Barbados vs Samoa: Nitrous oxide emissions
Barbados
47,038 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents
in 2024
Samoa
51,832 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents
in 2024
Barbados rank
175th
Samoa rank
172nd
Nitrous oxide emissions over time
- Barbados
- Samoa
How they compare
Samoa currently reports 51,832 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents against 47,038 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents in Barbados, a difference of 4,794 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents.
That makes Samoa's figure about 1.1 times Barbados's.
The two have swapped places 6 times across 175 shared years of data; in 1850 it was Samoa ahead.
Barbados ranks 175th and Samoa ranks 172nd of 201 countries.
Across the 18 decades both report, Barbados averaged higher in 12 and Samoa in 6.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Barbados | Samoa | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1850s | 2,886 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents | 3,030 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents | 144.08 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents | Samoa |
| 1860s | 3,135 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents | 3,235 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents | 100.44 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents | Samoa |
| 1870s | 3,574 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents | 4,030 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents | 456.34 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents | Samoa |
| 1880s | 4,150 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents | 5,252 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents | 1,101 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents | Samoa |
| 1890s | 5,372 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents | 5,271 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents | 100.73 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents | Barbados |
| 1900s | 8,169 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents | 5,603 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents | 2,566 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents | Barbados |
| 1910s | 10,842 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents | 6,916 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents | 3,925 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents | Barbados |
| 1920s | 11,169 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents | 7,658 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents | 3,511 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents | Barbados |
| 1930s | 11,951 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents | 8,048 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents | 3,903 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents | Barbados |
| 1940s | 20,368 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents | 10,185 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents | 10,183 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents | Barbados |
| 1950s | 37,526 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents | 14,465 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents | 23,061 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents | Barbados |
| 1960s | 44,674 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents | 18,848 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents | 25,826 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents | Barbados |
| 1970s | 39,887 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents | 24,992 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents | 14,895 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents | Barbados |
| 1980s | 41,143 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents | 32,341 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents | 8,802 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents | Barbados |
| 1990s | 54,635 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents | 38,811 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents | 15,824 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents | Barbados |
| 2000s | 46,234 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents | 44,183 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents | 2,052 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents | Barbados |
| 2010s | 45,071 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents | 53,981 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents | 8,910 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents | Samoa |
| 2020s | 46,208 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents | 48,664 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents | 2,456 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents | Samoa |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher nitrous oxide emissions, Barbados or Samoa?
- Samoa, at 51,832 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents against 47,038 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents in Barbados as of 2024.
- What is the difference in nitrous oxide emissions between Barbados and Samoa?
- 4,794 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 nitrous oxide emissions?
- Barbados ranks 175th and Samoa ranks 172nd of 201 countries.
- Where does this data come from?
- Jones et al. (2025) – with major processing by Our World in Data, published as Nitrous oxide 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.