Barbados vs Maldives: Methane emissions
Barbados
160,307 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents
in 2024
Maldives
170,638 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents
in 2024
Barbados rank
175th
Maldives rank
172nd
Methane emissions over time
- Barbados
- Maldives
How they compare
Maldives currently reports 170,638 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents against 160,307 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents in Barbados, a difference of 10,331 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents.
That makes Maldives'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 Maldives ranks 172nd of 199 countries.
Barbados has averaged higher in every one of the 18 decades both report.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Barbados | Maldives | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1850s | 66,967 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents | 2,060 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents | 64,908 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents | Barbados |
| 1860s | 73,406 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents | 2,230 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents | 71,175 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents | Barbados |
| 1870s | 77,999 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents | 2,487 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents | 75,513 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents | Barbados |
| 1880s | 82,613 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents | 2,775 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents | 79,838 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents | Barbados |
| 1890s | 87,901 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents | 3,095 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents | 84,806 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents | Barbados |
| 1900s | 86,907 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents | 3,394 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents | 83,513 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents | Barbados |
| 1910s | 78,550 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents | 3,976 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents | 74,574 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents | Barbados |
| 1920s | 75,189 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents | 5,079 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents | 70,110 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents | Barbados |
| 1930s | 82,677 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents | 6,530 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents | 76,146 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents | Barbados |
| 1940s | 97,763 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents | 8,372 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents | 89,391 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents | Barbados |
| 1950s | 133,126 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents | 8,633 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents | 124,493 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents | Barbados |
| 1960s | 176,721 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents | 8,238 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents | 168,483 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents | Barbados |
| 1970s | 232,237 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents | 14,876 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents | 217,361 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents | Barbados |
| 1980s | 232,821 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents | 28,412 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents | 204,409 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents | Barbados |
| 1990s | 203,648 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents | 41,609 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents | 162,038 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents | Barbados |
| 2000s | 192,350 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents | 70,127 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents | 122,224 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents | Barbados |
| 2010s | 167,630 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents | 119,815 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents | 47,814 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents | Barbados |
| 2020s | 162,526 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents | 160,371 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents | 2,155 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents | Barbados |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher methane emissions, Barbados or Maldives?
- Maldives, at 170,638 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents against 160,307 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents in Barbados as of 2024.
- What is the difference in methane emissions between Barbados and Maldives?
- 10,331 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents, with Maldives ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Barbados and Maldives?
- 175 years are reported by both, from 1850 to 2024.
- How do Barbados and Maldives rank globally for methane emissions?
- Barbados ranks 175th and Maldives ranks 172nd of 199 countries.
- Where does this data come from?
- Jones et al. (2025) – with major processing by Our World in Data, published as Methane emissions. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.
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About this data
Measured in tonnes of carbon dioxide-equivalents over a 100-year timescale.