Barbados vs Eswatini: Greenhouse gas emissions

Barbados
1.54 million tonnes of CO₂ equivalents
in 2024
Eswatini
1.62 million tonnes of CO₂ equivalents
in 2024
Barbados rank
170th
Eswatini rank
169th

Greenhouse gas emissions over time

  • Barbados
  • Eswatini
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How they compare

Eswatini currently reports 1.62 million tonnes of CO₂ equivalents against 1.54 million tonnes of CO₂ equivalents in Barbados, a difference of 79,750 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents.

That makes Eswatini's figure about 1.1 times Barbados's.

The two have swapped places 4 times across 175 shared years of data; in 1850 it was Eswatini ahead.

Barbados ranks 170th and Eswatini ranks 169th of 199 countries.

Eswatini has averaged higher in every one of the 18 decades both report.

Head to head by decade

Decade Barbados Eswatini Difference Ahead
1850s 90,341 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents 224,328 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents 133,987 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents Eswatini
1860s 95,831 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents 280,024 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents 184,193 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents Eswatini
1870s 100,635 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents 374,832 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents 274,197 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents Eswatini
1880s 105,133 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents 380,428 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents 275,294 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents Eswatini
1890s 110,965 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents 461,632 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents 350,667 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents Eswatini
1900s 109,171 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents 679,224 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents 570,054 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents Eswatini
1910s 102,334 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents 843,818 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents 741,484 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents Eswatini
1920s 100,252 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents 1.23 million tonnes of CO₂ equivalents 1.13 million tonnes of CO₂ equivalents Eswatini
1930s 112,037 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents 724,292 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents 612,255 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents Eswatini
1940s 145,741 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents 3.19 million tonnes of CO₂ equivalents 3.05 million tonnes of CO₂ equivalents Eswatini
1950s 348,397 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents 3.49 million tonnes of CO₂ equivalents 3.14 million tonnes of CO₂ equivalents Eswatini
1960s 518,508 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents 2.56 million tonnes of CO₂ equivalents 2.04 million tonnes of CO₂ equivalents Eswatini
1970s 821,278 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents 2.80 million tonnes of CO₂ equivalents 1.98 million tonnes of CO₂ equivalents Eswatini
1980s 1.09 million tonnes of CO₂ equivalents 2.73 million tonnes of CO₂ equivalents 1.64 million tonnes of CO₂ equivalents Eswatini
1990s 1.37 million tonnes of CO₂ equivalents 2.42 million tonnes of CO₂ equivalents 1.05 million tonnes of CO₂ equivalents Eswatini
2000s 1.69 million tonnes of CO₂ equivalents 2.04 million tonnes of CO₂ equivalents 349,759 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents Eswatini
2010s 1.63 million tonnes of CO₂ equivalents 1.72 million tonnes of CO₂ equivalents 82,578 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents Eswatini
2020s 1.46 million tonnes of CO₂ equivalents 1.68 million tonnes of CO₂ equivalents 217,764 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents Eswatini

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher greenhouse gas emissions, Barbados or Eswatini?
Eswatini, at 1.62 million tonnes of CO₂ equivalents against 1.54 million tonnes of CO₂ equivalents in Barbados as of 2024.
What is the difference in greenhouse gas emissions between Barbados and Eswatini?
79,750 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents, with Eswatini ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Barbados and Eswatini?
175 years are reported by both, from 1850 to 2024.
How do Barbados and Eswatini rank globally for greenhouse gas emissions?
Barbados ranks 170th and Eswatini ranks 169th of 199 countries.
Where does this data come from?
Jones et al. (2025) – with major processing by Our World in Data, published as Greenhouse gas emissions. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.

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Indicator
Greenhouse gas emissions
Unit
tonnes of CO₂ equivalents
Source
Jones et al. (2025) – with major processing by Our World in Data
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (Our World in Data)
Coverage
199 places, 34,825 data points, 1850–2024
Last refreshed

Greenhouse gas emissions are measured in tonnes of carbon dioxide-equivalents over a 100-year timescale.