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Temperature Change on Land, 2016

2016, as FAO’s 2026 release gives it · stored as published, never rewritten

Temperature Change on Land, 2016 covers 193 countries on 2 measures. Russia is highest, at 2.451; Paraguay is lowest, at 0.375. The middle country reads 1.416. Against 2015, 193 values changed (125 up, 68 down), the same countries are covered.

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Temperature Change on Land · Data for 2016

HighestRussia

2.451

LowestParaguay

0.375

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, 2016, 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, 2016: every country, as published by Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO).
RussiaRUSEastern Europe2.4510.586
CanadaCANNorthern America2.4100.642
UzbekistanUZBCentral Asia2.3060.740
KazakhstanKAZCentral Asia2.2140.801
United StatesUSANorthern America2.2060.306
FinlandFINNorthern Europe2.1560.986
SurinameSURSouth America2.1370.222
BelarusBLREastern Europe2.1350.869
AustriaAUTWestern Europe2.0910.529
CzechiaCZEEastern Europe2.0790.630
LiechtensteinLIEWestern Europe2.0590.466
UkraineUKREastern Europe2.0590.795
SloveniaSVNSouthern Europe2.0340.523
PolandPOLEastern Europe2.0300.777
Timor-LesteTLSSouth-eastern Asia2.0280.313
TurkmenistanTKMCentral Asia2.0250.705
GermanyDEUWestern Europe1.9790.613
SlovakiaSVKEastern Europe1.9490.652
GuyanaGUYSouth America1.9430.299
NetherlandsNLDWestern Europe1.9260.617
AndorraANDSouthern Europe1.9220.417
EstoniaESTNorthern Europe1.9160.899
LithuaniaLTUNorthern Europe1.9090.889
LatviaLVANorthern Europe1.9070.883
BulgariaBGREastern Europe1.9020.573

02In 2016

At either end

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

Highest

  1. Russia2.451
  2. Canada2.410
  3. Uzbekistan2.306
  4. Kazakhstan2.214
  5. United States2.206

Lowest

  1. Paraguay0.375
  2. Argentina0.390
  3. Uruguay0.411
  4. Chile0.713
  5. Macaushared0.724

Neither end is better. The values describe a shape, not a score. The middle country reads 1.416. “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

032015 → 2016

Since 2015

What changed between 2015 and this one: who joined or left, and how far the headline moved.

  • +0 / −0countries joined / left
  • 193values changed, of 193 in both
  • 125 · 68rose · fell
  • 0unchanged

Rose most

Fell most

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 2016.

  • 178 distinct values among 193

    Values are stored exactly as published, to 3 decimals. 2 countries share 2.059. 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 193 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) (2016). Temperature Change on Land, 2016 [data set], describing 2016. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/temperature-change/2016

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07Questions

Temperature Change on Land, 2016: questions and answers

Which country has the highest temperature change in Temperature Change on Land, 2016?

Russia, at 2.451, of the 193 countries in the file.

What year does Temperature Change on Land, 2016 describe?

2016.

How many countries does Temperature Change on Land, 2016 cover?

193.

Where can I download Temperature Change on Land, 2016?

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, 2016 the newest?

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

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