Global warming: Contributions to the change in global mean surface temperature in Saudi Arabia
Saudi Arabia: Global warming: Contributions to the change in global mean surface temperature was 0.8% in 2024. ◆ Volatile
Global warming: Contributions to the change in global mean surface temperature in Saudi Arabia, 1851–2024
Source: Jones et al. (2025) – with major processing by Our World in Data. Measured in %.
Analysis
The most recent figure for global warming: contributions to the change in global mean surface temperature in Saudi Arabia is 0.8%, measured in 2024. That is the highest value across all 174 years on record.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 1.7% on the previous year and up 22.5% over ten years.
Over the whole period, global warming: contributions to the change in global mean surface temperature in Saudi Arabia peaked at 0.8% in 2024 and was at its lowest, -0.0%, in 1851.
Saudi Arabia ranks 25th of 215 countries on this measure, in the top quarter.
The series is highly variable year to year, so single readings are best treated with caution.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1850s | -0.0% | -0.0% | -0.0% | 9 |
| 1860s | -0.0% | -0.0% | -0.0% | 10 |
| 1870s | -0.0% | -0.0% | -0.0% | 10 |
| 1880s | -0.0% | -0.0% | -0.0% | 10 |
| 1890s | -0.0% | -0.0% | -0.0% | 10 |
| 1900s | -0.0% | -0.0% | -0.0% | 10 |
| 1910s | -0.0% | -0.0% | -0.0% | 10 |
| 1920s | -0.0% | -0.0% | -0.0% | 10 |
| 1930s | -0.0% | -0.0% | -0.0% | 10 |
| 1940s | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.1% | 10 |
| 1950s | 0.1% | 0.1% | 0.1% | 10 |
| 1960s | 0.1% | 0.1% | 0.1% | 10 |
| 1970s | 0.2% | 0.1% | 0.2% | 10 |
| 1980s | 0.3% | 0.3% | 0.4% | 10 |
| 1990s | 0.4% | 0.4% | 0.4% | 10 |
| 2000s | 0.5% | 0.4% | 0.6% | 10 |
| 2010s | 0.6% | 0.6% | 0.7% | 10 |
| 2020s | 0.8% | 0.7% | 0.8% | 5 |
Countries ranked near Saudi Arabia
More reference data data for Saudi Arabia
- Spring temperature anomalies -0.1508 °C (2026)
- Summer temperature anomalies 0.988 °C (2026)
- Temperature anomalies by month 0.6025 °C (2026)
- Universal right to vote in practice 0 (2025)
- Autumn temperature anomalies 0.9644 °C (2025)
- Winter temperature anomalies 0.5548 °C (2025)
- Consumer price index 138.56 2010 = 100 (2025)
- Universal right to vote 0 (2025)
- Competitive elections 0 (2025)
- Men's universal right to vote 0 (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is global warming: contributions to the change in global mean surface temperature in Saudi Arabia?
- Global warming: contributions to the change in global mean surface temperature in Saudi Arabia was 0.8% in 2024, according to Jones et al. (2025) – with major processing by Our World in Data.
- What is the highest global warming: contributions to the change in global mean surface temperature recorded in Saudi Arabia?
- The highest recorded value was 0.8% in 2024.
- What is the lowest global warming: contributions to the change in global mean surface temperature recorded in Saudi Arabia?
- The lowest recorded value was -0.0% in 1851.
- How does Saudi Arabia rank for global warming: contributions to the change in global mean surface temperature?
- Saudi Arabia ranks 25th out of 215 countries with data for 2024.
- Is global warming: contributions to the change in global mean surface temperature rising or falling in Saudi Arabia?
- Over the last ten years it is up 22.5%. The long-run trend across the full record is volatile.
- Where does this Saudi Arabia data come from?
- The figures come from Jones et al. (2025) – with major processing by Our World in Data, published as part of Global warming: Contributions to the change in global mean surface temperature. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
Measured as a percentage of the world's temperature change.