Exposure to extreme temperature — Annual temperature change by country

The dataset provides a global assessment of changes in average temperature by providing the temperature anomaly, days with above-average temperatures and days with below-average temperatures. Exposure indicators to extreme temperature have been prepared jointly by the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and...

Countries reporting
245
Highest
3.01 Degrees celsius
Svalbard and Jan Mayen
Lowest
0.3407 Degrees celsius
Timor-Leste
Median
0.9716 Degrees celsius
Years covered
45
1979–2023
Data points
44,055

What the numbers show

Exposure to extreme temperature — Annual temperature change is currently reported for 245 countries. The highest value is 3.01 Degrees celsius in Svalbard and Jan Mayen; the lowest is 0.3407 Degrees celsius in Timor-Leste.

The median across all reporting countries is 0.9716 Degrees celsius, and the mean is 1.06 Degrees celsius.

The gap between the highest and lowest reporting country is a factor of about 9.

Over the past decade 234 countries rose and 11 fell. The largest increase was in Denmark (up 103,107.0%), and the largest decrease in Cocos (Keeling) Islands (down 75.0%).

Exposure to extreme temperature — Annual temperature change: full country ranking

#Country LatestYear 10-year changeTrend
1 Svalbard and Jan Mayen 3.01 Degrees celsius 2023 up 107.6% volatile
1 Moldova 2.46 Degrees celsius 2023 up 118.1% volatile
2 Canada 2.2 Degrees celsius 2023 up 7,488.2% volatile
3 Ukraine 2.19 Degrees celsius 2023 up 88.3% volatile
3 Croatia 1.86 Degrees celsius 2023 up 215.0% volatile
4 Liechtenstein 2.14 Degrees celsius 2023 up 519.8% volatile
5 Uzbekistan 2.13 Degrees celsius 2023 up 70.8% volatile
6 Romania 2.1 Degrees celsius 2023 up 124.6% volatile
7 Turkmenistan 2.07 Degrees celsius 2023 up 90.2% volatile
8 Bosnia and Herzegovina 2.06 Degrees celsius 2023 up 109.0% volatile
9 Armenia 2.06 Degrees celsius 2023 up 303.7% volatile
9 Mauritania 1.2 Degrees celsius 2023 up 190.5% volatile
10 Switzerland 2.05 Degrees celsius 2023 up 3,210.6% volatile
11 Austria 2.01 Degrees celsius 2023 up 235.7% volatile
11 Cabo Verde 1.07 Degrees celsius 2023 up 1,410.3% volatile
12 Belarus 1.99 Degrees celsius 2023 up 149.3% volatile
13 Kazakhstan 1.98 Degrees celsius 2023 up 41.3% volatile
14 Andorra 1.97 Degrees celsius 2023 up 776.0% volatile
14 Equatorial Guinea 1.01 Degrees celsius 2023 up 142.7% volatile
15 Iran 1.96 Degrees celsius 2023 up 104.9% volatile
16 Bulgaria 1.93 Degrees celsius 2023 up 76.4% volatile
17 Hungary 1.91 Degrees celsius 2023 up 165.2% volatile
18 Czechia 1.9 Degrees celsius 2023 up 1,223.3% volatile
18 Ethiopia 0.9561 Degrees celsius 2023 up 295.3% volatile
19 South Sudan 1.88 Degrees celsius 2023 up 168.1% volatile
20 Azerbaijan 1.88 Degrees celsius 2023 up 193.2% volatile
21 Germany 1.77 Degrees celsius 2023 up 2,578.3% volatile
22 Luxembourg 1.74 Degrees celsius 2023 up 596.6% volatile
23 Paraguay 1.72 Degrees celsius 2023 up 736.3% volatile
