Global warming: Contributions to the change in global mean surface temperature in Sweden
Sweden: Global warming: Contributions to the change in global mean surface temperature was 0.2% in 2024. ▼ Falling
Global warming: Contributions to the change in global mean surface temperature in Sweden, 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 Sweden is 0.2%, measured in 2024. That is the lowest value across all 174 years on record.
That represents a change of down 1.1% on the previous year and down 10.1% over ten years.
Over the whole period, global warming: contributions to the change in global mean surface temperature in Sweden peaked at 0.8% in 1870 and was at its lowest, 0.2%, in 2024.
Sweden ranks 56th of 215 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 174 years of available data.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1850s | 0.7% | 0.7% | 0.7% | 9 |
| 1860s | 0.8% | 0.7% | 0.8% | 10 |
| 1870s | 0.8% | 0.8% | 0.8% | 10 |
| 1880s | 0.7% | 0.7% | 0.8% | 10 |
| 1890s | 0.7% | 0.7% | 0.7% | 10 |
| 1900s | 0.6% | 0.6% | 0.6% | 10 |
| 1910s | 0.6% | 0.6% | 0.6% | 10 |
| 1920s | 0.6% | 0.5% | 0.6% | 10 |
| 1930s | 0.5% | 0.5% | 0.5% | 10 |
| 1940s | 0.5% | 0.5% | 0.5% | 10 |
| 1950s | 0.5% | 0.4% | 0.5% | 10 |
| 1960s | 0.4% | 0.4% | 0.4% | 10 |
| 1970s | 0.4% | 0.4% | 0.4% | 10 |
| 1980s | 0.4% | 0.3% | 0.4% | 10 |
| 1990s | 0.3% | 0.3% | 0.3% | 10 |
| 2000s | 0.3% | 0.3% | 0.3% | 10 |
| 2010s | 0.3% | 0.3% | 0.3% | 10 |
| 2020s | 0.2% | 0.2% | 0.3% | 5 |
Countries ranked near Sweden
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- 58 United Arab Emirates 0.2% compare
- 59 North Korea 0.2% compare
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Frequently asked questions
- What is global warming: contributions to the change in global mean surface temperature in Sweden?
- Global warming: contributions to the change in global mean surface temperature in Sweden was 0.2% 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 Sweden?
- The highest recorded value was 0.8% in 1870.
- What is the lowest global warming: contributions to the change in global mean surface temperature recorded in Sweden?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.2% in 2024.
- How does Sweden rank for global warming: contributions to the change in global mean surface temperature?
- Sweden ranks 56th out of 215 countries with data for 2024.
- Is global warming: contributions to the change in global mean surface temperature rising or falling in Sweden?
- Over the last ten years it is down 10.1%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Sweden 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.