Iraq vs Japan: Annual temperature anomalies
Iraq
0.8616 °C
in 2025
Japan
0.8643 °C
in 2025
Iraq rank
63rd
Japan rank
62nd
Annual temperature anomalies over time
- Iraq
- Japan
How they compare
Japan currently reports 0.8643 °C against 0.8616 °C in Iraq, a difference of 0.0027 °C.
The two have swapped places 29 times across 86 shared years of data; in 1940 it was Iraq ahead.
Iraq ranks 63rd and Japan ranks 62nd of 193 countries.
Across the 9 decades both report, Iraq averaged higher in 4 and Japan in 5.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Iraq | Japan | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1940s | -1.2 °C | -1.84 °C | 0.6406 °C | Iraq |
| 1950s | -1.66 °C | -1.07 °C | 0.5961 °C | Japan |
| 1960s | -1.39 °C | -0.9689 °C | 0.4251 °C | Japan |
| 1970s | -1.48 °C | -0.8309 °C | 0.6516 °C | Japan |
| 1980s | -1.23 °C | -0.911 °C | 0.3164 °C | Japan |
| 1990s | -0.5846 °C | -0.173 °C | 0.4117 °C | Japan |
| 2000s | 0.0239 °C | -0.0452 °C | 0.0691 °C | Iraq |
| 2010s | 0.4159 °C | 0.2038 °C | 0.2121 °C | Iraq |
| 2020s | 0.9936 °C | 0.9884 °C | 0.0052 °C | Iraq |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher annual temperature anomalies, Iraq or Japan?
- Japan, at 0.8643 °C against 0.8616 °C in Iraq as of 2025.
- What is the difference in annual temperature anomalies between Iraq and Japan?
- 0.0027 °C, with Japan ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Iraq and Japan?
- 86 years are reported by both, from 1940 to 2025.
- How do Iraq and Japan rank globally for annual temperature anomalies?
- Iraq ranks 63rd and Japan ranks 62nd of 193 countries.
- Where does this data come from?
- Contains modified Copernicus Climate Change Service information (2026) – with major processing by Our World in Data, published as Annual temperature anomalies. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.
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About this data
Difference of a specific year's average surface temperature from the 1991-2020 mean, in degrees Celsius.