Share of global CO₂ emissions from land-use change in Barbados
Barbados: Share of global CO₂ emissions from land-use change was -0.0% in 2024. ◆ Volatile
Latest (2024)
-0.0%
Change on year
up 4.6%
World rank
144th
of 197 countries
All-time high
0.0%
in 1951
All-time low
-0.0%
in 2016
Years of data
175
1850–2024
Share of global CO₂ emissions from land-use change in Barbados, 1850–2024
Source: Global Carbon Budget (2025) – with major processing by Our World in Data. Measured in %.
Analysis
The most recent figure for share of global co₂ emissions from land-use change in Barbados is -0.0%, measured in 2024.
The figure is up 4.6% on the previous year and up 26.4% over ten years.
Over the whole period, share of global co₂ emissions from land-use change in Barbados peaked at 0.0% in 1951 and was at its lowest, -0.0%, in 2016.
That places Barbados 144th out of 197 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the middle of the range.
The series is highly variable year to year, so single readings are best treated with caution.
Share of global CO₂ emissions from land-use change in Barbados, year by year
| Year | % | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1850 | 0.0% | — |
| 1851 | 0.0% | -9.9% |
| 1852 | 0.0% | -6.9% |
| 1853 | 0.0% | -3.0% |
| 1854 | 0.0% | -3.2% |
| 1855 | 0.0% | -3.1% |
| 1856 | 0.0% | -1.7% |
| 1857 | 0.0% | -2.4% |
| 1858 | 0.0% | -1.5% |
| 1859 | 0.0% | -2.2% |
| 1860 | 0.0% | +8.4% |
| 1861 | 0.0% | +4.3% |
| 1862 | 0.0% | +2.5% |
| 1863 | 0.0% | +0.8% |
| 1864 | 0.0% | -1.0% |
| 1865 | 0.0% | +2.8% |
| 1866 | 0.0% | -0.6% |
| 1867 | 0.0% | +1.6% |
| 1868 | 0.0% | +0.4% |
| 1869 | 0.0% | +0.3% |
| 1870 | 0.0% | -13.4% |
| 1871 | 0.0% | -3.3% |
| 1872 | 0.0% | -5.3% |
| 1873 | 0.0% | -1.8% |
| 1874 | 0.0% | -3.1% |
| 1875 | 0.0% | -0.7% |
| 1876 | 0.0% | -1.7% |
| 1877 | 0.0% | -2.6% |
| 1878 | 0.0% | -1.6% |
| 1879 | 0.0% | -1.3% |
| 1880 | 0.0% | -4.5% |
| 1881 | 0.0% | -0.6% |
| 1882 | 0.0% | -3.0% |
| 1883 | 0.0% | -2.1% |
| 1884 | 0.0% | -0.4% |
| 1885 | 0.0% | -0.4% |
| 1886 | 0.0% | -0.0% |
| 1887 | 0.0% | -1.6% |
| 1888 | 0.0% | +0.1% |
| 1889 | 0.0% | -1.0% |
| 1890 | 0.0% | -10.7% |
| 1891 | 0.0% | -3.8% |
| 1892 | 0.0% | -0.5% |
| 1893 | 0.0% | -1.6% |
| 1894 | 0.0% | -2.5% |
| 1895 | 0.0% | -0.1% |
| 1896 | 0.0% | -0.6% |
| 1897 | 0.0% | -1.6% |
| 1898 | 0.0% | -0.8% |
| 1899 | 0.0% | -1.0% |
| 1900 | 0.0% | -18.0% |
| 1901 | 0.0% | -10.4% |
| 1902 | 0.0% | -5.5% |
| 1903 | 0.0% | -4.0% |
| 1904 | 0.0% | -4.9% |
| 1905 | 0.0% | -2.6% |
| 1906 | 0.0% | -3.2% |
| 1907 | 0.0% | -1.3% |
| 1908 | 0.0% | -2.2% |
| 1909 | 0.0% | -2.5% |
| 1910 | 0.0% | -0.9% |
| 1911 | 0.0% | -0.7% |
| 1912 | 0.0% | +1.2% |
| 1913 | 0.0% | +0.3% |
| 1914 | 0.0% | -0.8% |
| 1915 | 0.0% | +1.3% |
| 1916 | 0.0% | -0.3% |
| 1917 | 0.0% | +1.7% |
| 1918 | 0.0% | +0.8% |
| 1919 | 0.0% | -0.2% |
| 1920 | 0.0% | -3.5% |
| 1921 | 0.0% | -3.2% |
| 1922 | 0.0% | -0.4% |
