Barbados vs Nauru: Per capita greenhouse gas emissions, excluding land use and forestry
Barbados
5.35 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person
in 2024
Nauru
5.21 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person
in 2024
Barbados rank
65th
Nauru rank
68th
Per capita greenhouse gas emissions, excluding land use and forestry over time
- Barbados
- Nauru
How they compare
Barbados currently reports 5.35 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person against 5.21 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person in Nauru, a difference of 0.14 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person.
The two have swapped places 4 times across 175 shared years of data; in 1850 it was Barbados ahead.
Barbados ranks 65th and Nauru ranks 68th of 198 countries.
Across the 18 decades both report, Barbados averaged higher in 14 and Nauru in 4.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Barbados | Nauru | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1850s | 0.2815 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | 0.0409 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | 0.2406 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | Barbados |
| 1860s | 0.286 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | 0.0454 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | 0.2406 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | Barbados |
| 1870s | 0.2872 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | 0.0519 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | 0.2353 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | Barbados |
| 1880s | 0.2865 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | 0.0598 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | 0.2267 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | Barbados |
| 1890s | 0.2857 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | 0.0681 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | 0.2176 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | Barbados |
| 1900s | 0.292 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | 0.077 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | 0.215 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | Barbados |
| 1910s | 0.3022 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | 0.0846 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | 0.2177 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | Barbados |
| 1920s | 0.2985 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | 0.0776 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | 0.2208 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | Barbados |
| 1930s | 0.3115 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | 0.0713 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | 0.2402 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | Barbados |
| 1940s | 0.3402 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | 0.0805 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | 0.2596 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | Barbados |
| 1950s | 0.9939 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | 0.0813 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | 0.9126 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | Barbados |
| 1960s | 1.72 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | 4.24 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | 2.52 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | Nauru |
| 1970s | 2.91 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | 13.69 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | 10.78 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | Nauru |
| 1980s | 3.93 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | 16.26 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | 12.33 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | Nauru |
| 1990s | 4.84 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | 10.96 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | 6.12 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | Nauru |
| 2000s | 6.05 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | 6.03 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | 0.0243 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | Barbados |
| 2010s | 5.8 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | 4.6 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | 1.2 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | Barbados |
| 2020s | 5.09 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | 4.97 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | 0.1165 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | Barbados |
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 Nauru?
- Barbados, at 5.35 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person against 5.21 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person in Nauru as of 2024.
- What is the difference in per capita greenhouse gas emissions, excluding land use and forestry between Barbados and Nauru?
- 0.14 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person, with Barbados ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Barbados and Nauru?
- 175 years are reported by both, from 1850 to 2024.
- How do Barbados and Nauru rank globally for per capita greenhouse gas emissions, excluding land use and forestry?
- Barbados ranks 65th and Nauru ranks 68th 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.