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South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands

Country profile

Temperature anomaly
0.62
°C vs 1991-2020 · 2025
103rd of 193 countries
19402025

South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands in stripes: every year since 1940, blue cooler than the 1991-2020 average, red hotter.

Climate

Temperature anomaly

0.62 °C vs 1991-2020 · 2025
+0.8 °C since 1995103rd highest of 193 · 2025
-10119401960198020002020Worldhigh 2021low 1941

How much warmer or cooler a country's year was compared with its 1991-2020 average. Watch the map turn red as you move the slider towards today. Copernicus Climate Change Service (ERA5) via Our World in Data

Water

Annual precipitation

1,677 mm/year · 2025
+2.9% since 199540th highest of 192 · 2025
01k2k19401960198020002020Worldhigh 2023

Total rain and snow that fell over a country in a year, averaged across its land area. Copernicus Climate Change Service (ERA5) via Our World in Data

Rainfall anomaly

6.60 % vs 1961-1990 · 2025
+3.0 pp since 199544th highest of 192 · 2025
02019401960198020002020Worldhigh 2023

How much wetter (teal) or drier (brown) a country's year was compared with its 1961-1990 average. A simple drought and deluge signal. Derived from Copernicus ERA5 precipitation via Our World in Data

Land & Life

Red List Index

0.95 index (1 = species safe) · 2024
+4.4% since 199439th highest of 244 · 2024
00.51200020102020high 2020

Tracks extinction risk across all assessed species. 1 means no species at risk; falling values mean wildlife sliding towards extinction. IUCN / SDG 15.5.1 via Our World in Data

What can one person do?

  • Fly less
    One long-haul return flight can outweigh a year of other savings. Swap one flight for a train trip or a call.
  • Eat more plants
    Shifting towards a plant-rich diet is one of the largest steady cuts a person can make, and it starts with single meals.
  • Travel without a car where you can
    Walking, cycling and public transport beat an electric car; an electric car beats petrol.
  • Use your voice
    Personal footprints matter, but system change matters more. Vote, ask your employer and bank what they are doing, and talk about it.

Based on the highest-impact personal actions identified by Wynes & Nicholas (2017) and the IPCC's AR6 report on demand-side mitigation.