What is the difference in coal consumption and sulphur dioxide emissions between British Virgin Islands and Turks and Caicos Islands?

16.21 tonnes, with Turks and Caicos Islands ahead.

How many years of comparable data are there for British Virgin Islands and Turks and Caicos Islands?

273 years are reported by both, from 1750 to 2022.

Where does this data come from?

Hoesly et al. (2024) - Community Emissions Data System (CEDS) – with major processing by Our World in Data, published as Coal consumption and sulphur dioxide emissions. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.

British Virgin Islands vs Turks and Caicos Islands: Coal consumption and sulphur dioxide emissions

British Virgin Islands

223.84 tonnes

in 2022

Turks and Caicos Islands

240.05 tonnes

in 2022

British Virgin Islands rank

207th

Turks and Caicos Islands rank

206th

Coal consumption and sulphur dioxide emissions over time

British Virgin Islands
Turks and Caicos Islands

How they compare

Turks and Caicos Islands currently reports 240.05 tonnes against 223.84 tonnes in British Virgin Islands, a difference of 16.21 tonnes.

That makes Turks and Caicos Islands's figure about 1.1 times British Virgin Islands's.

The two have swapped places 1 time across 273 shared years of data; in 1750 it was British Virgin Islands ahead.

British Virgin Islands ranks 207th and Turks and Caicos Islands ranks 206th of 220 countries.

Across the 28 decades both report, British Virgin Islands averaged higher in 26 and Turks and Caicos Islands in 2.

Head to head by decade

Decade	British Virgin Islands	Turks and Caicos Islands	Difference	Ahead
1750s	0.5157 tonnes	0.1478 tonnes	0.3679 tonnes	British Virgin Islands
1760s	0.5567 tonnes	0.1599 tonnes	0.3968 tonnes	British Virgin Islands
1770s	0.6009 tonnes	0.173 tonnes	0.4279 tonnes	British Virgin Islands
1780s	0.6484 tonnes	0.1872 tonnes	0.4612 tonnes	British Virgin Islands
1790s	0.6995 tonnes	0.2025 tonnes	0.497 tonnes	British Virgin Islands
1800s	0.7544 tonnes	0.2191 tonnes	0.5353 tonnes	British Virgin Islands
1810s	0.7962 tonnes	0.2321 tonnes	0.5641 tonnes	British Virgin Islands
1820s	0.8195 tonnes	0.2398 tonnes	0.5797 tonnes	British Virgin Islands
1830s	0.8432 tonnes	0.2478 tonnes	0.5954 tonnes	British Virgin Islands
1840s	0.8672 tonnes	0.2561 tonnes	0.6111 tonnes	British Virgin Islands
1850s	0.8679 tonnes	0.2576 tonnes	0.6103 tonnes	British Virgin Islands
1860s	1.01 tonnes	0.3011 tonnes	0.7075 tonnes	British Virgin Islands
1870s	1.04 tonnes	0.3112 tonnes	0.7249 tonnes	British Virgin Islands
1880s	1.06 tonnes	0.32 tonnes	0.7379 tonnes	British Virgin Islands
1890s	1.13 tonnes	0.3436 tonnes	0.7836 tonnes	British Virgin Islands
1900s	1.17 tonnes	0.341 tonnes	0.8299 tonnes	British Virgin Islands
1910s	1.18 tonnes	0.3379 tonnes	0.8385 tonnes	British Virgin Islands
1920s	1.12 tonnes	0.353 tonnes	0.7648 tonnes	British Virgin Islands
1930s	1.15 tonnes	0.3976 tonnes	0.7534 tonnes	British Virgin Islands
1940s	1.18 tonnes	0.4494 tonnes	0.733 tonnes	British Virgin Islands
1950s	1.08 tonnes	0.4285 tonnes	0.6486 tonnes	British Virgin Islands
1960s	8.16 tonnes	0.2862 tonnes	7.87 tonnes	British Virgin Islands
1970s	29.89 tonnes	0.3386 tonnes	29.55 tonnes	British Virgin Islands
1980s	71 tonnes	0.4904 tonnes	70.51 tonnes	British Virgin Islands
1990s	603.89 tonnes	46.89 tonnes	556.99 tonnes	British Virgin Islands
2000s	341.06 tonnes	218.39 tonnes	122.67 tonnes	British Virgin Islands
2010s	236.42 tonnes	254.54 tonnes	18.11 tonnes	Turks and Caicos Islands
2020s	221.38 tonnes	237.38 tonnes	16 tonnes	Turks and Caicos Islands

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher coal consumption and sulphur dioxide emissions, British Virgin Islands or Turks and Caicos Islands?: Turks and Caicos Islands, at 240.05 tonnes against 223.84 tonnes in British Virgin Islands as of 2022.
What is the difference in coal consumption and sulphur dioxide emissions between British Virgin Islands and Turks and Caicos Islands?: 16.21 tonnes, with Turks and Caicos Islands ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for British Virgin Islands and Turks and Caicos Islands?: 273 years are reported by both, from 1750 to 2022.
How do British Virgin Islands and Turks and Caicos Islands rank globally for coal consumption and sulphur dioxide emissions?: British Virgin Islands ranks 207th and Turks and Caicos Islands ranks 206th of 220 countries.
Where does this data come from?: Hoesly et al. (2024) - Community Emissions Data System (CEDS) – with major processing by Our World in Data, published as Coal consumption and sulphur dioxide emissions. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.

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Indicator: Coal consumption and sulphur dioxide emissions
Unit: tonnes
Source: Hoesly et al. (2024) - Community Emissions Data System (CEDS) – with major processing by Our World in Data
Licence: CC BY 4.0 (Our World in Data)
Coverage: 220 places, 60,060 data points, 1750–2022
Last refreshed: 28 August 2026

Sulfur dioxide (SO₂) is an air pollutant formed from the burning of fuels that contain sulfur, such as coal. SO₂ is one of the main chemicals that forms acid rain.