Per capita CO₂ emissions from flaring in Barbados
Barbados: Per capita CO₂ emissions from flaring was 0 tonnes per person in 2024. ▼ Falling
Latest (2024)
0 tonnes per person
World rank
105th
of 213 countries
All-time high
0.0142 tonnes per person
in 1990
All-time low
0 tonnes per person
in 2007
Years of data
35
1990–2024
Per capita CO₂ emissions from flaring in Barbados, 1990–2024
Source: Global Carbon Budget (2025); Population based on various sources (2024) – with major processing by Our World in Data. Measured in tonnes per person.
Analysis
In 2024, per capita co₂ emissions from flaring in Barbados stood at 0 tonnes per person. That is the lowest value across all 35 years on record.
That represents a change of down 100.0% over ten years.
Over the whole period, per capita co₂ emissions from flaring in Barbados peaked at 0.0142 tonnes per person in 1990 and was at its lowest, 0 tonnes per person, in 2007.
Barbados ranks 105th of 213 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 35 years of available data.
Per capita CO₂ emissions from flaring in Barbados, year by year
| Year | tonnes per person | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1990 | 0.0142 tonnes per person | — |
| 1991 | 0.0141 tonnes per person | -0.3% |
| 1992 | 0.014 tonnes per person | -0.7% |
| 1993 | 0.0141 tonnes per person | +0.4% |
| 1994 | 0.014 tonnes per person | -0.6% |
| 1995 | 0.014 tonnes per person | -0.2% |
| 1996 | 0.014 tonnes per person | -0.1% |
| 1997 | 0.014 tonnes per person | -0.0% |
| 1998 | 0.014 tonnes per person | -0.0% |
| 1999 | 0.014 tonnes per person | -0.0% |
| 2000 | 0.014 tonnes per person | +0.2% |
| 2001 | 0.014 tonnes per person | -0.1% |
| 2002 | 0.0139 tonnes per person | -0.7% |
| 2003 | 0.0138 tonnes per person | -0.6% |
| 2004 | 0.0137 tonnes per person | -0.6% |
| 2005 | 0.0136 tonnes per person | -0.5% |
| 2006 | 0.0136 tonnes per person | -0.5% |
| 2007 | 0 tonnes per person | -100.0% |
| 2008 | 0.0134 tonnes per person | — |
| 2009 | 0.0133 tonnes per person | -0.5% |
| 2010 | 0.0133 tonnes per person | -0.2% |
| 2011 | 0.0133 tonnes per person | -0.3% |
| 2012 | 0.0132 tonnes per person | -0.3% |
| 2013 | 0.0132 tonnes per person | -0.3% |
| 2014 | 0.0132 tonnes per person | -0.2% |
| 2015 | 0.0131 tonnes per person | -0.2% |
| 2016 | 0.0131 tonnes per person | -0.5% |
| 2017 | 0.0131 tonnes per person | +0.1% |
| 2018 | 0.0131 tonnes per person | -0.2% |
| 2019 | 0.013 tonnes per person | -0.2% |
| 2020 | 0.013 tonnes per person | -0.2% |
| 2021 | 0 tonnes per person | -100.0% |
| 2022 | 0 tonnes per person | — |
| 2023 | 0 tonnes per person | — |
| 2024 | 0 tonnes per person | — |
Barbados compared with similar countries
- Barbados's 0 tonnes per person is below the median for high income countries, which is 0.0031 tonnes per person. (74 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Per capita CO₂ emissions from flaring 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2007 | -100.0% | 0.0136 tonnes per person | 0 tonnes per person |
| 2021 | -100.0% | 0.013 tonnes per person | 0 tonnes per person |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 0.014 tonnes per person | 0.014 tonnes per person | 0.0142 tonnes per person | 10 |
| 2000s | 0.0123 tonnes per person | 0 tonnes per person | 0.014 tonnes per person | 10 |
| 2010s | 0.0132 tonnes per person | 0.013 tonnes per person | 0.0133 tonnes per person | 10 |
| 2020s | 0.0026 tonnes per person | 0 tonnes per person | 0.013 tonnes per person | 5 |
Countries ranked near Barbados
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- 105 Andorra 0 tonnes per person
- 105 Anguilla 0 tonnes per person
- 105 Antigua and Barbuda 0 tonnes per person
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- 105 Aruba 0 tonnes per person
- 105 Bahamas 0 tonnes per person
- 105 Benin 0 tonnes per person
- 105 Bermuda 0 tonnes per person
- 105 Bhutan 0 tonnes per person
- 105 Bonaire Sint Eustatius and Saba 0 tonnes per person
- 105 Bosnia and Herzegovina 0 tonnes per person compare
- 105 Botswana 0 tonnes per person
- 105 British Virgin Islands 0 tonnes per person
- 105 Burkina Faso 0 tonnes per person
- 105 Burundi 0 tonnes per person
- 105 Cambodia 0 tonnes per person compare
- 105 Cape Verde 0 tonnes per person
- 105 Central African Republic 0 tonnes per person
- 105 Comoros 0 tonnes per person
- 105 Cook Islands 0 tonnes per person
- 105 Costa Rica 0 tonnes per person
- 105 Curacao 0 tonnes per person
- 105 Cyprus 0 tonnes per person
