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Climate · Data to 2023

Global sea level rise

Cumulative change in global average sea level since 1880, in millimetres. The CSIRO tide-gauge reconstruction runs to 2013; NOAA's satellite record (plotted on the same scale by the EPA) reaches 2023 at 259 mm.

Latest (2023)259.20 mmNOAA (satellites)
Change on previous▲ 2.3%vs 2022
Data points1652 series
-5005010015020025030019001925195019752000NOAA (satellites)NOAA (satellites) 1993: 160NOAA (satellites) 1994: 165NOAA (satellites) 1995: 170NOAA (satellites) 1996: 174NOAA (satellites) 1997: 178NOAA (satellites) 1998: 177NOAA (satellites) 1999: 176NOAA (satellites) 2000: 180NOAA (satellites) 2001: 186NOAA (satellites) 2002: 187NOAA (satellites) 2003: 191NOAA (satellites) 2004: 192NOAA (satellites) 2005: 196NOAA (satellites) 2006: 198NOAA (satellites) 2007: 198NOAA (satellites) 2008: 202NOAA (satellites) 2009: 206NOAA (satellites) 2010: 207NOAA (satellites) 2011: 206NOAA (satellites) 2012: 216NOAA (satellites) 2013: 218NOAA (satellites) 2014: 221NOAA (satellites) 2015: 230NOAA (satellites) 2016: 234NOAA (satellites) 2017: 235NOAA (satellites) 2018: 237NOAA (satellites) 2019: 244NOAA (satellites) 2020: 246NOAA (satellites) 2021: 251NOAA (satellites) 2022: 253NOAA (satellites) 2023: 259CSIRO (tide gauges)-1000100200300190019502000NOAA (satellites)NOAA (satellites) 1993: 160NOAA (satellites) 1994: 165NOAA (satellites) 1995: 170NOAA (satellites) 1996: 174NOAA (satellites) 1997: 178NOAA (satellites) 1998: 177NOAA (satellites) 1999: 176NOAA (satellites) 2000: 180NOAA (satellites) 2001: 186NOAA (satellites) 2002: 187NOAA (satellites) 2003: 191NOAA (satellites) 2004: 192NOAA (satellites) 2005: 196NOAA (satellites) 2006: 198NOAA (satellites) 2007: 198NOAA (satellites) 2008: 202NOAA (satellites) 2009: 206NOAA (satellites) 2010: 207NOAA (satellites) 2011: 206NOAA (satellites) 2012: 216NOAA (satellites) 2013: 218NOAA (satellites) 2014: 221NOAA (satellites) 2015: 230NOAA (satellites) 2016: 234NOAA (satellites) 2017: 235NOAA (satellites) 2018: 237NOAA (satellites) 2019: 244NOAA (satellites) 2020: 246NOAA (satellites) 2021: 251NOAA (satellites) 2022: 253NOAA (satellites) 2023: 259CSIRO (tide gauges)
NOAA (satellites)CSIRO (tide gauges)

Unit: mm · Hover or tap points for values.

Show the numbers
PeriodNOAA (satellites)CSIRO (tide gauges)
2023259.2—
2022253.4—
2021251.1—
2020246.4—
2019243.7—
2018237.2—
2017234.8—
2016233.5—
2015230.2—
2014221.4—
2013218.1226.4
2012215.7234.8
2011205.7226
2010207.4224.4
2009205.8216.7
2008202.2210.9
2007198.2202.2
2006198.2200.3
2005196196
2004192.4195.9
2003190.5196.3
2002187.3187.1
2001185.5184.7
2000180.2179.2
1999176.1177.9
1998176.8169.4
1997177.8179.3
1996173.9172.3
1995170.3168.2
1994164.7165.3
1993160.2160.1
1992—161.9
1991—161.2
1990—158.7
1989—156.4
1988—151.9
1987—147.2
1986—146.6
1985—146
1984—156.3
1983—157.2
1982—148.8
1981—154.6
1980—142.2
1979—136.2
1978—141.1
1977—134.7
1976—136.4
1975—137.4
1974—139
1973—127.1
1972—133.1
1971—124
1970—118.8
1969—120.7
1968—113.9
1967—113.1
1966—111.7
1965—117.1
1964—105.9
1963—113.8
1962—115.4
1961—120.6
1960—114.4
1959—110.7
1958—110.4
1957—109
1956—95.6
1955—100.7
1954—99.8
1953—102.7
1952—98.3
1951—100.9
1950—91.4
1949—89.2
1948—90.5
1947—85.7
1946—82.6
1945—75.1
1944—72.3
1943—78.7
1942—78.7
1941—78.7
1940—66.5
1939—71.8
1938—66.6
1937—64
1936—58.3
1935—62.2
1934—56.6
1933—62
1932—57.7
1931—52
1930—52.4
1929—48.4
1928—47
1927—50.9
1926—52
1925—45.5
1924—43.5
1923—50.8
1922—49.6
1921—50.5
1920—48.4
1919—47.1
1918—45.5
1917—47.1
1916—51.6
1915—53.5
1914—45.6
1913—39.3
1912—37.5
1911—40.6
1910—32.3
1909—32.4
1908—27.9
1907—30.4
1906—31.8
1905—25
1904—30.5
1903—40.8
1902—32.8
1901—28.2
1900—28.6
1899—34
1898—26.5
1897—17.1
1896—11.9
1895—19.5
1894—7.7
1893—17.4
1892—12.7
1891—9.5
1890—11.2
1889—9.2
1888—7.6
1887—5.5
1886—11.1
1885—13.5
1884—15
1883—-5.9
1882—-11.2
1881—5.6
1880—0