Global warming: Contributions to the change in global mean surface temperature in United Kingdom
United Kingdom: Global warming: Contributions to the change in global mean surface temperature was 2.4% in 2024. ▼ Falling
Global warming: Contributions to the change in global mean surface temperature in United Kingdom, 1851–2024
Source: Jones et al. (2025) – with major processing by Our World in Data. Measured in %.
Analysis
United Kingdom recorded 2.4% for global warming: contributions to the change in global mean surface temperature in 2024. That is the lowest value across all 174 years on record.
The figure is down 1.3% on the previous year and down 12.5% over ten years.
Over the whole period, global warming: contributions to the change in global mean surface temperature in United Kingdom peaked at 6.9% in 1884 and was at its lowest, 2.4%, in 2024.
United Kingdom ranks 8th of 215 countries on this measure, in the top 10%.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 174 years of available data.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1850s | 5.0% | 4.8% | 5.0% | 9 |
| 1860s | 5.7% | 5.1% | 6.3% | 10 |
| 1870s | 6.6% | 6.3% | 6.8% | 10 |
| 1880s | 6.9% | 6.8% | 6.9% | 10 |
| 1890s | 6.8% | 6.8% | 6.9% | 10 |
| 1900s | 6.7% | 6.6% | 6.8% | 10 |
| 1910s | 6.5% | 6.5% | 6.6% | 10 |
| 1920s | 6.2% | 6.0% | 6.4% | 10 |
| 1930s | 5.8% | 5.6% | 6.0% | 10 |
| 1940s | 5.5% | 5.3% | 5.6% | 10 |
| 1950s | 5.1% | 4.9% | 5.3% | 10 |
| 1960s | 4.7% | 4.5% | 4.9% | 10 |
| 1970s | 4.2% | 4.0% | 4.4% | 10 |
| 1980s | 3.7% | 3.5% | 3.9% | 10 |
| 1990s | 3.4% | 3.2% | 3.5% | 10 |
| 2000s | 3.1% | 2.9% | 3.2% | 10 |
| 2010s | 2.7% | 2.5% | 2.9% | 10 |
| 2020s | 2.4% | 2.4% | 2.5% | 5 |
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Frequently asked questions
- What is global warming: contributions to the change in global mean surface temperature in United Kingdom?
- Global warming: contributions to the change in global mean surface temperature in United Kingdom was 2.4% 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 United Kingdom?
- The highest recorded value was 6.9% in 1884.
- What is the lowest global warming: contributions to the change in global mean surface temperature recorded in United Kingdom?
- The lowest recorded value was 2.4% in 2024.
- How does United Kingdom rank for global warming: contributions to the change in global mean surface temperature?
- United Kingdom ranks 8th out of 215 countries with data for 2024.
- Is global warming: contributions to the change in global mean surface temperature rising or falling in United Kingdom?
- Over the last ten years it is down 12.5%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this United Kingdom 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.