24 Serbia 1.7 Degrees celsius 2023 up 76.8% volatile
25 Georgia 1.7 Degrees celsius 2023 up 191.7% volatile
25 Madagascar 0.8095 Degrees celsius 2023 up 178.5% volatile
26 Jordan 1.7 Degrees celsius 2023 up 201.5% volatile
27 Morocco 1.69 Degrees celsius 2023 up 527.7% volatile
28 Tajikistan 1.68 Degrees celsius 2023 up 73.2% volatile
29 Japan 1.68 Degrees celsius 2023 up 310.0% volatile
29 Anguilla 0.7337 Degrees celsius 2023 up 845.2% volatile
30 Monaco 1.67 Degrees celsius 2023 up 1,628.7% volatile
31 Lebanon 1.66 Degrees celsius 2023 up 140.9% volatile
32 Holy See 1.66 Degrees celsius 2023 up 295.3% volatile
33 Afghanistan 1.66 Degrees celsius 2023 up 146.5% volatile
34 Montenegro 1.64 Degrees celsius 2023 up 50.7% volatile
35 Italy 1.64 Degrees celsius 2023 up 299.4% volatile
35 Lesotho 0.6494 Degrees celsius 2023 up 12.2% volatile
36 Palestine 1.63 Degrees celsius 2023 up 129.1% volatile
36 Eswatini 0.6205 Degrees celsius 2023 up 1,740.3% volatile
37 Israel 1.61 Degrees celsius 2023 up 128.4% volatile
38 Belgium 1.61 Degrees celsius 2023 up 502.8% volatile
39 France 1.6 Degrees celsius 2023 up 1,384.5% volatile
40 San Marino 1.59 Degrees celsius 2023 up 789.6% volatile
40 Fiji 0.5253 Degrees celsius 2023 up 7.8% volatile
41 Chad 1.59 Degrees celsius 2023 up 37.8% volatile
42 Sudan 1.56 Degrees celsius 2023 up 93.7% volatile
43 Guatemala 1.56 Degrees celsius 2023 up 112.0% volatile
44 Bolivia 1.53 Degrees celsius 2023 up 428.7% volatile
45 North Macedonia 1.52 Degrees celsius 2023 up 27.9% volatile
46 Algeria 1.52 Degrees celsius 2023 up 246.2% volatile
47 Russia 1.51 Degrees celsius 2023 up 96.9% volatile
48 Albania 1.51 Degrees celsius 2023 up 67.5% volatile
49 Saudi Arabia 1.49 Degrees celsius 2023 up 282.3% volatile
50 Iraq 1.49 Degrees celsius 2023 up 591.2% volatile
51 North Korea 1.47 Degrees celsius 2023 up 4,052.3% volatile
52 Kosovo 1.46 Degrees celsius 2023 up 21.2% volatile
53 Kyrgyzstan 1.44 Degrees celsius 2023 up 91.8% volatile
54 OECD 1.42 Degrees celsius 2023 up 480.9% volatile
55 Ecuador 1.41 Degrees celsius 2023 up 366.7% volatile
56 Western Sahara 1.35 Degrees celsius 2023 up 302.4% volatile
57 El Salvador 1.35 Degrees celsius 2023 up 187.6% volatile
58 Spain 1.35 Degrees celsius 2023 up 2,180.7% volatile
59 United Arab Emirates 1.34 Degrees celsius 2023 up 656.5% volatile
60 Greece 1.33 Degrees celsius 2023 up 38.8% volatile
61 Qatar 1.33 Degrees celsius 2023 up 1,964.9% volatile
62 Belize 1.31 Degrees celsius 2023 up 143.7% volatile
63 Eritrea 1.29 Degrees celsius 2023 up 142.2% volatile
64 Niger 1.29 Degrees celsius 2023 up 45.7% volatile
65 Honduras 1.28 Degrees celsius 2023 up 194.7% volatile
66 Egypt 1.23 Degrees celsius 2023 up 80.9% volatile
67 Jersey 1.23 Degrees celsius 2023 up 506.0% volatile
68 Saint Pierre and Miquelon 1.22 Degrees celsius 2023 up 43.5% volatile
69 Greenland 1.21 Degrees celsius 2023 up 3,752.5% volatile
70 Tunisia 1.21 Degrees celsius 2023 up 145.4% volatile
