Belgium vs Iraq: Global warming: Contributions to the change in global mean surface temperature
Belgium
0.4%
in 2024
Iraq
0.5%
in 2024
Belgium rank
38th
Iraq rank
36th
Global warming: Contributions to the change in global mean surface temperature over time
- Belgium
- Iraq
How they compare
Iraq currently reports 0.5% against 0.4% in Belgium, a difference of 0.1%.
That makes Iraq's figure about 1.2 times Belgium's.
The two have swapped places 1 time across 174 shared years of data; in 1851 it was Belgium ahead.
Belgium ranks 38th and Iraq ranks 36th of 215 countries.
Across the 18 decades both report, Belgium averaged higher in 17 and Iraq in 1.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Belgium | Iraq | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1850s | 0.5% | 0.0% | 0.5% | Belgium |
| 1860s | 0.6% | 0.0% | 0.5% | Belgium |
| 1870s | 0.6% | 0.0% | 0.6% | Belgium |
| 1880s | 0.7% | 0.0% | 0.6% | Belgium |
| 1890s | 0.7% | 0.0% | 0.6% | Belgium |
| 1900s | 0.7% | 0.0% | 0.6% | Belgium |
| 1910s | 0.7% | 0.0% | 0.6% | Belgium |
| 1920s | 0.7% | 0.0% | 0.6% | Belgium |
| 1930s | 0.7% | 0.1% | 0.6% | Belgium |
| 1940s | 0.7% | 0.1% | 0.5% | Belgium |
| 1950s | 0.6% | 0.2% | 0.4% | Belgium |
| 1960s | 0.6% | 0.3% | 0.3% | Belgium |
| 1970s | 0.6% | 0.4% | 0.2% | Belgium |
| 1980s | 0.5% | 0.5% | 0.1% | Belgium |
| 1990s | 0.5% | 0.4% | 0.1% | Belgium |
| 2000s | 0.5% | 0.3% | 0.1% | Belgium |
| 2010s | 0.4% | 0.4% | 0.1% | Belgium |
| 2020s | 0.4% | 0.5% | 0.1% | Iraq |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher global warming: contributions to the change in global mean surface temperature, Belgium or Iraq?
- Iraq, at 0.5% against 0.4% in Belgium as of 2024.
- What is the difference in global warming: contributions to the change in global mean surface temperature between Belgium and Iraq?
- 0.1%, with Iraq ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Belgium and Iraq?
- 174 years are reported by both, from 1851 to 2024.
- How do Belgium and Iraq rank globally for global warming: contributions to the change in global mean surface temperature?
- Belgium ranks 38th and Iraq ranks 36th of 215 countries.
- Where does this data come from?
- Jones et al. (2025) – with major processing by Our World in Data, published as Global warming: Contributions to the change in global mean surface temperature. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.
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About this data
Measured as a percentage of the world's temperature change.