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Time

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2009

2010

2011

Country

Afghanistan

^(m)

^(°)

20.39

^(m)

18.03

^(m)

Albania

59.82

59.86

61.35

61.96

62.34

62.05

^(m)

Algeria

^(m)

51.00

55.22

54.78

57.38

^(m)

58.08

58.30

^(m)

Andorra

^(m)

49.81

48.69

48.64

50.88

53.12

^(m)

57.52

^(m)

Angola

39.01

^(m)

^(*)

39.86

^(m)

45.40

^(m)

Anguilla

^(a)

100.00

80.95

75.76

82.98

83.33

^(m)

Antigua and Barbuda

^(m)

70.59

73.59

^(m)

Argentina

61.66

^(°)

60.35

59.22

59.31

59.65

58.14

58.67

59.73

59.71

59.73

59.51

^(m)

Armenia

54.19

53.72

54.62

53.68

53.73

55.47

55.48

54.51

54.70

56.95

56.06

55.85

^(m)

Aruba

53.94

60.65

60.57

60.43

59.33

60.21

59.78

60.32

58.42

58.03

58.33

57.21

^(m)

Australia

54.12

54.26

54.18

54.00

54.14

54.17

54.47

54.87

55.06

55.31

55.78

56.09

^(m)

Austria

50.03

50.96

51.85

52.69

52.99

53.33

53.66

53.82

53.69

53.29

53.24

^(m)

Azerbaijan

39.03

40.05

41.60

44.17

44.67

45.96

46.75

47.49

45.71

44.28

49.62

49.38

^(m)

Bahamas

^(m)

Bahrain

^(°)

60.01

^(m)

45.87

^(m)

Bangladesh

32.27

32.31

33.84

32.01

32.02

31.55

33.45

34.82

34.90

^(m)

36.98

^(m)

Barbados

69.21

72.31

70.69

^(m)

68.01

^(m)

68.65

68.50

^(m)

Belarus

55.83

56.13

56.18

56.80

57.07

57.06

56.76

56.82

57.47

57.84

57.83

57.59

^(m)

Belgium

52.68

52.26

52.83

53.09

53.35

53.81

54.42

54.71

54.95

55.03

54.80

^(m)

Belize

^(m)

^(*)

64.90

70.22

^(m)

62.59

61.75

^(m)

Benin

^(°)

19.83

^(°)

19.83

^(°)

19.83

^(m)

27.93

^(m)

Bermuda

60.37

54.05

^(m)

62.25

^(m)

66.06

65.10

69.96

71.11

72.15

72.14

67.39

^(m)

Bhutan

^(°)

36.44

^(°)

33.75

^(°)

33.76

^(m)

34.82

33.69

33.03

34.75

^(m)

36.59

39.76

Bolivia

^(m)

^(*)

45.04

^(m)

Bosnia and Herzegovina

^(m)

55.96

55.94

^(m)

Botswana

47.77

^(°)

48.60

^(°)

49.43

50.28

50.36

52.07

52.79

53.19

^(m)

Brazil

55.56

56.17

56.10

56.47

56.44

56.34

55.86

^(m)

55.72

55.77

56.96

56.88

^(m)

Brunei Darussalam

65.91

64.76

63.18

63.24

64.69

66.04

66.51

66.06

64.53

65.61

62.55

63.28

^(m)

Bulgaria

59.47

57.27

56.31

53.97

52.80

52.48

52.10

53.46

53.71

55.33

55.60

55.52

^(m)

Burkina Faso

22.79

^(°)

22.78

^(°)

25.40

22.41

^(°)

22.41

30.73

31.01

30.90

32.65

32.13

31.85

32.60

Burundi

29.54

26.79

27.22

30.45

^(°)

31.85

27.72

^(°)

27.67

^(°)

30.54

^(m)

35.37

^(m)

Cambodia

^(m)

25.09

27.34

28.83

^(°)

28.83

31.29

31.46

32.79

35.19

34.35

^(m)

Cameroon

^(m)

^(°)

38.78

^(°)

38.78

^(°)

38.78

^(*)

39.50

41.77

43.87

44.06

43.94

44.69

^(m)

Canada

55.98

56.01

^(m)

56.40

^(m)

^(°)

56.45

^(m)

Cape Verde

^(m)

^(°)

51.06

^(*)

51.11

51.05

52.91

52.60

51.00

52.13

54.64

55.51

56.27

55.22

^(m)

Cayman Islands

^(°)

73.68

^(°)

73.68

74.62

^(m)