| 1923 | 0.0% | -2.0% |
| 1924 | 0.0% | +1.7% |
| 1925 | 0.0% | -2.1% |
| 1926 | 0.0% | -0.0% |
| 1927 | 0.0% | +0.2% |
| 1928 | 0.0% | -0.9% |
| 1929 | 0.0% | -0.7% |
| 1930 | 0.0% | +11.1% |
| 1931 | 0.0% | +1.5% |
| 1932 | 0.0% | +0.6% |
| 1933 | 0.0% | +1.8% |
| 1934 | 0.0% | +0.2% |
| 1935 | 0.0% | +2.5% |
| 1936 | 0.0% | -1.7% |
| 1937 | 0.0% | +1.0% |
| 1938 | 0.0% | -0.3% |
| 1939 | 0.0% | +0.9% |
| 1940 | 0.0% | +21.6% |
| 1941 | 0.0% | +4.5% |
| 1942 | 0.0% | +3.5% |
| 1943 | 0.0% | +2.9% |
| 1944 | 0.0% | +3.1% |
| 1945 | 0.0% | +0.9% |
| 1946 | 0.0% | +1.9% |
| 1947 | 0.0% | +1.9% |
| 1948 | 0.0% | +1.8% |
| 1949 | 0.0% | +1.4% |
| 1950 | 0.0% | +170.4% |
| 1951 | 0.0% | +1.1% |
| 1952 | 0.0% | -6.0% |
| 1953 | 0.0% | -14.1% |
| 1954 | 0.0% | -20.5% |
| 1955 | 0.0% | -22.1% |
| 1956 | 0.0% | -23.0% |
| 1957 | 0.0% | -24.8% |
| 1958 | 0.0% | -18.5% |
| 1959 | 0.0% | +1.2% |
| 1960 | 0.0% | -13.0% |
| 1961 | 0.0% | -9.9% |
| 1962 | 0.0% | -2.4% |
| 1963 | 0.0% | -1.3% |
| 1964 | 0.0% | -6.6% |
| 1965 | 0.0% | +1.9% |
| 1966 | 0.0% | +1.2% |
| 1967 | 0.0% | -15.7% |
| 1968 | 0.0% | -3.1% |
| 1969 | 0.0% | -2.2% |
| 1970 | 0.0% | +16.6% |
| 1971 | 0.0% | +19.0% |
| 1972 | 0.0% | +2.3% |
| 1973 | 0.0% | +3.8% |
| 1974 | 0.0% | +1.9% |
| 1975 | 0.0% | +5.7% |
| 1976 | 0.0% | -0.5% |
| 1977 | 0.0% | -9.9% |
| 1978 | 0.0% | +8.3% |
| 1979 | 0.0% | -6.1% |
| 1980 | 0.0% | -45.0% |
| 1981 | 0.0% | -31.3% |
| 1982 | 0.0% | -23.0% |
| 1983 | 0.0% | -31.0% |
| 1984 | 0.0% | -47.8% |
| 1985 | 0.0% | -95.1% |
| 1986 | -0.0% | -857.6% |
| 1987 | -0.0% | +31.0% |
| 1988 | -0.0% | +63.9% |
| 1989 | -0.0% | +58.8% |
| 1990 | 0.0% | -383.0% |
| 1991 | 0.0% | +43.7% |
| 1992 | 0.0% | +1.3% |
| 1993 | 0.0% | +15.5% |
| 1994 | 0.0% | -18.6% |
| 1995 | 0.0% | +3.8% |
| 1996 | 0.0% | -7.3% |
| 1997 | 0.0% | +7.5% |
| 1998 | -0.0% | -248.3% |
| 1999 | -0.0% | -29.2% |
| 2000 | 0.0% | -183.4% |
| 2001 | -0.0% | -378.3% |
| 2002 | -0.0% | -78.2% |
| 2003 | -0.0% | +446.3% |
| 2004 | -0.0% | -42.7% |
| 2005 | -0.0% | +22.6% |
| 2006 | -0.0% | +33.6% |
| 2007 | -0.0% | +29.3% |
| 2008 | 0.0% | -283.6% |
| 2009 | -0.0% | -114.4% |
| 2010 | -0.0% | +341.4% |
| 2011 | -0.0% | +55.5% |
| 2012 | -0.0% | +5.7% |
| 2013 | -0.0% | +14.4% |
| 2014 | -0.0% | +20.3% |
| 2015 | -0.0% | +14.4% |
| 2016 | -0.0% | +3.3% |
| 2017 | -0.0% | -10.4% |
| 2018 | -0.0% | -2.6% |
| 2019 | -0.0% | +13.6% |
| 2020 | -0.0% | -13.1% |
| 2021 | -0.0% | -15.8% |
| 2022 | -0.0% | -4.4% |
| 2023 | -0.0% | -5.9% |
| 2024 | -0.0% | -4.6% |
Barbados compared with similar countries
- Barbados's -0.0% is below the median for Latin America & Caribbean, which is 0.0%. (33 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Share of global CO₂ emissions from land-use change in Barbados changed far more than this series normally does. A large move can be a real event or a change in how the figure was measured — the source note below says who published it.
