedback

How are we doing?

Two answers are required — a rating and your email. The rest is up to you.