Russia vs United States: Contribution to global mean surface temperature rise

Russia
0.1179 °C
in 2024
United States
0.2962 °C
in 2024
Russia rank
3rd
United States rank
1st

Contribution to global mean surface temperature rise over time

  • Russia
  • United States
00.10.20.3185119372024

How they compare

United States currently reports 0.2962 °C against 0.1179 °C in Russia, a difference of 0.1783 °C.

That makes United States's figure about 2.5 times Russia's.

Across all 174 years both countries report, United States has been ahead every year.

Russia ranks 3rd and United States ranks 1st of 215 countries.

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About this data

Indicator
Contribution to global mean surface temperature rise
Unit
°C
Source
Jones et al. (2025) – with major processing by Our World in Data
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (Our World in Data)
Coverage
215 places, 37,410 data points, 1851–2024
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Measured in °C.