71.60

69.97

68.86

^(m)

Central African Republic

16.09

16.24

^(m)

22.46

^(m)

26.40

30.53

24.52

^(m)

Chad

^(m)

15.00

^(°)

15.00

^(m)

10.21

12.52

6.01

^(m)

12.72

14.67

14.75

^(m)

Chile

47.11

47.16

^(m)

47.51

47.83

47.99

48.14

49.16

49.42

49.93

50.71

^(m)

China

^(m)

43.84

45.51

45.99

47.06

47.89

48.80

49.24

49.70

^(m)

Colombia

52.12

51.60

51.81

51.45

^(°)

51.50

51.30

51.32

51.45

51.50

49.06

50.50

51.56

^(m)

Comoros

42.68

^(°)

41.88

^(m)

43.18

^(°)

43.17

^(m)

40.99

41.98

^(m)

Congo

21.01

23.78

11.93

15.81

^(°)

15.81

^(m)

17.31

^(m)

Congo, The Democratic Republic of the

^(m)

^(*)

25.87

26.13

23.61

^(m)

Cook Islands

^(a)

Costa Rica

^(m)

^(°)

52.34

54.32

^(°)

54.32

^(m)

Côte d''Ivoire

26.27

^(°)

27.59

^(m)

^(°)

32.73

33.30

^(m)

Croatia

52.90

52.71

52.45

53.19

^(m)

53.85

54.13

54.06

54.60

55.02

56.31

^(m)

Cuba

53.15

53.46

52.14

54.39

56.16

^(°)

62.31

^(*)

62.11

60.77

63.56

61.36

61.33

61.01

^(m)

Cyprus

56.03

57.09

58.01

54.83

49.50

47.92

52.01

50.86

50.11

49.03

46.83

46.13

^(m)

Czech Republic

49.73

49.78

50.11

51.23

50.68

51.25

52.62

53.82

54.66

55.45

56.48

^(m)

Denmark

56.30

56.91

56.39

57.44

57.92

57.86

57.43

57.36

57.57

58.00

58.24

^(m)

Djibouti

50.86

46.84

41.73

44.51

40.95

44.80

41.75

39.99

40.42

^(m)

40.65

^(m)

39.89

Dominica

^(m)

75.98

^(m)

Dominican Republic

^(m)

61.32

^(°)

61.33

^(m)

Ecuador

^(m)

54.39

52.86

^(m)

Egypt

^(m)

^(°)

42.72

^(m)

46.70

^(m)

El Salvador

55.11

54.26

54.16

54.20

53.87

55.70

54.71

54.69

54.82

54.59

54.36

54.17

^(m)

Equatorial Guinea

^(m)

30.31

^(m)

Eritrea

13.52

14.32

13.41

13.40

^(°)

13.34

13.14

^(m)

24.52

24.98

^(m)

Estonia

57.77

58.47

60.09

61.45

61.54

61.77

61.51

61.58

61.06

61.71

61.92

^(m)

Ethiopia

18.68

21.68

21.40

26.41

25.18

25.16

24.36

24.24

25.71

23.77

28.47

26.53

^(m)

Fiji

^(m)

^(°)

53.20

53.12

^(°)

53.05

^(m)

Finland

53.97

53.70

53.85

54.09

53.49

53.39

53.55

53.89

54.02

54.22

54.01

53.83

^(m)

France

54.43

54.21

54.12

54.80

55.03

55.04

55.22

55.30

55.21

55.23

^(m)

Gabon

35.69

^(m)

Gambia

22.67

^(°)

22.69

^(m)

19.15

^(m)

Georgia

51.98

49.19

48.95

49.83

48.78

50.54

50.41

52.45

52.04

^(*)

54.11

54.95

55.26

^(m)

Germany

^(m)

Ghana

^(m)

34.95

33.67

34.24

^(m)

37.26

^(m)

37.18

Gibraltar

^(a)

^(m)

Greece

50.25

49.98

51.11

51.25

50.95

51.71

51.11

50.89

50.40

^(m)

Grenada

^(m)

57.08

^(m)

Guatemala

^(m)

43.03

^(°)

43.03

^(m)

50.81

^(m)

Guinea

^(m)

^(°)

15.64

18.64

21.35

^(°)

24.40

^(m)

Guinea-Bissau

^(°)

15.63

15.55

^(°)

15.64

^(m)

Guyana

^(m)

65.25

67.56

68.67

68.11

58.72

67.29

70.83

^(m)

Haiti

^(m)

Holy See

30.08

^(m)

^(a)

