Barbados vs Fiji: Year-on-year change in CO₂ emissions

Barbados
48,438 tonnes
in 2024
Fiji
63,220 tonnes
in 2024
Barbados rank
102nd
Fiji rank
100th

Year-on-year change in CO₂ emissions over time

  • Barbados
  • Fiji
-200.0k0200.0k400.0k192919762024

How they compare

Fiji currently reports 63,220 tonnes against 48,438 tonnes in Barbados, a difference of 14,782 tonnes.

That makes Fiji's figure about 1.3 times Barbados's.

The two have swapped places 41 times across 74 shared years of data; in 1951 it was Barbados ahead.

Barbados ranks 102nd and Fiji ranks 100th of 215 countries.

Across the 8 decades both report, Barbados averaged higher in 5 and Fiji in 3.

Head to head by decade

Decade Barbados Fiji Difference Ahead
1950s 8,549 tonnes 8,549 tonnes 0.0011 tonnes Fiji
1960s 32,976 tonnes 23,429 tonnes 9,547 tonnes Barbados
1970s 12,091 tonnes 40,431 tonnes 28,340 tonnes Fiji
1980s 38,779 tonnes -21,125 tonnes 59,904 tonnes Barbados
1990s 31,300 tonnes 13,126 tonnes 18,173 tonnes Barbados
2000s 39,804 tonnes -5,298 tonnes 45,102 tonnes Barbados
2010s -30,781 tonnes 80,597 tonnes 111,378 tonnes Fiji
2020s -5,349 tonnes -12,828 tonnes 7,479 tonnes Barbados

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher year-on-year change in co₂ emissions, Barbados or Fiji?
Fiji, at 63,220 tonnes against 48,438 tonnes in Barbados as of 2024.
What is the difference in year-on-year change in co₂ emissions between Barbados and Fiji?
14,782 tonnes, with Fiji ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Barbados and Fiji?
74 years are reported by both, from 1951 to 2024.
How do Barbados and Fiji rank globally for year-on-year change in co₂ emissions?
Barbados ranks 102nd and Fiji ranks 100th of 215 countries.
Where does this data come from?
Global Carbon Budget (2025) – with major processing by Our World in Data, published as Year-on-year change in CO₂ emissions. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.

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Indicator
Year-on-year change in CO₂ emissions
Unit
tonnes
Source
Global Carbon Budget (2025) – with major processing by Our World in Data
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (Our World in Data)
Coverage
215 places, 23,088 data points, 1751–2024
Last refreshed

Annual growth in total emissions of carbon dioxide (CO₂), excluding land-use change, measured in tonnes.