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