71 Central African Republic 1.19 Degrees celsius 2023 up 123.9% volatile
72 Rwanda 1.17 Degrees celsius 2023 up 167.2% volatile
73 Cyprus 1.17 Degrees celsius 2023 up 69.0% volatile
74 Jamaica 1.16 Degrees celsius 2023 up 212.1% volatile
75 Bahrain 1.15 Degrees celsius 2023 up 1,687.3% volatile
76 Yemen 1.15 Degrees celsius 2023 up 230.2% volatile
77 Isle of Man 1.14 Degrees celsius 2023 up 431.2% volatile
78 Kuwait 1.13 Degrees celsius 2023 up 1,029.1% volatile
79 Uganda 1.12 Degrees celsius 2023 up 523.2% volatile
80 Djibouti 1.12 Degrees celsius 2023 up 3,876.2% volatile
81 Mali 1.11 Degrees celsius 2023 up 202.4% volatile
82 Gibraltar 1.11 Degrees celsius 2023 up 1,752.8% volatile
83 Guernsey 1.11 Degrees celsius 2023 up 426.8% volatile
84 China 1.1 Degrees celsius 2023 up 121.7% volatile
85 United States 1.1 Degrees celsius 2023 up 3,444.8% volatile
86 Peru 1.09 Degrees celsius 2023 up 488.7% volatile
87 Ireland 1.09 Degrees celsius 2023 up 1,598.4% volatile
88 Laos 1.09 Degrees celsius 2023 up 266.2% volatile
89 South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands 1.09 Degrees celsius 2023 up 219.0% volatile
90 Portugal 1.08 Degrees celsius 2023 up 3,482.2% volatile
91 Malta 1.08 Degrees celsius 2023 up 230.7% volatile
92 Colombia 1.08 Degrees celsius 2023 up 139.6% volatile
93 Argentina 1.07 Degrees celsius 2023 up 91.7% volatile
94 Dominican Republic 1.06 Degrees celsius 2023 up 247.5% volatile
95 Denmark 1.06 Degrees celsius 2023 up 103,107.0% volatile
96 Cayman Islands 1.05 Degrees celsius 2023 up 186.4% volatile
97 United Kingdom 1.05 Degrees celsius 2023 up 651.1% volatile
98 Bhutan 1.03 Degrees celsius 2023 up 135.2% volatile
99 Bahamas 1.03 Degrees celsius 2023 up 404.0% volatile
100 Cuba 1.02 Degrees celsius 2023 up 242.6% volatile
101 French Southern Territories 1.02 Degrees celsius 2023 up 628.0% volatile
102 Haiti 1.01 Degrees celsius 2023 up 157.5% volatile
103 Libya 1 Degrees celsius 2023 up 25.2% volatile
104 Zimbabwe 0.9998 Degrees celsius 2023 up 336.1% volatile
105 Mexico 0.9887 Degrees celsius 2023 up 69.1% volatile
106 Turks and Caicos Islands 0.9839 Degrees celsius 2023 up 579.0% volatile
107 Nicaragua 0.9836 Degrees celsius 2023 up 214.1% volatile
108 Venezuela 0.9827 Degrees celsius 2023 up 57.4% volatile
109 Burundi 0.9716 Degrees celsius 2023 up 187.6% volatile
110 French Guiana 0.9565 Degrees celsius 2023 up 198.5% volatile
111 Myanmar 0.9547 Degrees celsius 2023 up 176.3% volatile
112 New Zealand 0.9532 Degrees celsius 2023 up 32.0% volatile
113 Panama 0.9509 Degrees celsius 2023 up 125.3% volatile
114 Liberia 0.9391 Degrees celsius 2023 up 435.3% volatile
115 Guyana 0.9208 Degrees celsius 2023 up 1,050.3% volatile
116 Cameroon 0.917 Degrees celsius 2023 up 121.6% volatile
117 Namibia 0.9116 Degrees celsius 2023 up 44.3% volatile
118 Mongolia 0.9097 Degrees celsius 2023 up 100.3% volatile
119 Burkina Faso 0.9049 Degrees celsius 2023 up 110.7% volatile
120 Benin 0.9017 Degrees celsius 2023 up 157.0% volatile
