British Virgin Islands vs Dominica: Cumulative CO₂ emissions from oil

British Virgin Islands
6.26 million tonnes
in 2024
Dominica
5.49 million tonnes
in 2024
British Virgin Islands rank
197th
Dominica rank
198th

Cumulative CO₂ emissions from oil over time

  • British Virgin Islands
  • Dominica
02.0M4.0M6.0M195119872024

How they compare

British Virgin Islands currently reports 6.26 million tonnes against 5.49 million tonnes in Dominica, a difference of 766,870 tonnes.

That makes British Virgin Islands's figure about 1.1 times Dominica's.

The two have swapped places 1 time across 63 shared years of data; in 1962 it was Dominica ahead.

British Virgin Islands ranks 197th and Dominica ranks 198th of 215 countries.

Across the 7 decades both report, British Virgin Islands averaged higher in 3 and Dominica in 4.

Head to head by decade

Decade British Virgin Islands Dominica Difference Ahead
1960s 29,770 tonnes 136,942 tonnes 107,172 tonnes Dominica
1970s 199,322 tonnes 348,813 tonnes 149,491 tonnes Dominica
1980s 557,294 tonnes 706,786 tonnes 149,491 tonnes Dominica
1990s 1.26 million tonnes 1.29 million tonnes 27,480 tonnes Dominica
2000s 2.51 million tonnes 2.32 million tonnes 194,925 tonnes British Virgin Islands
2010s 4.46 million tonnes 3.93 million tonnes 530,547 tonnes British Virgin Islands
2020s 5.88 million tonnes 5.16 million tonnes 724,294 tonnes British Virgin Islands

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher cumulative co₂ emissions from oil, British Virgin Islands or Dominica?
British Virgin Islands, at 6.26 million tonnes against 5.49 million tonnes in Dominica as of 2024.
What is the difference in cumulative co₂ emissions from oil between British Virgin Islands and Dominica?
766,870 tonnes, with British Virgin Islands ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for British Virgin Islands and Dominica?
63 years are reported by both, from 1962 to 2024.
How do British Virgin Islands and Dominica rank globally for cumulative co₂ emissions from oil?
British Virgin Islands ranks 197th and Dominica ranks 198th of 215 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 oil. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.

Individual pages

Share, cite or embed this page

Cite this page

British Virgin Islands vs Dominica: Cumulative CO₂ emissions from oil. Statizoid, drawing on Global Carbon Budget (2025) – with major processing by Our World in Data. Retrieved 23 September 2026, from https://climate.statizoid.com/compare/cumulative-co2-oil/british-virgin-islands/dominica/

Embed or link this data

Paste this into a page to link back to these figures. The data itself is free to reuse under CC BY 4.0 (Our World in Data); please keep the attribution.

<a href="https://climate.statizoid.com/compare/cumulative-co2-oil/british-virgin-islands/dominica/">British Virgin Islands vs Dominica: Cumulative CO₂ emissions from oil</a> — Statizoid

About this data

Indicator
Cumulative CO₂ emissions from oil
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, 21,740 data points, 1750–2024
Last refreshed

Cumulative emissions of carbon dioxide (CO₂) from oil since the first year of available data, measured in tonnes.