Honduras

^(°)

55.73

56.11

^(°)

56.11

^(°)

58.61

^(°)

58.60

^(m)

^(*)

60.00

^(m)

Hong Kong Special Administrative Region of China

^(m)

^(*)

50.31

51.22

51.05

50.50

^(°)

50.52

^(°)

50.61

50.03

^(*)

50.50

^(m)

Hungary

54.21

53.87

54.78

55.27

56.69

57.26

58.41

58.46

58.33

57.96

56.81

^(m)

Iceland

62.16

61.91

62.68

63.21

63.66

64.52

64.91

64.35

64.14

64.43

64.28

^(m)

India

^(m)

37.77

38.66

39.10

38.45

38.20

39.41

39.91

39.13

^(m)

38.64

40.00

^(m)

Indonesia

^(m)

42.85

45.92

43.91

43.82

^(°)

43.67

^(m)

49.31

47.44

48.47

46.66

^(m)

Iran, Islamic Republic of

43.43

45.27

47.39

49.05

50.74

51.35

50.97

51.55

52.40

52.95

51.01

49.46

^(m)

Iraq

34.21

34.05

^(m)

^(°)

34.04

^(m)

36.17

^(°)

36.18

^(m)

Ireland

53.53

54.11

54.72

55.12

55.72

55.20

54.94

55.14

55.18

54.22

53.93

^(m)

Israel

57.61

57.30

56.70

56.50

55.67

55.81

55.99

55.06

55.84

55.61

55.68

^(m)

Italy

55.17

55.52

56.00

56.25

56.21

56.57

56.95

57.24

57.43

57.69

^(m)

Jamaica

^(m)

65.03

^(°)

66.84

68.84

^(°)

69.92

^(m)

68.63

68.85

68.66

^(m)

Japan

44.67

44.88

44.86

45.12

45.57

45.85

45.89

45.66

45.60

45.74

45.79

45.94

^(m)

Jordan

^(m)

51.41

^(m)

48.92

51.05

51.23

50.28

51.63

51.29

51.34

51.31

52.12

^(m)

Kazakhstan

53.38

54.03

54.24

55.24

56.65

57.45

58.12

57.97

58.16

58.18

58.33

58.26

58.39

Kenya

^(m)

35.12

34.84

^(°)

34.84

^(m)

37.47

^(°)

37.27

^(m)

41.20

^(m)

Kiribati

^(a)

^(m)

^(a)

^(m)

Korea, Democratic People's Republic of

^(m)

Korea

35.18

35.63

36.02

36.39

36.55

36.85

37.08

37.49

37.97

38.45

38.86

39.37

^(m)

Kuwait

^(°)

67.66

^(m)

^(°)

63.26

63.31

64.48

^(°)

64.29

^(m)

Kyrgyzstan

50.77

50.08

50.80

52.99

54.06

54.02

55.26

55.62

56.10

57.14

56.37

^(m)

Lao People's Democratic Republic

32.13

33.91

36.53

^(*)

35.63

35.75

37.96

41.17

40.02

41.53

43.22

^(m)

42.89

^(m)

Latvia

61.60

63.41

61.80

61.53

61.71

62.26

63.18

63.31

63.92

64.41

63.66

62.75

^(m)

Lebanon

50.30

51.72

51.90

52.95

54.03

52.28

52.78

53.17

54.00

54.66

53.66

^(m)

Lesotho

63.74

^(°)

61.83

63.46

58.04

61.31

^(m)

56.87

55.18

^(m)

Liberia

19.16

42.78

^(m)

Libyan Arab Jamahiriya

^(°)

48.62

^(°)

50.16

51.41

^(°)

51.39

^(m)

Liechtenstein

^(m)

27.05

26.69

28.84

30.35

31.80

33.00

31.70

37.23

^(m)

Lithuania

60.00

59.96

59.84

60.45

60.03

60.00

60.13

59.92

60.05

59.90

59.24

59.42

^(m)

Luxembourg

51.67

^(m)

53.14

^(°)

52.82

53.30

^(m)

51.60

^(m)

Macao Special Administrative Region of China

46.26

51.97

44.56

36.89

36.50

40.52

42.78

45.87

48.77

49.78

50.12

51.13

^(m)

Macedonia, The Former Yugoslav Republic of

55.09

55.05

55.81

55.22

56.16

57.02

56.70

56.67

54.52

53.23

52.98

52.63

^(m)

Madagascar

^(°)

45.66

^(°)

46.30

^(°)

45.50

^(°)

45.36

^(°)

