Barbados vs Sierra Leone: Year-on-year change in CO₂ emissions

Barbados
48,438 tonnes
in 2024
Sierra Leone
53,848 tonnes
in 2024
Barbados rank
102nd
Sierra Leone rank
101st

Year-on-year change in CO₂ emissions over time

  • Barbados
  • Sierra Leone
-500.0k-250.0k0250.0k500.0k750.0k192919762024

How they compare

Sierra Leone currently reports 53,848 tonnes against 48,438 tonnes in Barbados, a difference of 5,410 tonnes.

That makes Sierra Leone's figure about 1.1 times Barbados's.

The two have swapped places 33 times across 74 shared years of data; in 1951 it was Barbados ahead.

Barbados ranks 102nd and Sierra Leone ranks 101st of 215 countries.

Across the 8 decades both report, Barbados averaged higher in 4 and Sierra Leone in 4.

Head to head by decade

Decade Barbados Sierra Leone Difference Ahead
1950s 8,549 tonnes 8,549 tonnes 0.0011 tonnes Sierra Leone
1960s 32,976 tonnes 85,005 tonnes 52,029 tonnes Sierra Leone
1970s 12,091 tonnes -40,670 tonnes 52,762 tonnes Barbados
1980s 38,779 tonnes -30,411 tonnes 69,190 tonnes Barbados
1990s 31,300 tonnes -19,786 tonnes 51,085 tonnes Barbados
2000s 39,804 tonnes 32,610 tonnes 7,195 tonnes Barbados
2010s -30,781 tonnes 61,555 tonnes 92,336 tonnes Sierra Leone
2020s -5,349 tonnes 63,353 tonnes 68,702 tonnes Sierra Leone

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher year-on-year change in co₂ emissions, Barbados or Sierra Leone?
Sierra Leone, at 53,848 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 Sierra Leone?
5,410 tonnes, with Sierra Leone ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Barbados and Sierra Leone?
74 years are reported by both, from 1951 to 2024.
How do Barbados and Sierra Leone rank globally for year-on-year change in co₂ emissions?
Barbados ranks 102nd and Sierra Leone ranks 101st 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.