| Year | Change | From | To |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1986 | -857.6% | 0.0% | -0.0% |
| 2003 | -446.3% | -0.0% | -0.0% |
| 1990 | +383.0% | -0.0% | 0.0% |
| 2001 | -378.3% | 0.0% | -0.0% |
| 2010 | -341.4% | -0.0% | -0.0% |
| 2008 | +283.6% | -0.0% | 0.0% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1850s | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | 10 |
| 1860s | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | 10 |
| 1870s | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | 10 |
| 1880s | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | 10 |
| 1890s | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | 10 |
| 1900s | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | 10 |
| 1910s | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | 10 |
| 1920s | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | 10 |
| 1930s | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | 10 |
| 1940s | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | 10 |
| 1950s | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | 10 |
| 1960s | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | 10 |
| 1970s | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | 10 |
| 1980s | 0.0% | -0.0% | 0.0% | 10 |
| 1990s | 0.0% | -0.0% | 0.0% | 10 |
| 2000s | -0.0% | -0.0% | 0.0% | 10 |
| 2010s | -0.0% | -0.0% | -0.0% | 10 |
| 2020s | -0.0% | -0.0% | -0.0% | 5 |
Countries ranked near Barbados
- 141 Saint Kitts and Nevis -0.0% compare
- 142 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines -0.0% compare
- 143 Malta -0.0% compare
- 145 Grenada -0.0% compare
- 146 Dominica -0.0% compare
- 147 Saint Lucia -0.0% compare
More climate change data for Barbados
- Nutrient nitrogen N (total) — Synthetic fertilizers (Agricultural) 1.42 million kg (2050)
- Emissions from livestock — Emissions (CO2eq) 108.02 kt (2050)
- Emissions from livestock — Emissions (CO2eq) from N2O 65.08 kt (2050)
- Emissions from livestock — Emissions (CO2eq) from CH4 42.94 kt (2050)
- Emissions from livestock — Emissions 0.2456 kt (2050)
- Emissions from livestock — Emissions 1.53 kt (2050)
- Emissions from crops — Emissions (CO2eq) 8.44 kt (2050)
- Emissions from crops — Emissions (CO2eq) from N2O 8 kt (2050)
- Emissions from crops — Emissions (CO2eq) from CH4 0.4396 kt (2050)
- Emissions from crops — Emissions 0.0302 kt (2050)
Frequently asked questions
- What is share of global co₂ emissions from land-use change in Barbados?
- Share of global co₂ emissions from land-use change in Barbados was -0.0% in 2024, according to Global Carbon Budget (2025) – with major processing by Our World in Data.
- What is the highest share of global co₂ emissions from land-use change recorded in Barbados?
- The highest recorded value was 0.0% in 1951.
- What is the lowest share of global co₂ emissions from land-use change recorded in Barbados?
- The lowest recorded value was -0.0% in 2016.
- How does Barbados rank for share of global co₂ emissions from land-use change?
- Barbados ranks 144th out of 197 countries with data for 2024.
- Is share of global co₂ emissions from land-use change rising or falling in Barbados?
- Over the last ten years it is up 26.4%. The long-run trend across the full record is volatile.
- Where does this Barbados data come from?
- The figures come from Global Carbon Budget (2025) – with major processing by Our World in Data, published as part of Share of global CO₂ emissions from land-use change. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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Annual emissions of carbon dioxide (CO₂) from land-use change, measured as a percentage of global emissions of CO₂ from land-use change in the same year.