Barbados vs Lithuania: Per capita greenhouse gas emissions, excluding land use and forestry
Barbados
5.35 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person
in 2024
Lithuania
5.26 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person
in 2024
Barbados rank
65th
Lithuania rank
66th
Per capita greenhouse gas emissions, excluding land use and forestry over time
- Barbados
- Lithuania
How they compare
Barbados currently reports 5.35 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person against 5.26 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person in Lithuania, a difference of 0.09 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person.
The two have swapped places 7 times across 175 shared years of data; in 1850 it was Lithuania ahead.
Barbados ranks 65th and Lithuania ranks 66th of 198 countries.
Across the 18 decades both report, Barbados averaged higher in 1 and Lithuania in 17.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Barbados | Lithuania | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1850s | 0.2815 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | 0.4701 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | 0.1886 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | Lithuania |
| 1860s | 0.286 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | 0.4678 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | 0.1817 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | Lithuania |
| 1870s | 0.2872 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | 0.4947 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | 0.2075 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | Lithuania |
| 1880s | 0.2865 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | 0.5544 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | 0.2678 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | Lithuania |
| 1890s | 0.2857 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | 0.6568 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | 0.3711 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | Lithuania |
| 1900s | 0.292 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | 0.7912 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | 0.4992 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | Lithuania |
| 1910s | 0.3022 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | 0.9232 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | 0.621 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | Lithuania |
| 1920s | 0.2985 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | 0.8696 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | 0.5711 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | Lithuania |
| 1930s | 0.3115 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | 1.81 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | 1.5 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | Lithuania |
| 1940s | 0.3402 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | 2.28 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | 1.94 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | Lithuania |
| 1950s | 0.9939 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | 4.65 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | 3.66 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | Lithuania |
| 1960s | 1.72 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | 7.38 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | 5.66 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | Lithuania |
| 1970s | 2.91 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | 10.37 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | 7.47 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | Lithuania |
| 1980s | 3.93 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | 11.42 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | 7.49 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | Lithuania |
| 1990s | 4.84 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | 6.27 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | 1.43 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | Lithuania |
| 2000s | 6.05 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | 5.19 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | 0.8597 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | Barbados |
| 2010s | 5.8 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | 6.07 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | 0.2743 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | Lithuania |
| 2020s | 5.09 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | 5.72 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | 0.6306 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | Lithuania |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher per capita greenhouse gas emissions, excluding land use and forestry, Barbados or Lithuania?
- Barbados, at 5.35 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person against 5.26 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person in Lithuania as of 2024.
- What is the difference in per capita greenhouse gas emissions, excluding land use and forestry between Barbados and Lithuania?
- 0.09 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person, with Barbados ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Barbados and Lithuania?
- 175 years are reported by both, from 1850 to 2024.
- How do Barbados and Lithuania rank globally for per capita greenhouse gas emissions, excluding land use and forestry?
- Barbados ranks 65th and Lithuania ranks 66th of 198 countries.
- Where does this data come from?
- Jones et al. (2025); Population based on various sources (2024) – with major processing by Our World in Data, published as Per capita greenhouse gas emissions, excluding land use and forestry. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.
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About this data
Greenhouse gas emissions are measured in tonnes per person of carbon dioxide-equivalents over a 100-year timescale.