Barbados vs Equatorial Guinea: Greenhouse gas emissions by gas

Barbados
47,038 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents
in 2024
Equatorial Guinea
51,667 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents
in 2024
Barbados rank
175th
Equatorial Guinea rank
173rd

Greenhouse gas emissions by gas over time

  • Barbados
  • Equatorial Guinea
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How they compare

Equatorial Guinea currently reports 51,667 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents against 47,038 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents in Barbados, a difference of 4,629 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents.

That makes Equatorial Guinea's figure about 1.1 times Barbados's.

The two have swapped places 1 time across 175 shared years of data; in 1850 it was Barbados ahead.

Barbados ranks 175th and Equatorial Guinea ranks 173rd of 201 countries.

Across the 18 decades both report, Barbados averaged higher in 15 and Equatorial Guinea in 3.

Head to head by decade

Decade Barbados Equatorial Guinea Difference Ahead
1850s 2,886 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents 2,141 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents 744.26 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents Barbados
1860s 3,135 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents 2,316 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents 818.25 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents Barbados
1870s 3,574 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents 2,701 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents 872.93 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents Barbados
1880s 4,150 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents 3,237 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents 913.61 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents Barbados
1890s 5,372 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents 3,633 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents 1,739 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents Barbados
1900s 8,169 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents 4,166 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents 4,003 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents Barbados
1910s 10,842 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents 4,981 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents 5,860 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents Barbados
1920s 11,169 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents 6,181 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents 4,988 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents Barbados
1930s 11,951 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents 6,850 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents 5,101 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents Barbados
1940s 20,368 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents 11,706 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents 8,662 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents Barbados
1950s 37,526 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents 16,647 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents 20,879 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents Barbados
1960s 44,674 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents 17,458 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents 27,216 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents Barbados
1970s 39,887 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents 19,206 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents 20,681 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents Barbados
1980s 41,143 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents 25,715 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents 15,428 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents Barbados
1990s 54,635 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents 32,196 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents 22,439 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents Barbados
2000s 46,234 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents 48,199 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents 1,965 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents Equatorial Guinea
2010s 45,071 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents 54,907 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents 9,836 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents Equatorial Guinea
2020s 46,208 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents 51,562 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents 5,354 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents Equatorial Guinea

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher greenhouse gas emissions by gas, Barbados or Equatorial Guinea?
Equatorial Guinea, at 51,667 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents against 47,038 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents in Barbados as of 2024.
What is the difference in greenhouse gas emissions by gas between Barbados and Equatorial Guinea?
4,629 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents, with Equatorial Guinea ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Barbados and Equatorial Guinea?
175 years are reported by both, from 1850 to 2024.
How do Barbados and Equatorial Guinea rank globally for greenhouse gas emissions by gas?
Barbados ranks 175th and Equatorial Guinea ranks 173rd of 201 countries.
Where does this data come from?
Jones et al. (2025) – with major processing by Our World in Data, published as Greenhouse gas emissions by gas. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.

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About this data

Indicator
Greenhouse gas emissions by gas
Unit
tonnes of CO₂ equivalents
Source
Jones et al. (2025) – with major processing by Our World in Data
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (Our World in Data)
Coverage
201 places, 35,175 data points, 1850–2024
Last refreshed

Measured in tonnes of carbon dioxide-equivalents over a 100-year timescale.