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Temperature Change on Land, 2017

2017, 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, 2017 covers 193 countries on 2 measures. Mongolia is highest, at 2.518; Botswana is lowest, at -0.026. The middle country reads 1.269. Against 2016, 193 values changed (60 up, 133 down), the same countries are covered.

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Temperature Change on Land · Data for 2017

HighestMongolia

2.518

LowestBotswana

-0.026

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, 2017, 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, 2017: every country, as published by Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO).
MongoliaMNGEastern Asia2.5180.602
RussiaRUSEastern Europe2.1210.586
MoroccoMARNorthern Africa2.0950.521
PortugalPRTSouthern Europe2.0850.440
BahrainBHRWestern Asia2.0820.397
MauritaniaMRTWestern Africa2.0700.465
KuwaitKWTWestern Asia2.0140.516
SpainESPSouthern Europe2.0030.402
MonacoMCOWestern Europe1.9430.338
QatarQATWestern Asia1.9110.396
AndorraANDSouthern Europe1.8590.417
SwitzerlandCHEWestern Europe1.8410.458
LiechtensteinLIEWestern Europe1.8190.466
North KoreaPRKEastern Asia1.8070.499
UzbekistanUZBCentral Asia1.8070.740
SenegalSENWestern Africa1.8000.432
GambiaGMBWestern Africa1.7910.366
SurinameSURSouth America1.7870.222
Cabo VerdeCPVWestern Africa1.7850.422
UgandaUGAEastern Africa1.7500.255
OmanOMNWestern Asia1.7430.334
KazakhstanKAZCentral Asia1.7420.801
FranceFRAWestern Europe1.7400.427
AustriaAUTWestern Europe1.7330.529
Saudi ArabiaSAUWestern Asia1.7330.424

02In 2017

At either end

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

Highest

  1. Mongolia2.518
  2. Russia2.121
  3. Morocco2.095
  4. Portugal2.085
  5. Bahrain2.082

Lowest

  1. Botswana-0.026
  2. Libya0.236
  3. Zimbabwe0.290
  4. Zambia0.381
  5. New Zealand0.549

Neither end is better. The values describe a shape, not a score. The middle country reads 1.269. “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

032016 → 2017

Since 2016

  • +0 / −0countries joined / left
  • 193values changed, of 193 in both
  • 60 · 133rose · fell
  • 0unchanged

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 2017.

  • 175 distinct values among 193

    Values are stored exactly as published, to 3 decimals. 2 countries share 1.807. 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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Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) (2017). Temperature Change on Land, 2017 [data set], describing 2017. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/temperature-change/2017

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