45.37

47.33

47.04

46.53

46.96

47.22

47.51

47.76

^(m)

Malawi

27.56

^(°)

27.57

^(°)

29.18

^(°)

29.18

^(°)

29.18

^(°)

35.33

^(°)

35.34

^(°)

33.61

33.62

^(m)

37.99

^(m)

Malaysia

49.99

51.00

54.28

55.07

57.23

55.40

56.02

54.84

55.81

55.82

55.59

^(m)

Maldives

^(a)

69.86

^(°)

69.86

^(m)

^(a°)

^(m)

Mali

31.53

32.00

33.00

33.01

^(°)

33.89

34.58

^(°)

34.58

^(m)

^(°)

31.10

31.08

28.89

28.69

30.96

Malta

51.47

53.30

54.81

56.91

56.98

55.89

56.34

^(m)

57.44

57.90

56.53

56.34

^(m)

Marshall Islands

^(m)

^(°)

56.42

56.48

^(°)

56.47

^(m)

Mauritania

^(m)

16.79

21.25

^(*)

21.43

23.68

24.55

25.65

^(m)

28.22

28.16

28.22

^(m)

Mauritius

^(°)

44.46

^(°)

46.13

^(°)

55.39

^(°)

49.24

^(°)

47.59

^(°)

48.72

^(°)

50.31

^(°)

49.71

^(°)

53.49

^(°)

54.81

^(m)

Mexico

48.30

48.72

49.05

49.33

49.65

49.96

50.25

50.29

50.27

50.23

50.02

^(m)

Micronesia, Federated States of

^(m)

Moldova, Republic of

55.86

56.27

55.70

56.64

56.38

56.95

58.67

57.41

^(*)

57.33

58.35

57.28

56.42

^(m)

Monaco

^(a)

^(m)

Mongolia

64.93

63.83

63.19

63.25

62.44

61.79

61.42

60.70

60.52

60.89

60.63

60.29

^(m)

Montenegro, Republic of

^(m)

55.25

54.28

^(m)

Montserrat

^(a)

80.39

82.14

85.25

^(m)

Morocco

41.79

42.30

43.72

^(°)

43.74

44.88

45.71

45.13

45.15

47.57

47.28

46.87

^(m)

Mozambique

^(m)

32.15

31.57

33.13

^(m)

Myanmar

^(m)

57.93

^(m)

Namibia

^(m)

45.63

57.88

53.20

^(m)

46.74

46.73

^(m)

56.84

^(m)

Nauru

^(a)

^(m)

Nepal

^(m)

27.54

^(°)

20.65

20.59

24.13

27.58

^(m)

39.69

40.65

^(m)

Netherlands

49.29

49.96

50.50

50.70

51.01

50.89

50.99

51.13

51.45

51.65

51.83

^(m)

Netherlands Antilles

53.19

55.53

57.75

59.69

^(m)

New Zealand

59.01

58.78

58.63

58.80

58.55

58.43

58.73

59.01

58.66

58.42

57.93

58.08

^(m)

Nicaragua

^(m)

^(°)

52.16

^(°)

52.13

^(m)

Niger

^(m)

^(°)

27.19

27.42

29.56

26.63

28.53

29.56

28.98

29.76

30.37

Nigeria

43.20

^(m)

^(°)

34.55

40.71

^(m)

Niue

^(a)

^(m)

^(a)

^(m)

Norway

57.40

58.42

59.25

59.65

59.74

59.58

59.75

60.25

60.83

61.07

60.81

^(m)

Oman

^(m)

^(°)

40.95

41.52

51.84

50.82

50.52

50.71

^(m)

49.75

49.97

^(m)

Pakistan

^(m)

^(°)

43.16

42.71

45.14

44.51

^(*)

44.51

^(*)

44.51

^(m)

Palau

^(m)

^(°)

69.01

63.54

^(°)

63.43

^(m)

Occupied Palestinian Territory

45.56

46.52

47.42

47.92

49.49

52.69

53.74

53.92

55.62

56.26

^(m)

Panama

60.73

62.13

62.40

62.14

60.60

61.61

61.15

60.92

60.59

59.71

59.62

^(m)

Papua New Guinea

^(°)

35.18

^(m)

Paraguay

57.21

56.93

57.22

^(°)

57.57

^(°)

57.21

^(°)

56.55

^(°)

52.33

^(m)

56.72

^(m)

58.25

^(m)

Peru

^(m)

^(°)

48.78

^(°)

51.10

^(°)

51.13

^(°)

