Australia vs United Kingdom: Global warming: Contributions to the change in global mean surface temperature

Australia

1.5%

in 2024

United Kingdom

2.4%

in 2024

Australia rank

11th

United Kingdom rank

8th

Global warming: Contributions to the change in global mean surface temperature over time

United Kingdom currently reports 2.4% against 1.5% in Australia, a difference of 0.9%.

That makes United Kingdom's figure about 1.6 times Australia's.

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

Australia ranks 11th and United Kingdom ranks 8th of 215 countries.

Indicator: Global warming: Contributions to the change in global mean surface temperature
Unit: %
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
Last refreshed: 07 August 2026

Measured as a percentage of the world's temperature change.