121 Gabon 0.8999 Degrees celsius 2023 up 61.6% volatile
122 Bangladesh 0.8974 Degrees celsius 2023 up 832.4% volatile
123 Zambia 0.8782 Degrees celsius 2023 up 140.2% volatile
124 Suriname 0.8718 Degrees celsius 2023 up 1,506.8% volatile
125 Thailand 0.8718 Degrees celsius 2023 up 312.5% volatile
126 Poland 1.83 Degrees celsius 2023 up 643.2% volatile
126 Oman 0.8681 Degrees celsius 2023 up 1,314.9% volatile
127 Congo 0.8653 Degrees celsius 2023 up 80.7% volatile
128 Malawi 0.8603 Degrees celsius 2023 up 170.5% volatile
129 Botswana 0.8594 Degrees celsius 2023 up 107.7% volatile
130 Côte d’Ivoire 0.8572 Degrees celsius 2023 up 184.5% volatile
131 Hong Kong 0.8548 Degrees celsius 2023 up 1,591.1% volatile
132 Brunei Darussalam 0.8371 Degrees celsius 2023 up 134.7% volatile
133 Senegal 0.8348 Degrees celsius 2023 up 267.6% volatile
134 Macao 0.8321 Degrees celsius 2023 up 3,026.3% volatile
135 Syrian Arab Republic 1.81 Degrees celsius 2023 up 97.0% volatile
135 Costa Rica 0.831 Degrees celsius 2023 up 223.2% volatile
136 Angola 0.8219 Degrees celsius 2023 up 100.2% volatile
137 Ghana 0.8196 Degrees celsius 2023 up 127.3% volatile
138 Bouvet Island 0.8176 Degrees celsius 2023 up 480.0% volatile
139 Mauritius 0.8167 Degrees celsius 2023 up 97.0% volatile
140 Tanzania 0.8094 Degrees celsius 2023 up 86.9% volatile
141 Finland 0.809 Degrees celsius 2023 down 39.1% volatile
142 Brazil 0.8042 Degrees celsius 2023 up 159.8% volatile
143 Togo 0.8035 Degrees celsius 2023 up 182.8% volatile
144 Guinea 0.8028 Degrees celsius 2023 up 387.5% volatile
145 Puerto Rico 0.7925 Degrees celsius 2023 up 314.3% volatile
146 Gambia 0.7823 Degrees celsius 2023 up 101.1% volatile
147 Trinidad and Tobago 0.7795 Degrees celsius 2023 up 116.3% volatile
148 Indonesia 0.7771 Degrees celsius 2023 up 104.9% volatile
149 Malaysia 0.7685 Degrees celsius 2023 up 118.1% volatile
150 Mozambique 0.7679 Degrees celsius 2023 up 1,165.3% volatile
151 British Virgin Islands 0.7636 Degrees celsius 2023 up 1,373.5% volatile
152 Sierra Leone 0.7599 Degrees celsius 2023 up 423.4% volatile
153 Nigeria 0.7574 Degrees celsius 2023 up 99.7% volatile
154 Uruguay 0.7533 Degrees celsius 2023 up 721.1% volatile
155 Slovenia 1.75 Degrees celsius 2023 up 171.9% volatile
155 United States Virgin Islands 0.7419 Degrees celsius 2023 up 1,476.7% volatile
156 Lithuania 1.75 Degrees celsius 2023 up 223.3% volatile
156 Grenada 0.7376 Degrees celsius 2023 up 182.6% volatile
157 Heard Island and McDonald Islands 0.729 Degrees celsius 2023 up 289.6% volatile
158 Réunion 0.7234 Degrees celsius 2023 up 180.3% volatile
159 Saint Barthélemy 0.72 Degrees celsius 2023 up 837.7% volatile
160 Comoros 0.7166 Degrees celsius 2023 up 268.1% volatile
161 Saint Kitts and Nevis 0.7089 Degrees celsius 2023 up 561.6% volatile
162 Bonaire Sint Eustatius and Saba 0.707 Degrees celsius 2023 up 391.2% volatile
163 Curaçao 0.6913 Degrees celsius 2023 up 239.1% volatile
164 Mayotte 0.6901 Degrees celsius 2023 up 226.6% volatile
