Barbados vs Samoa: Methane emissions
Barbados
160,307 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents
in 2024
Samoa
160,960 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents
in 2024
Barbados rank
175th
Samoa rank
174th
Methane emissions over time
- Barbados
- Samoa
How they compare
Samoa currently reports 160,960 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents against 160,307 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents in Barbados, a difference of 653 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents.
The two have swapped places 3 times across 175 shared years of data; in 1850 it was Barbados ahead.
Barbados ranks 175th and Samoa ranks 174th of 199 countries.
Across the 18 decades both report, Barbados averaged higher in 17 and Samoa in 1.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Barbados | Samoa | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1850s | 66,967 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents | 11,166 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents | 55,802 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents | Barbados |
| 1860s | 73,406 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents | 12,423 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents | 60,983 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents | Barbados |
| 1870s | 77,999 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents | 14,331 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents | 63,668 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents | Barbados |
| 1880s | 82,613 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents | 16,639 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents | 65,973 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents | Barbados |
| 1890s | 87,901 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents | 19,230 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents | 68,671 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents | Barbados |
| 1900s | 86,907 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents | 18,223 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents | 68,684 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents | Barbados |
| 1910s | 78,550 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents | 17,818 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents | 60,732 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents | Barbados |
| 1920s | 75,189 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents | 23,883 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents | 51,306 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents | Barbados |
| 1930s | 82,677 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents | 32,240 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents | 50,437 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents | Barbados |
| 1940s | 97,763 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents | 43,774 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents | 53,989 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents | Barbados |
| 1950s | 133,126 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents | 55,755 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents | 77,371 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents | Barbados |
| 1960s | 176,721 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents | 71,608 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents | 105,113 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents | Barbados |
| 1970s | 232,237 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents | 90,058 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents | 142,179 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents | Barbados |
| 1980s | 232,821 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents | 130,145 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents | 102,676 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents | Barbados |
| 1990s | 203,648 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents | 153,462 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents | 50,186 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents | Barbados |
| 2000s | 192,350 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents | 169,208 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents | 23,143 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents | Barbados |
| 2010s | 167,630 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents | 185,584 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents | 17,954 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents | Samoa |
| 2020s | 162,526 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents | 153,277 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents | 9,249 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents | Barbados |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher methane emissions, Barbados or Samoa?
- Samoa, at 160,960 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 Samoa?
- 653 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents, with Samoa ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Barbados and Samoa?
- 175 years are reported by both, from 1850 to 2024.
- How do Barbados and Samoa rank globally for methane emissions?
- Barbados ranks 175th and Samoa ranks 174th 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.