Per capita ghg emissions in Barbados
Barbados: Per capita ghg emissions was 5.46 in 2024. ◆ Volatile
Latest (2024)
5.46
Change on year
up 3.2%
World rank
91st
of 199 countries
All-time high
7.36
in 2008
All-time low
0.5789
in 1901
Years of data
175
1850–2024
Per capita ghg emissions in Barbados, 1850–2024
Source: Our World in Data.
Analysis
In 2024, per capita ghg emissions in Barbados stood at 5.46.
The figure is up 3.2% on the previous year and down 0.7% over ten years.
Over the whole period, per capita ghg emissions in Barbados peaked at 7.36 in 2008 and was at its lowest, 0.5789, in 1901.
That places Barbados 91st out of 199 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.
Per capita ghg emissions in Barbados, year by year
| Year | Value | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1850 | 0.6679 | — |
| 1851 | 0.6508 | -2.6% |
| 1852 | 0.64 | -1.7% |
| 1853 | 0.6332 | -1.1% |
| 1854 | 0.6273 | -0.9% |
| 1855 | 0.622 | -0.8% |
| 1856 | 0.6193 | -0.4% |
| 1857 | 0.6169 | -0.4% |
| 1858 | 0.6146 | -0.4% |
| 1859 | 0.6128 | -0.3% |
| 1860 | 0.6123 | -0.1% |
| 1861 | 0.6116 | -0.1% |
| 1862 | 0.6115 | -0.0% |
| 1863 | 0.6119 | +0.1% |
| 1864 | 0.6125 | +0.1% |
| 1865 | 0.6119 | -0.1% |
| 1866 | 0.6108 | -0.2% |
| 1867 | 0.6098 | -0.2% |
| 1868 | 0.6088 | -0.2% |
| 1869 | 0.6074 | -0.2% |
| 1870 | 0.6043 | -0.5% |
| 1871 | 0.6045 | +0.0% |
| 1872 | 0.6049 | +0.1% |
| 1873 | 0.6054 | +0.1% |
| 1874 | 0.606 | +0.1% |
| 1875 | 0.6067 | +0.1% |
| 1876 | 0.6057 | -0.2% |
| 1877 | 0.6047 | -0.2% |
| 1878 | 0.6037 | -0.2% |
| 1879 | 0.6032 | -0.1% |
| 1880 | 0.5981 | -0.8% |
| 1881 | 0.5963 | -0.3% |
| 1882 | 0.5964 | +0.0% |
| 1883 | 0.5962 | -0.0% |
| 1884 | 0.5952 | -0.2% |
| 1885 | 0.5938 | -0.2% |
| 1886 | 0.5932 | -0.1% |
| 1887 | 0.5931 | -0.0% |
| 1888 | 0.5929 | -0.0% |
| 1889 | 0.5929 | +0.0% |
| 1890 | 0.5958 | +0.5% |
| 1891 | 0.5921 | -0.6% |
| 1892 | 0.5896 | -0.4% |
| 1893 | 0.5879 | -0.3% |
| 1894 | 0.5862 | -0.3% |
| 1895 | 0.5846 | -0.3% |
| 1896 | 0.5854 | +0.1% |
| 1897 | 0.5868 | +0.2% |
| 1898 | 0.5873 | +0.1% |
| 1899 | 0.5908 | +0.6% |
| 1900 | 0.5837 | -1.2% |
| 1901 | 0.5789 | -0.8% |
| 1902 | 0.5794 | +0.1% |
| 1903 | 0.5834 | +0.7% |
| 1904 | 0.5882 | +0.8% |
| 1905 | 0.5935 | +0.9% |
| 1906 | 0.5978 | +0.7% |
| 1907 | 0.6024 | +0.8% |
| 1908 | 0.6063 | +0.7% |
| 1909 | 0.6092 | +0.5% |
| 1910 | 0.6072 | -0.3% |
| 1911 | 0.6114 | +0.7% |
| 1912 | 0.6156 | +0.7% |
| 1913 | 0.6192 | +0.6% |