165 Nepal 0.6895 Degrees celsius 2023 up 302.8% volatile
166 Antigua and Barbuda 0.6867 Degrees celsius 2023 up 547.1% volatile
167 Aruba 0.6865 Degrees celsius 2023 up 228.1% volatile
168 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 0.6825 Degrees celsius 2023 up 240.2% volatile
169 Türkiye 1.73 Degrees celsius 2023 up 200.2% volatile
169 Martinique 0.6823 Degrees celsius 2023 up 317.1% volatile
170 Tuvalu 0.6821 Degrees celsius 2023 up 150.5% volatile
171 Dominica 0.6733 Degrees celsius 2023 up 485.5% volatile
172 Philippines 0.6647 Degrees celsius 2023 up 103.1% volatile
173 Saint Lucia 0.66 Degrees celsius 2023 up 200.2% volatile
174 Kiribati 0.6596 Degrees celsius 2023 up 422.9% volatile
175 Kenya 0.6556 Degrees celsius 2023 up 207.6% volatile
176 Guadeloupe 0.6519 Degrees celsius 2023 up 409.8% volatile
177 Taiwan 0.6477 Degrees celsius 2023 up 87.8% volatile
178 Montserrat 0.6473 Degrees celsius 2023 up 514.7% volatile
179 Barbados 0.6331 Degrees celsius 2023 up 230.3% volatile
180 Somalia 0.6188 Degrees celsius 2023 up 1,536.6% volatile
181 Bermuda 0.6186 Degrees celsius 2023 up 966.8% volatile
182 Guinea-Bissau 0.613 Degrees celsius 2023 up 2,889.9% volatile
183 Pakistan 0.6113 Degrees celsius 2023 up 165.5% volatile
184 Singapore 0.6111 Degrees celsius 2023 up 73.4% volatile
185 Cambodia 0.6034 Degrees celsius 2023 up 42.0% volatile
186 Papua New Guinea 0.6002 Degrees celsius 2023 up 110.2% volatile
187 Sao Tome and Principe 0.5786 Degrees celsius 2023 up 811.2% volatile
188 Solomon Islands 0.5712 Degrees celsius 2023 up 84.3% volatile
189 Tokelau 0.5404 Degrees celsius 2023 up 1,649.4% volatile
190 Wallis and Futuna 0.539 Degrees celsius 2023 up 77.0% volatile
191 British Indian Ocean Territory 0.5257 Degrees celsius 2023 up 67.1% volatile
192 Seychelles 0.5253 Degrees celsius 2023 up 511.6% volatile
193 South Africa 0.5207 Degrees celsius 2023 up 243.2% volatile
194 Guam 0.5097 Degrees celsius 2023 up 46.4% volatile
195 Palau 0.5044 Degrees celsius 2023 up 107.9% volatile
196 Northern Mariana Islands 0.5031 Degrees celsius 2023 up 54.4% volatile
197 United States Minor Outlying Islands 0.4995 Degrees celsius 2023 up 273.5% volatile
198 Marshall Islands 0.4942 Degrees celsius 2023 up 32.8% volatile
199 Chile 0.4934 Degrees celsius 2023 up 31.2% volatile
200 Saint Helena 0.4866 Degrees celsius 2023 up 125.1% volatile
201 Maldives 0.4677 Degrees celsius 2023 up 81.7% volatile
202 India 0.4393 Degrees celsius 2023 up 726.6% volatile
203 Norway 0.4366 Degrees celsius 2023 down 43.0% volatile
204 Samoa 0.4324 Degrees celsius 2023 up 63.7% volatile
205 Australia 0.4214 Degrees celsius 2023 down 51.7% volatile
206 Nauru 0.4194 Degrees celsius 2023 down 25.5% volatile
207 American Samoa 0.4188 Degrees celsius 2023 up 44.4% volatile
208 Sweden 0.4029 Degrees celsius 2023 down 32.7% volatile
209 Tonga 0.4011 Degrees celsius 2023 down 43.2% volatile
210 Faroe Islands 0.3977 Degrees celsius 2023 up 135.7% volatile
