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

Germany

2.9%

in 2024

United Kingdom

2.4%

in 2024

Germany rank

7th

United Kingdom rank

8th

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

Germany currently reports 2.9% against 2.4% in United Kingdom, a difference of 0.6%.

That makes Germany's figure about 1.2 times United Kingdom's.

The two have swapped places 1 time across 174 shared years of data; in 1851 it was United Kingdom ahead.

Germany ranks 7th 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.