- 105 Djibouti 0 tonnes per person
- 105 Dominica 0 tonnes per person
- 105 Dominican Republic 0 tonnes per person
- 105 El Salvador 0 tonnes per person
- 105 Eritrea 0 tonnes per person
- 105 Eswatini 0 tonnes per person
- 105 Ethiopia 0 tonnes per person compare
- 105 Faroe Islands 0 tonnes per person
- 105 Fiji 0 tonnes per person
- 105 French Polynesia 0 tonnes per person
- 105 Gambia 0 tonnes per person
- 105 Georgia 0 tonnes per person compare
- 105 Greenland 0 tonnes per person
- 105 Grenada 0 tonnes per person
- 105 Guinea 0 tonnes per person
- 105 Guinea-Bissau 0 tonnes per person
- 105 Haiti 0 tonnes per person
- 105 Honduras 0 tonnes per person
- 105 Hong Kong 0 tonnes per person
- 105 Jamaica 0 tonnes per person
- 105 Kenya 0 tonnes per person
- 105 Kiribati 0 tonnes per person
- 105 Kyrgyzstan 0 tonnes per person compare
- 105 Laos 0 tonnes per person
- 105 Lebanon 0 tonnes per person
- 105 Lesotho 0 tonnes per person
- 105 Liberia 0 tonnes per person
- 105 Liechtenstein 0 tonnes per person
- 105 Macao 0 tonnes per person
- 105 Madagascar 0 tonnes per person
- 105 Malawi 0 tonnes per person
- 105 Maldives 0 tonnes per person
- 105 Mali 0 tonnes per person
- 105 Malta 0 tonnes per person
- 105 Marshall Islands 0 tonnes per person
- 105 Mauritius 0 tonnes per person
- 105 Micronesia (country) 0 tonnes per person
- 105 Moldova 0 tonnes per person compare
- 105 Mongolia 0 tonnes per person compare
- 105 Montenegro 0 tonnes per person compare
- 105 Montserrat 0 tonnes per person
- 105 Morocco 0 tonnes per person
- 105 Namibia 0 tonnes per person
- 105 Nauru 0 tonnes per person
- 105 Nepal 0 tonnes per person
- 105 New Caledonia 0 tonnes per person
- 105 Nicaragua 0 tonnes per person
- 105 Niue 0 tonnes per person
- 105 North Korea 0 tonnes per person
- 105 North Macedonia 0 tonnes per person compare
- 105 Palau 0 tonnes per person
- 105 Palestine 0 tonnes per person
- 105 Panama 0 tonnes per person
- 105 Paraguay 0 tonnes per person
- 105 Rwanda 0 tonnes per person compare
- 105 Saint Helena 0 tonnes per person
- 105 Saint Kitts and Nevis 0 tonnes per person
- 105 Saint Lucia 0 tonnes per person
- 105 Saint Pierre and Miquelon 0 tonnes per person
- 105 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 0 tonnes per person
- 105 Samoa 0 tonnes per person
- 105 Sao Tome and Principe 0 tonnes per person
- 105 Serbia 0 tonnes per person compare
- 105 Seychelles 0 tonnes per person
- 105 Sierra Leone 0 tonnes per person
- 105 Singapore 0 tonnes per person
- 105 Sint Maarten (Dutch part) 0 tonnes per person
- 105 Solomon Islands 0 tonnes per person
- 105 Somalia 0 tonnes per person
- 105 South Sudan 0 tonnes per person
- 105 Sri Lanka 0 tonnes per person
- 105 Suriname 0 tonnes per person compare
- 105 Taiwan 0 tonnes per person
- 105 Tajikistan 0 tonnes per person compare
- 105 Togo 0 tonnes per person
- 105 Tonga 0 tonnes per person
- 105 Turks and Caicos Islands 0 tonnes per person
- 105 Tuvalu 0 tonnes per person
- 105 Uganda 0 tonnes per person
- 105 Uruguay 0 tonnes per person
- 105 Vanuatu 0 tonnes per person
- 105 Wallis and Futuna 0 tonnes per person
- 105 Zambia 0 tonnes per person
- 105 Zimbabwe 0 tonnes per person
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 per capita co₂ emissions from flaring in Barbados?
- Per capita co₂ emissions from flaring in Barbados was 0 tonnes per person in 2024, according to Global Carbon Budget (2025); Population based on various sources (2024) – with major processing by Our World in Data.
- What is the highest per capita co₂ emissions from flaring recorded in Barbados?
- The highest recorded value was 0.0142 tonnes per person in 1990.
- What is the lowest per capita co₂ emissions from flaring recorded in Barbados?
- The lowest recorded value was 0 tonnes per person in 2007.
- How does Barbados rank for per capita co₂ emissions from flaring?
- Barbados ranks 105th out of 213 countries with data for 2024.
- Is per capita co₂ emissions from flaring rising or falling in Barbados?
- Over the last ten years it is down 100.0%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Barbados data come from?
- The figures come from Global Carbon Budget (2025); Population based on various sources (2024) – with major processing by Our World in Data, published as part of Per capita CO₂ emissions from flaring. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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Annual emissions of carbon dioxide (CO₂) from flaring, measured in tonnes per person.