Barbados vs Fiji: Greenhouse gas emissions

Barbados
1.54 million tonnes of CO₂ equivalents
in 2024
Fiji
1.31 million tonnes of CO₂ equivalents
in 2024
Barbados rank
170th
Fiji rank
171st

Greenhouse gas emissions over time

  • Barbados
  • Fiji
02.0M4.0M6.0M185019372024

How they compare

Barbados currently reports 1.54 million tonnes of CO₂ equivalents against 1.31 million tonnes of CO₂ equivalents in Fiji, a difference of 235,110 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents.

That makes Barbados's figure about 1.2 times Fiji's.

The two have swapped places 29 times across 175 shared years of data; in 1850 it was Fiji ahead.

Barbados ranks 170th and Fiji ranks 171st of 199 countries.

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

Head to head by decade

Decade Barbados Fiji Difference Ahead
1850s 90,341 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents 1.04 million tonnes of CO₂ equivalents 945,774 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents Fiji
1860s 95,831 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents 422,223 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents 326,392 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents Fiji
1870s 100,635 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents 348,371 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents 247,736 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents Fiji
1880s 105,133 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents 279,778 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents 174,644 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents Fiji
1890s 110,965 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents 281,516 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents 170,551 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents Fiji
1900s 109,171 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents 405,791 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents 296,620 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents Fiji
1910s 102,334 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents 569,144 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents 466,809 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents Fiji
1920s 100,252 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents 551,532 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents 451,281 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents Fiji
1930s 112,037 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents 1.19 million tonnes of CO₂ equivalents 1.08 million tonnes of CO₂ equivalents Fiji
1940s 145,741 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents 1.21 million tonnes of CO₂ equivalents 1.06 million tonnes of CO₂ equivalents Fiji
1950s 348,397 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents 1.31 million tonnes of CO₂ equivalents 962,485 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents Fiji
1960s 518,508 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents 1.29 million tonnes of CO₂ equivalents 772,443 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents Fiji
1970s 821,278 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents 2.76 million tonnes of CO₂ equivalents 1.94 million tonnes of CO₂ equivalents Fiji
1980s 1.09 million tonnes of CO₂ equivalents 4.59 million tonnes of CO₂ equivalents 3.50 million tonnes of CO₂ equivalents Fiji
1990s 1.37 million tonnes of CO₂ equivalents 3.68 million tonnes of CO₂ equivalents 2.32 million tonnes of CO₂ equivalents Fiji
2000s 1.69 million tonnes of CO₂ equivalents 2.39 million tonnes of CO₂ equivalents 698,427 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents Fiji
2010s 1.63 million tonnes of CO₂ equivalents 2.25 million tonnes of CO₂ equivalents 617,653 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents Fiji
2020s 1.46 million tonnes of CO₂ equivalents 1.82 million tonnes of CO₂ equivalents 354,420 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents Fiji

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher greenhouse gas emissions, Barbados or Fiji?
Barbados, at 1.54 million tonnes of CO₂ equivalents against 1.31 million tonnes of CO₂ equivalents in Fiji as of 2024.
What is the difference in greenhouse gas emissions between Barbados and Fiji?
235,110 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents, with Barbados ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Barbados and Fiji?
175 years are reported by both, from 1850 to 2024.
How do Barbados and Fiji rank globally for greenhouse gas emissions?
Barbados ranks 170th and Fiji ranks 171st 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.