Barbados vs Sao Tome and Principe: Cumulative CO₂ emissions from land-use change

Barbados
3.41 million tonnes
in 2024
Sao Tome and Principe
4.28 million tonnes
in 2024
Barbados rank
163rd
Sao Tome and Principe rank
161st

Cumulative CO₂ emissions from land-use change over time

  • Barbados
  • Sao Tome and Principe
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How they compare

Sao Tome and Principe currently reports 4.28 million tonnes against 3.41 million tonnes in Barbados, a difference of 870,530 tonnes.

That makes Sao Tome and Principe's figure about 1.3 times Barbados's.

The two have swapped places 2 times across 175 shared years of data; in 1850 it was Sao Tome and Principe ahead.

Barbados ranks 163rd and Sao Tome and Principe ranks 161st of 197 countries.

Across the 18 decades both report, Barbados averaged higher in 5 and Sao Tome and Principe in 13.

Head to head by decade

Decade Barbados Sao Tome and Principe Difference Ahead
1850s 272,558 tonnes 541,496 tonnes 268,938 tonnes Sao Tome and Principe
1860s 726,307 tonnes 1.58 million tonnes 850,126 tonnes Sao Tome and Principe
1870s 1.16 million tonnes 2.71 million tonnes 1.55 million tonnes Sao Tome and Principe
1880s 1.58 million tonnes 3.79 million tonnes 2.21 million tonnes Sao Tome and Principe
1890s 1.97 million tonnes 4.95 million tonnes 2.98 million tonnes Sao Tome and Principe
1900s 2.28 million tonnes 6.04 million tonnes 3.76 million tonnes Sao Tome and Principe
1910s 2.51 million tonnes 7.12 million tonnes 4.61 million tonnes Sao Tome and Principe
1920s 2.73 million tonnes 8.11 million tonnes 5.38 million tonnes Sao Tome and Principe
1930s 2.98 million tonnes 8.93 million tonnes 5.96 million tonnes Sao Tome and Principe
1940s 3.32 million tonnes 9.04 million tonnes 5.72 million tonnes Sao Tome and Principe
1950s 4.14 million tonnes 8.13 million tonnes 3.98 million tonnes Sao Tome and Principe
1960s 4.60 million tonnes 6.06 million tonnes 1.46 million tonnes Sao Tome and Principe
1970s 4.84 million tonnes 4.16 million tonnes 675,756 tonnes Barbados
1980s 4.99 million tonnes 2.54 million tonnes 2.45 million tonnes Barbados
1990s 5.05 million tonnes 1.48 million tonnes 3.57 million tonnes Barbados
2000s 4.97 million tonnes 2.14 million tonnes 2.83 million tonnes Barbados
2010s 4.35 million tonnes 2.88 million tonnes 1.47 million tonnes Barbados
2020s 3.56 million tonnes 4.05 million tonnes 487,726 tonnes Sao Tome and Principe

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher cumulative co₂ emissions from land-use change, Barbados or Sao Tome and Principe?
Sao Tome and Principe, at 4.28 million tonnes against 3.41 million tonnes in Barbados as of 2024.
What is the difference in cumulative co₂ emissions from land-use change between Barbados and Sao Tome and Principe?
870,530 tonnes, with Sao Tome and Principe ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Barbados and Sao Tome and Principe?
175 years are reported by both, from 1850 to 2024.
How do Barbados and Sao Tome and Principe rank globally for cumulative co₂ emissions from land-use change?
Barbados ranks 163rd and Sao Tome and Principe ranks 161st of 197 countries.
Where does this data come from?
Global Carbon Budget (2025) – with major processing by Our World in Data, published as Cumulative CO₂ emissions from land-use change. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.

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Indicator
Cumulative CO₂ emissions from land-use change
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
197 places, 34,475 data points, 1850–2024
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Cumulative emissions of carbon dioxide (CO₂) from land-use change since the first year of available data, measured in tonnes.