| 1914 | 0.6222 | +0.5% |
| 1915 | 0.6253 | +0.5% |
| 1916 | 0.6257 | +0.1% |
| 1917 | 0.6262 | +0.1% |
| 1918 | 0.6267 | +0.1% |
| 1919 | 0.6234 | -0.5% |
| 1920 | 0.6213 | -0.3% |
| 1921 | 0.622 | +0.1% |
| 1922 | 0.6212 | -0.1% |
| 1923 | 0.6159 | -0.9% |
| 1924 | 0.6106 | -0.9% |
| 1925 | 0.6048 | -1.0% |
| 1926 | 0.5985 | -1.0% |
| 1927 | 0.5918 | -1.1% |
| 1928 | 0.6079 | +2.7% |
| 1929 | 0.6022 | -0.9% |
| 1930 | 0.626 | +4.0% |
| 1931 | 0.6098 | -2.6% |
| 1932 | 0.6133 | +0.6% |
| 1933 | 0.617 | +0.6% |
| 1934 | 0.6215 | +0.7% |
| 1935 | 0.6059 | -2.5% |
| 1936 | 0.6057 | -0.0% |
| 1937 | 0.6056 | -0.0% |
| 1938 | 0.6058 | +0.0% |
| 1939 | 0.6273 | +3.5% |
| 1940 | 0.6214 | -0.9% |
| 1941 | 0.6386 | +2.8% |
| 1942 | 0.6573 | +2.9% |
| 1943 | 0.6764 | +2.9% |
| 1944 | 0.6972 | +3.1% |
| 1945 | 0.7227 | +3.7% |
| 1946 | 0.7511 | +3.9% |
| 1947 | 0.7972 | +6.1% |
| 1948 | 0.8218 | +3.1% |
| 1949 | 0.8475 | +3.1% |
| 1950 | 1.37 | +61.9% |
| 1951 | 1.59 | +15.7% |
| 1952 | 1.48 | -6.6% |
| 1953 | 1.57 | +5.7% |
| 1954 | 1.56 | -0.2% |
| 1955 | 1.61 | +2.8% |
| 1956 | 1.59 | -1.0% |
| 1957 | 1.62 | +1.5% |
| 1958 | 1.67 | +3.6% |
| 1959 | 1.68 | +0.4% |
| 1960 | 1.75 | +4.4% |
| 1961 | 1.83 | +4.4% |
| 1962 | 2.13 | +16.1% |
| 1963 | 1.78 | -16.1% |
| 1964 | 1.73 | -2.8% |
| 1965 | 1.83 | +5.5% |
| 1966 | 2.1 | +14.5% |
| 1967 | 2.4 | +14.6% |
| 1968 | 2.83 | +17.9% |
| 1969 | 3.03 | +7.1% |
| 1970 | 2.83 | -6.8% |
| 1971 | 3.08 | +9.1% |
| 1972 | 3.17 | +2.9% |
| 1973 | 3.13 | -1.3% |
| 1974 | 3.12 | -0.5% |
| 1975 | 3.38 | +8.4% |
| 1976 | 3.23 | -4.5% |
| 1977 | 3.54 | +9.6% |
| 1978 | 3.7 | +4.7% |
| 1979 | 3.58 | -3.4% |
| 1980 | 3.9 | +8.9% |
| 1981 | 3.89 | -0.3% |
| 1982 | 3.71 | -4.7% |
| 1983 | 3.82 | +3.2% |
| 1984 | 4.15 | +8.5% |
| 1985 | 4.4 | +6.0% |
| 1986 | 4.61 | +4.7% |
| 1987 | 4.64 | +0.8% |
| 1988 | 4.64 | -0.1% |
| 1989 | 4.82 | +4.0% |
| 1990 | 5 | +3.6% |
| 1991 | 5.59 | +11.9% |
| 1992 | 5.51 | -1.4% |
| 1993 | 4.58 | -16.8% |
| 1994 | 4.6 | +0.2% |
| 1995 | 4.92 | +7.1% |
| 1996 | 5.03 | +2.3% |
| 1997 | 5.43 | +7.8% |
| 1998 | 5.67 | +4.4% |
| 1999 | 5.96 | +5.0% |
| 2000 | 6.06 | +1.7% |
| 2001 | 5.93 | -2.1% |
| 2002 | 5.88 | -0.9% |
| 2003 | 5.95 | +1.3% |
| 2004 | 6.12 | +2.8% |
| 2005 | 6.2 | +1.2% |
| 2006 | 6.25 | +0.9% |
| 2007 | 6.17 | -1.4% |
| 2008 | 7.36 | +19.4% |
| 2009 | 7 | -4.9% |
| 2010 | 6.44 | -8.1% |
| 2011 | 6.6 | +2.6% |
| 2012 | 6.28 | -4.9% |