211 Sri Lanka 0.3813 Degrees celsius 2023 up 336.5% volatile
212 Vanuatu 0.3654 Degrees celsius 2023 up 38.1% volatile
213 Pitcairn 0.3094 Degrees celsius 2023 up 410.0% volatile
214 French Polynesia 0.2802 Degrees celsius 2023 up 422.5% volatile
215 Iceland 0.2748 Degrees celsius 2023 down 32.9% volatile
216 Niue 0.2372 Degrees celsius 2023 down 61.1% volatile
217 Christmas Island 0.1759 Degrees celsius 2023 down 41.2% volatile
218 Cook Islands 0.1443 Degrees celsius 2023 down 56.7% volatile
219 Norfolk Island 0.1343 Degrees celsius 2023 up 5,646.1% volatile
220 Cocos (Keeling) Islands 0.0786 Degrees celsius 2023 down 75.0% volatile
221 Falkland Islands (Malvinas) 0.0766 Degrees celsius 2023 up 1,356.5% volatile
222 New Caledonia 0.0657 Degrees celsius 2023 up 286.1% volatile
244 Netherlands 1.56 Degrees celsius 2023 up 516.1% volatile
311 Latvia 1.43 Degrees celsius 2023 up 179.8% volatile
408 Estonia 1.22 Degrees celsius 2023 up 62.8% volatile
478 Democratic Republic of the Congo 1.1 Degrees celsius 2023 up 91.1% volatile
563 Viet Nam 0.857 Degrees celsius 2023 up 237.2% volatile
652 Micronesia 0.5083 Degrees celsius 2023 up 55.2% volatile
668 Timor-Leste 0.3407 Degrees celsius 2023 up 25.7% volatile

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Indicator
Exposure to extreme temperature — Annual temperature change
Unit
Degrees celsius
Source
Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development
Licence
OECD Terms and Conditions (attribution required)
Coverage
979 places, 44,055 data points, 1979–2023
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The dataset provides a global assessment of changes in average temperature by providing the temperature anomaly, days with above-average temperatures and days with below-average temperatures. Exposure indicators to extreme temperature have been prepared jointly by the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) and the International Energy Agency (IEA). Please see the working paper for a more complete description of the methods. The dataset also provides a global assessment of extreme temperatures through the use of a variety of climate indices, including hot days, tropical nights, the Universal Thermal Climate Index and icing days. The datasets span the period 1979-2022, depending on data availability and are the result of the use of a variety of geospatial data sources. The dataset has a global coverage on a national level; on the sub-national TL2 level (i.e. large subnational regions) results are reported for all OECD countries as well as for Argentina, Brazil, China, India, Indonesia and South Africa. A number of aggregates are included: Euro area, European Union, Advanced economies, Emerging market economies, G7, G20, OECD, OECD Europe, OECD Asia Oceania, OECD Americas and the LAC region. Data source(s): Copernicus Climate Data Store temperature data (ERA5) and Global Human Settlement Layer population grid data. Contact: ENV.Stat@oecd.org Database documentation