49.97

^(°)

49.98

^(°)

50.89

^(m)

51.58

^(m)

Philippines

54.94

^(m)

55.57

55.26

55.17

54.20

54.47

^(m)

54.45

^(m)

Poland

57.02

57.53

58.02

57.90

57.81

57.55

57.51

57.40

57.37

57.58

57.89

^(m)

Portugal

55.90

56.51

57.01

56.60

56.07

55.67

55.21

53.97

53.52

53.35

^(m)

Puerto Rico

^(m)

60.36

60.35

59.14

^(m)

Qatar

^(°)

71.85

^(m)

73.23

72.51

72.78

71.42

^(°)

68.22

^(°)

67.57

65.23

63.75

64.16

63.00

^(m)

Romania

51.03

51.83

53.51

54.35

54.30

54.79

54.64

55.42

56.10

56.35

56.28

56.43

^(m)

Russian Federation

^(m)

56.82

57.02

57.06

56.94

56.83

56.82

56.63

^(m)

Rwanda

^(m)

33.66

34.15

36.76

39.10

^(m)

43.54

43.82

^(m)

Saint Kitts and Nevis

^(a)

^(m)

67.29

^(m)

Saint Lucia

^(m)

^(°)

67.67

77.77

73.78

84.58

70.65

69.73

72.39

72.28

^(m)

Saint Vincent and the Grenadines

^(a)

^(m)

Samoa

47.46

44.33

^(°)

44.36

^(m)

San Marino

^(m)

57.86

^(m)

57.37

^(m)

58.16

^(m)

Sao Tome and Principe

^(a)

47.59

48.83

^(m)

Saudi Arabia

56.98

55.93

^(°)

54.89

^(°)

58.75

58.25

58.72

58.07

57.88

54.69

52.43

^(m)

Senegal

^(m)

31.65

34.64

35.30

36.96

37.25

^(m)

Serbia, Republic of

^(m)

55.29

55.39

55.24

55.32

^(m)

Seychelles

^(a)

^(m)

Sierra Leone

^(m)

45.21

28.78

^(°)

28.78

^(m)

Singapore

^(m)

48.51

49.09

49.59

^(m)

Slovak Republic

51.70

50.39

51.29

52.08

53.05

54.06

55.31

57.68

58.89

60.29

60.47

59.75

^(m)

Slovenia

56.04

56.09

57.54

56.22

56.87

57.82

58.37

58.29

58.14

57.96

^(m)

Solomon Islands

^(a)

^(m)

^(a)

^(m)

Somalia

^(m)

South Africa

^(m)

Spain

53.04

52.94

52.47

53.15

53.14

53.82

53.73

53.86

54.03

54.11

^(m)

Sri Lanka

^(m)

65.07

^(m)

Sudan

47.20

^(°)

47.18

^(m)

Suriname

^(m)

61.96

^(m)

Swaziland

47.89

48.52

^(m)

54.59

^(°)

54.44

52.44

51.96

49.77

^(m)

Sweden

57.58

58.22

59.07

59.47

59.59

59.55

59.60

59.58

59.92

60.29

60.14

59.40

^(m)

Switzerland

41.71

42.64

42.69

43.27

44.23

44.94

46.04

46.95

47.58

49.27

49.66

49.21

^(m)

Syrian Arab Republic

^(m)

Tajikistan

25.43

25.16

23.86

24.48

24.98

24.82

25.94

26.82

27.45

28.22

29.04

29.07

^(m)

Tanzania, United Republic of

21.04

^(m)

13.27

^(°)

23.49

30.71

29.17

^(°)

32.40

^(m)

45.11

^(m)

Thailand

53.39

54.11

52.63

52.07

^(°)

52.91

53.66

52.38

51.04

54.48

53.97

54.29

55.80

55.72

Timor-Leste

^(m)

^(*)

52.87

^(m)

40.02

^(m)

Togo

^(m)

Tokelau

^(a)

^(m)

^(a)

^(m)

Tonga

54.95

^(°)

60.46

^(°)

60.49

^(°)

60.50

60.48

^(°)

59.82

^(m)

Trinidad and Tobago

57.41

59.30

59.98

59.49

61.06

55.43

^(°)

55.59

^(m)

Tunisia

^(°)

48.31

^(m)

^(°)

48.15

53.87

54.92

56.50

57.23

57.52

59.04

58.82

59.51

^(m)

Turkey

39.64

^(°)

39.65

40.81

41.38

42.25

41.40

41.87

42.35

42.57

43.07

43.59

^(m)

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