| 2013 | 6.17 | -1.6% |
| 2014 | 5.5 | -10.9% |
| 2015 | 5.3 | -3.6% |
| 2016 | 5.49 | +3.6% |
| 2017 | 5.61 | +2.2% |
| 2018 | 5.77 | +2.7% |
| 2019 | 5.51 | -4.4% |
| 2020 | 5.06 | -8.3% |
| 2021 | 4.82 | -4.7% |
| 2022 | 5.28 | +9.5% |
| 2023 | 5.29 | +0.3% |
| 2024 | 5.46 | +3.2% |
Barbados compared with similar countries
- Barbados's 5.46 is below the median for high income countries, which is 7.8, 70% of the median. (67 countries reporting)
- Barbados's 5.46 is above the median for Latin America & Caribbean, which is 5.28, 1.0× the median. (36 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Per capita ghg emissions 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1950 | +61.9% | 0.8475 | 1.37 |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1850s | 0.6305 | 0.6128 | 0.6679 | 10 |
| 1860s | 0.6109 | 0.6074 | 0.6125 | 10 |
| 1870s | 0.6049 | 0.6032 | 0.6067 | 10 |
| 1880s | 0.5948 | 0.5929 | 0.5981 | 10 |
| 1890s | 0.5886 | 0.5846 | 0.5958 | 10 |
| 1900s | 0.5923 | 0.5789 | 0.6092 | 10 |
| 1910s | 0.6203 | 0.6072 | 0.6267 | 10 |
| 1920s | 0.6096 | 0.5918 | 0.622 | 10 |
| 1930s | 0.6138 | 0.6056 | 0.6273 | 10 |
| 1940s | 0.7231 | 0.6214 | 0.8475 | 10 |
| 1950s | 1.57 | 1.37 | 1.68 | 10 |
| 1960s | 2.14 | 1.73 | 3.03 | 10 |
| 1970s | 3.28 | 2.83 | 3.7 | 10 |
| 1980s | 4.26 | 3.71 | 4.82 | 10 |
| 1990s | 5.23 | 4.58 | 5.96 | 10 |
| 2000s | 6.29 | 5.88 | 7.36 | 10 |
| 2010s | 5.87 | 5.3 | 6.6 | 10 |
| 2020s | 5.18 | 4.82 | 5.46 | 5 |
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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 ghg emissions in Barbados?
- Per capita ghg emissions in Barbados was 5.46 in 2024, according to Our World in Data.
- What is the highest per capita ghg emissions recorded in Barbados?
- The highest recorded value was 7.36 in 2008.
- What is the lowest per capita ghg emissions recorded in Barbados?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.5789 in 1901.
- How does Barbados rank for per capita ghg emissions?
- Barbados ranks 91st out of 199 countries with data for 2024.
- Is per capita ghg emissions rising or falling in Barbados?
- Over the last ten years it is down 0.7%. The long-run trend across the full record is volatile.
- Where does this Barbados data come from?
- The figures come from Our World in Data, published as part of Per capita ghg emissions. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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