Pakistan vs Saudi Arabia: Global warming … to the change in global mean surface temperature
Pakistan
0.7%
in 2024
Saudi Arabia
0.8%
in 2024
Pakistan rank
26th
Saudi Arabia rank
25th
Global warming … to the change in global mean surface temperature over time
- Pakistan
- Saudi Arabia
How they compare
Saudi Arabia currently reports 0.8% against 0.7% in Pakistan, a difference of 0.1%.
That makes Saudi Arabia's figure about 1.1 times Pakistan's.
The two have swapped places 1 time across 174 shared years of data; in 1851 it was Pakistan ahead.
Pakistan ranks 26th and Saudi Arabia ranks 25th of 215 countries.
Across the 18 decades both report, Pakistan averaged higher in 16 and Saudi Arabia in 2.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Pakistan | Saudi Arabia | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1850s | 0.4% | -0.0% | 0.4% | Pakistan |
| 1860s | 0.4% | -0.0% | 0.4% | Pakistan |
| 1870s | 0.4% | -0.0% | 0.4% | Pakistan |
| 1880s | 0.3% | -0.0% | 0.3% | Pakistan |
| 1890s | 0.3% | -0.0% | 0.3% | Pakistan |
| 1900s | 0.3% | -0.0% | 0.3% | Pakistan |
| 1910s | 0.3% | -0.0% | 0.3% | Pakistan |
| 1920s | 0.3% | -0.0% | 0.3% | Pakistan |
| 1930s | 0.3% | -0.0% | 0.3% | Pakistan |
| 1940s | 0.3% | 0.0% | 0.3% | Pakistan |
| 1950s | 0.4% | 0.1% | 0.2% | Pakistan |
| 1960s | 0.4% | 0.1% | 0.3% | Pakistan |
| 1970s | 0.4% | 0.2% | 0.2% | Pakistan |
| 1980s | 0.4% | 0.3% | 0.1% | Pakistan |
| 1990s | 0.5% | 0.4% | 0.1% | Pakistan |
| 2000s | 0.5% | 0.5% | 0.0% | Pakistan |
| 2010s | 0.6% | 0.6% | 0.0% | Saudi Arabia |
| 2020s | 0.7% | 0.8% | 0.1% | Saudi Arabia |
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, Pakistan or Saudi Arabia?
- Saudi Arabia, at 0.8% against 0.7% in Pakistan as of 2024.
- What is the difference in global warming: contributions to the change in global mean surface temperature between Pakistan and Saudi Arabia?
- 0.1%, with Saudi Arabia ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Pakistan and Saudi Arabia?
- 174 years are reported by both, from 1851 to 2024.
- How do Pakistan and Saudi Arabia rank globally for global warming: contributions to the change in global mean surface temperature?
- Pakistan ranks 26th and Saudi Arabia ranks 25th 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.