Barbados vs Malta: Contribution to global mean surface temperature rise
Barbados
0 °C
in 2024
Malta
0.0001 °C
in 2024
Barbados rank
174th
Malta rank
173rd
Contribution to global mean surface temperature rise over time
- Barbados
- Malta
How they compare
Malta currently reports 0.0001 °C against 0 °C in Barbados, a difference of 0.0001 °C.
That makes Malta's figure about 1.5 times Barbados's.
The two have swapped places 1 time across 174 shared years of data; in 1851 it was Barbados ahead.
Barbados ranks 174th and Malta ranks 173rd of 215 countries.
Across the 18 decades both report, Barbados averaged higher in 14 and Malta in 4.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Barbados | Malta | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1850s | 0 °C | 0 °C | 0 °C | Barbados |
| 1860s | 0 °C | 0 °C | 0 °C | Barbados |
| 1870s | 0 °C | 0 °C | 0 °C | Barbados |
| 1880s | 0 °C | 0 °C | 0 °C | Barbados |
| 1890s | 0 °C | 0 °C | 0 °C | Barbados |
| 1900s | 0 °C | 0 °C | 0 °C | Barbados |
| 1910s | 0 °C | 0 °C | 0 °C | Barbados |
| 1920s | 0 °C | 0 °C | 0 °C | Barbados |
| 1930s | 0 °C | 0 °C | 0 °C | Barbados |
| 1940s | 0 °C | 0 °C | 0 °C | Barbados |
| 1950s | 0 °C | 0 °C | 0 °C | Barbados |
| 1960s | 0 °C | 0 °C | 0 °C | Barbados |
| 1970s | 0 °C | 0 °C | 0 °C | Barbados |
| 1980s | 0 °C | 0 °C | 0 °C | Barbados |
| 1990s | 0 °C | 0 °C | 0 °C | Malta |
| 2000s | 0 °C | 0 °C | 0 °C | Malta |
| 2010s | 0 °C | 0.0001 °C | 0 °C | Malta |
| 2020s | 0 °C | 0.0001 °C | 0 °C | Malta |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher contribution to global mean surface temperature rise, Barbados or Malta?
- Malta, at 0.0001 °C against 0 °C in Barbados as of 2024.
- What is the difference in contribution to global mean surface temperature rise between Barbados and Malta?
- 0.0001 °C, with Malta ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Barbados and Malta?
- 174 years are reported by both, from 1851 to 2024.
- How do Barbados and Malta rank globally for contribution to global mean surface temperature rise?
- Barbados ranks 174th and Malta ranks 173rd of 215 countries.
- Where does this data come from?
- Jones et al. (2025) – with major processing by Our World in Data, published as Contribution to global mean surface temperature rise. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.
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About this data
Measured in °C.