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Temperature Change on Land, 2012

2012, as FAO’s 2026 release gives it · stored as published, never rewritten

Temperature Change on Land, 2012 covers 191 countries on 2 measures. Canada is highest, at 2.149; Namibia is lowest, at -0.142. The middle country reads 0.845. Against 2011, 188 values changed (110 up, 78 down), 3 countries joined, 2 left.

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Temperature Change on Land · Data for 2012

HighestCanada

2.149

LowestNamibia

-0.142

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, 2012, 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, 2012: every country, as published by Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO).
CanadaCANNorthern America2.1490.642
MoldovaMDAEastern Europe1.9790.733
SloveniaSVNSouthern Europe1.9340.523
UkraineUKREastern Europe1.9290.795
RussiaRUSEastern Europe1.9250.586
RomaniaROUEastern Europe1.8290.634
CroatiaHRVSouthern Europe1.8220.487
AustriaAUTWestern Europe1.7820.529
Bosnia and HerzegovinaBIHSouthern Europe1.7700.509
HungaryHUNEastern Europe1.7420.630
SerbiaSRBSouthern Europe1.7260.594
BulgariaBGREastern Europe1.6930.573
MontenegroMNESouthern Europe1.6630.530
San MarinoSMRSouthern Europe1.6540.361
LiechtensteinLIEWestern Europe1.6240.466
CzechiaCZEEastern Europe1.5740.630
SlovakiaSVKEastern Europe1.5670.652
FinlandFINNorthern Europe1.5450.986
AlbaniaALBSouthern Europe1.5300.434
BelarusBLREastern Europe1.5120.869
AzerbaijanAZEWestern Asia1.5050.689
SwitzerlandCHEWestern Europe1.5020.458
ItalyITASouthern Europe1.4880.324
North MacedoniaMKDSouthern Europe1.4810.483
United StatesUSANorthern America1.4600.306

02In 2012

At either end

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

Highest

  1. Canada2.149
  2. Moldova1.979
  3. Slovenia1.934
  4. Ukraine1.929
  5. Russia1.925

Lowest

  1. Namibia-0.142
  2. Tajikistan-0.037
  3. Papua New Guinea0.055
  4. Central African Republic0.092
  5. New Zealand0.118

Neither end is better. The values describe a shape, not a score. The middle country reads 0.845. “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

032011 → 2012

Since 2011

What changed between 2011 and this one: who joined or left, and how far the headline moved.

  • +3 / −2countries joined / left
  • 188values changed, of 188 in both
  • 110 · 78rose · fell
  • 0unchanged

Rose most

Fell most

+ Sudan+ South Sudan+ Eswatini− Djibouti− Palau

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 2012.

  • 182 distinct values among 191

    Values are stored exactly as published, to 3 decimals. 2 countries share 1.342. 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) (2012). Temperature Change on Land, 2012 [data set], describing 2012. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/temperature-change/2012

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07Questions

Temperature Change on Land, 2012: questions and answers

Which country has the highest temperature change in Temperature Change on Land, 2012?

Canada, at 2.149, of the 191 countries in the file.

What year does Temperature Change on Land, 2012 describe?

2012.

How many countries does Temperature Change on Land, 2012 cover?

191.

Where can I download Temperature Change on Land, 2012?

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, 2012 the newest?

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

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