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
NOAA (satellites)CSIRO (tide gauges)
Unit: mm · Hover or tap points for values.
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| Period | NOAA (satellites) | CSIRO (tide gauges) |
|---|---|---|
| 2023 | 259.2 | — |
| 2022 | 253.4 | — |
| 2021 | 251.1 | — |
| 2020 | 246.4 | — |
| 2019 | 243.7 | — |
| 2018 | 237.2 | — |
| 2017 | 234.8 | — |
| 2016 | 233.5 | — |
| 2015 | 230.2 | — |
| 2014 | 221.4 | — |
| 2013 | 218.1 | 226.4 |
| 2012 | 215.7 | 234.8 |
| 2011 | 205.7 | 226 |
| 2010 | 207.4 | 224.4 |
| 2009 | 205.8 | 216.7 |
| 2008 | 202.2 | 210.9 |
| 2007 | 198.2 | 202.2 |
| 2006 | 198.2 | 200.3 |
| 2005 | 196 | 196 |
| 2004 | 192.4 | 195.9 |
| 2003 | 190.5 | 196.3 |
| 2002 | 187.3 | 187.1 |
| 2001 | 185.5 | 184.7 |
| 2000 | 180.2 | 179.2 |
| 1999 | 176.1 | 177.9 |
| 1998 | 176.8 | 169.4 |
| 1997 | 177.8 | 179.3 |
| 1996 | 173.9 | 172.3 |
| 1995 | 170.3 | 168.2 |
| 1994 | 164.7 | 165.3 |
| 1993 | 160.2 | 160.1 |
| 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 |