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Temperature Change on Land, 2014

2014, 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, 2014 covers 193 countries on 2 measures. Sweden is highest, at 2.710; Botswana is lowest, at -0.102. The middle country reads 0.965. Against 2013, 192 values changed (106 up, 86 down), the same countries are covered.

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Temperature Change on Land · Data for 2014

HighestSweden

2.710

LowestBotswana

-0.102

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, 2014, as published. The file carries values only, so no position is shown. “=” marks a shared position.

Showing 25 of 193 countries · select a heading to sort

Temperature Change on Land, 2014: every country, as published by Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO).
SwedenSWENorthern Europe2.7100.852
DenmarkDNKNorthern Europe2.6780.696
FinlandFINNorthern Europe2.5890.986
NetherlandsNLDWestern Europe2.5530.617
GermanyDEUWestern Europe2.5100.613
CzechiaCZEEastern Europe2.4980.630
LuxembourgLUXWestern Europe2.4720.601
NorwayNORNorthern Europe2.4300.738
EstoniaESTNorthern Europe2.4190.899
SloveniaSVNSouthern Europe2.4190.523
BelgiumBELWestern Europe2.4100.574
AustriaAUTWestern Europe2.4020.529
SlovakiaSVKEastern Europe2.3610.652
PolandPOLEastern Europe2.3530.777
LatviaLVANorthern Europe2.2880.883
LiechtensteinLIEWestern Europe2.2630.466
HungaryHUNEastern Europe2.2210.630
LithuaniaLTUNorthern Europe2.2030.889
SwitzerlandCHEWestern Europe2.1680.458
BelarusBLREastern Europe2.1180.869
FranceFRAWestern Europe2.0160.427
CroatiaHRVSouthern Europe2.0000.487
AndorraANDSouthern Europe1.9210.417
MongoliaMNGEastern Asia1.8960.602
Bosnia and HerzegovinaBIHSouthern Europe1.8410.509

02In 2014

At either end

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

Highest

  1. Sweden2.710
  2. Denmark2.678
  3. Finland2.589
  4. Netherlands2.553
  5. Germany2.510

Lowest

  1. Botswana-0.102
  2. Uzbekistan0.193
  3. Papua New Guinea0.253
  4. Chile0.276
  5. Canada0.284

Neither end is better. The values describe a shape, not a score. The middle country reads 0.965. “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

032013 → 2014

Since 2013

  • +0 / −0countries joined / left
  • 192values changed, of 193 in both
  • 106 · 86rose · fell
  • 1unchanged

Rose most

Fell most

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 2014.

  • 179 distinct values among 193

    Values are stored exactly as published, to 3 decimals. 3 countries share 1.147. Countries sharing a value share a position too.

  • Nothing missing

    Every one of the 193 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) (2014). Temperature Change on Land, 2014 [data set], describing 2014. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/temperature-change/2014

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