Temperature change in Barbados
Barbados: Temperature change was 1.03 °C in 2023. ◆ Volatile
Temperature change in Barbados, 1961–2023
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in °C.
Analysis
In 2023, temperature change in Barbados stood at 1.03 °C.
Compared with earlier readings it is down 11.7% on the previous year and down 9.3% over ten years.
Over the whole period, temperature change in Barbados peaked at 1.58 °C in 2016 and was at its lowest, -0.561 °C, in 1975.
That places Barbados 205th out of 254 countries with data for 2023, putting it in the bottom quarter.
The series is highly variable year to year, so single readings are best treated with caution.
Temperature change in Barbados, year by year
| Year | °C | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 0.179 °C | — |
| 1962 | 0.05 °C | -72.1% |
| 1963 | 0.153 °C | +206.0% |
| 1964 | -0.06 °C | -139.2% |
| 1965 | -0.331 °C | +451.7% |
| 1966 | -0.203 °C | -38.7% |
| 1967 | -0.307 °C | +51.2% |
| 1968 | -0.421 °C | +37.1% |
| 1969 | 0.249 °C | -159.1% |
| 1970 | 0.011 °C | -95.6% |
| 1971 | -0.227 °C | -2163.6% |
| 1972 | -0.054 °C | -76.2% |
| 1973 | -0.027 °C | -50.0% |
| 1974 | -0.343 °C | +1170.4% |
| 1975 | -0.561 °C | +63.6% |
| 1976 | -0.4 °C | -28.7% |
| 1977 | 0.004 °C | -101.0% |
| 1978 | 0.321 °C | +7925.0% |
| 1979 | 0.129 °C | -59.8% |
| 1980 | 0.571 °C | +342.6% |
| 1981 | 0.382 °C | -33.1% |
| 1982 | 0.256 °C | -33.0% |
| 1983 | 0.387 °C | +51.2% |
| 1984 | 0.052 °C | -86.6% |
| 1985 | -0.122 °C | -334.6% |
| 1986 | -0.016 °C | -86.9% |
| 1987 | 0.708 °C | -4525.0% |
| 1988 | 0.572 °C | -19.2% |
| 1989 | 0.393 °C | -31.3% |
| 1990 | 0.562 °C | +43.0% |
| 1991 | 0.637 °C | +13.3% |
| 1992 | 0.562 °C | -11.8% |
| 1993 | 0.644 °C | +14.6% |
| 1994 | 0.655 °C | +1.7% |
| 1995 | 0.732 °C | +11.8% |
| 1996 | 0.595 °C | -18.7% |
| 1997 | 0.55 °C | -7.6% |
| 1998 | 1.39 °C | +153.5% |
| 1999 | 0.795 °C | -43.0% |
| 2000 | 0.649 °C | -18.4% |
| 2001 | 0.871 °C | +34.2% |
| 2002 | 0.889 °C | +2.1% |
| 2003 | 1.11 °C | +25.1% |
| 2004 | 0.861 °C | -22.6% |
| 2005 | 1.29 °C | +49.7% |
| 2006 | 1.03 °C | -19.9% |
| 2007 | 0.893 °C | -13.6% |
| 2008 | 0.551 °C | -38.3% |
| 2009 | 0.689 °C | +25.0% |
| 2010 | 1.43 °C | +107.3% |
| 2011 | 0.989 °C | -30.7% |
| 2012 | 0.83 °C | -16.1% |
| 2013 | 1.13 °C | +36.4% |
| 2014 | 0.797 °C | -29.6% |
| 2015 | 1.27 °C | +59.3% |
| 2016 | 1.58 °C | +24.4% |
| 2017 | 1.24 °C | -21.7% |
| 2018 | 0.972 °C | -21.4% |
| 2019 | 1.46 °C | +49.7% |
| 2020 | 1.31 °C | -9.6% |
| 2021 | 1.35 °C | +2.7% |
| 2022 | 1.16 °C | -13.9% |
| 2023 | 1.03 °C | -11.7% |
Barbados compared with similar countries
- Barbados's 1.03 °C is below the median for high income countries, which is 1.86 °C, 55% of the median. (71 countries reporting)
- Barbados's 1.03 °C is below the median for Latin America & Caribbean, which is 1.36 °C, 76% of the median. (37 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Temperature 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1978 | +7925.0% | 0.004 °C | 0.321 °C |
| 1987 | +4525.0% | -0.016 °C | 0.708 °C |
| 1971 | -2163.6% | 0.011 °C | -0.227 °C |
| 1974 | -1170.4% | -0.027 °C | -0.343 °C |
| 1965 | -451.7% | -0.06 °C | -0.331 °C |
| 1980 | +342.6% | 0.129 °C | 0.571 °C |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | -0.0768 °C | -0.421 °C | 0.249 °C | 9 |
| 1970s | -0.1147 °C | -0.561 °C | 0.321 °C | 10 |
| 1980s | 0.3183 °C | -0.122 °C | 0.708 °C | 10 |
| 1990s | 0.7126 °C | 0.55 °C | 1.39 °C | 10 |
| 2000s | 0.8837 °C | 0.551 °C | 1.29 °C | 10 |
| 2010s | 1.17 °C | 0.797 °C | 1.58 °C | 10 |
| 2020s | 1.21 °C | 1.03 °C | 1.35 °C | 4 |
Countries ranked near Barbados
More environment data for Barbados
- Grazing land use over the long-term, annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2025)
- Grazing land use over the long-term, per unit of GDP 0 hectares per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Grazing land use over the long-term, per capita 0.0071 hectares per person (2025)
- Historical exposure to drought — Land soil moisture anomaly -8.41 Percentage change (2025)
- Historical exposure to drought — Cropland soil moisture anomaly -8.41 Percentage change (2025)
- Standard Deviation, annual growth rate 111.15 % change on previous year (2023)
- Standard Deviation 0.587 °C (2023)
- Grazing land use over the long-term, per square kilometre 4.64 hectares per square kilometre (2024)
- Total greenhouse gas emissions excluding LULUCF (Mt CO2e), annual 2.61 % change on previous year (2024)
- Total greenhouse gas emissions excluding LULUCF (Mt CO2e), per unit 0 Mt CO2e per US$ of GDP (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is temperature change in Barbados?
- Temperature change in Barbados was 1.03 °C in 2023, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest temperature change recorded in Barbados?
- The highest recorded value was 1.58 °C in 2016.
- What is the lowest temperature change recorded in Barbados?
- The lowest recorded value was -0.561 °C in 1975.
- How does Barbados rank for temperature change?
- Barbados ranks 205th out of 254 countries with data for 2023.
- Is temperature change rising or falling in Barbados?
- Over the last ten years it is down 9.3%. The long-run trend across the full record is volatile.
- Where does this Barbados data come from?
- The figures come from Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as part of Temperature change. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
The FAOSTAT Temperature change on land domain disseminates statistics of mean surface temperature change by country, with annual updates. Statistics are available for monthly, seasonal and annual mean temperature anomalies, i.e., temperature change with respect to a baseline climatology, corresponding to the period 1951–1980. The standard deviation of the temperature change of the baseline methodology is also available. Data are based on the publicly available GISTEMP data, the Global Surface Temperature Change data distributed by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration Goddard Institute for Space Studies (NASA-GISS).