Barbados vs Cape Verde: How have things changed?, per square kilometre

Barbados
2.18 metric tons per square kilometre
in 2023
Cape Verde
2.21 metric tons per square kilometre
in 2023
Barbados rank
72nd
Cape Verde rank
70th

How have things changed?, per square kilometre over time

  • Barbados
  • Cape Verde
05101520196519942023

How they compare

Cape Verde currently reports 2.21 metric tons per square kilometre against 2.18 metric tons per square kilometre in Barbados, a difference of 0.03 metric tons per square kilometre.

The two have swapped places 5 times across 59 shared years of data; in 1965 it was Barbados ahead.

Barbados ranks 72nd and Cape Verde ranks 70th of 215 countries.

Across the 7 decades both report, Barbados averaged higher in 5 and Cape Verde in 2.

Head to head by decade

Decade Barbados Cape Verde Difference Ahead
1960s 8.5 metric tons per square kilometre 1.11 metric tons per square kilometre 7.39 metric tons per square kilometre Barbados
1970s 7.55 metric tons per square kilometre 1.32 metric tons per square kilometre 6.22 metric tons per square kilometre Barbados
1980s 10.71 metric tons per square kilometre 2.44 metric tons per square kilometre 8.27 metric tons per square kilometre Barbados
1990s 7.4 metric tons per square kilometre 2.06 metric tons per square kilometre 5.34 metric tons per square kilometre Barbados
2000s 6.27 metric tons per square kilometre 3.71 metric tons per square kilometre 2.56 metric tons per square kilometre Barbados
2010s 4.51 metric tons per square kilometre 6.73 metric tons per square kilometre 2.21 metric tons per square kilometre Cape Verde
2020s 2.3 metric tons per square kilometre 3.01 metric tons per square kilometre 0.7163 metric tons per square kilometre Cape Verde

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher how have things changed?, per square kilometre, Barbados or Cape Verde?
Cape Verde, at 2.21 metric tons per square kilometre against 2.18 metric tons per square kilometre in Barbados as of 2023.
What is the difference in how have things changed?, per square kilometre between Barbados and Cape Verde?
0.03 metric tons per square kilometre, with Cape Verde ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Barbados and Cape Verde?
59 years are reported by both, from 1965 to 2023.
How do Barbados and Cape Verde rank globally for how have things changed?, per square kilometre?
Barbados ranks 72nd and Cape Verde ranks 70th of 215 countries.
Where does this data come from?
Statizoid (derived), published as How have things changed?, per square kilometre. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.

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Indicator
How have things changed?, per square kilometre
Unit
metric tons per square kilometre
Source
Statizoid (derived)
Licence
Derived by Statizoid from the sources named on the page
Coverage
215 places, 11,549 data points, 1965–2023
Last refreshed

How have things changed? divided by Land area (sq. km), matched on country and year. Neither publisher issues this ratio as a series; it is computed here from both.