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

22.37 tonnes, with Cook Islands ahead.

How many years of comparable data are there for Cook 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.

Cook Islands vs Turks and Caicos Islands: Coal consumption and sulphur dioxide emissions

Cook Islands

262.42 tonnes

in 2022

Turks and Caicos Islands

240.05 tonnes

in 2022

Cook Islands rank

205th

Turks and Caicos Islands rank

206th

Coal consumption and sulphur dioxide emissions over time

Cook Islands
Turks and Caicos Islands

How they compare

Cook Islands currently reports 262.42 tonnes against 240.05 tonnes in Turks and Caicos Islands, a difference of 22.37 tonnes.

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

The two have swapped places 4 times across 273 shared years of data; in 1750 it was Cook Islands ahead.

Cook Islands ranks 205th and Turks and Caicos Islands ranks 206th of 220 countries.

Cook Islands has averaged higher in every one of the 28 decades both report.

Head to head by decade

Decade	Cook Islands	Turks and Caicos Islands	Difference	Ahead
1750s	0.3384 tonnes	0.1478 tonnes	0.1906 tonnes	Cook Islands
1760s	0.3556 tonnes	0.1599 tonnes	0.1958 tonnes	Cook Islands
1770s	0.3737 tonnes	0.173 tonnes	0.2007 tonnes	Cook Islands
1780s	0.3924 tonnes	0.1872 tonnes	0.2052 tonnes	Cook Islands
1790s	0.4118 tonnes	0.2025 tonnes	0.2093 tonnes	Cook Islands
1800s	0.4319 tonnes	0.2191 tonnes	0.2128 tonnes	Cook Islands
1810s	0.4531 tonnes	0.2321 tonnes	0.2211 tonnes	Cook Islands
1820s	0.4755 tonnes	0.2398 tonnes	0.2357 tonnes	Cook Islands
1830s	0.4983 tonnes	0.2478 tonnes	0.2505 tonnes	Cook Islands
1840s	0.5211 tonnes	0.2561 tonnes	0.265 tonnes	Cook Islands
1850s	0.5437 tonnes	0.2576 tonnes	0.2861 tonnes	Cook Islands
1860s	0.5602 tonnes	0.3011 tonnes	0.2591 tonnes	Cook Islands
1870s	0.5687 tonnes	0.3112 tonnes	0.2575 tonnes	Cook Islands
1880s	0.5744 tonnes	0.32 tonnes	0.2544 tonnes	Cook Islands
1890s	0.5761 tonnes	0.3436 tonnes	0.2325 tonnes	Cook Islands
1900s	0.6938 tonnes	0.341 tonnes	0.3528 tonnes	Cook Islands
1910s	0.9664 tonnes	0.3379 tonnes	0.6285 tonnes	Cook Islands
1920s	1.39 tonnes	0.353 tonnes	1.04 tonnes	Cook Islands
1930s	2 tonnes	0.3976 tonnes	1.6 tonnes	Cook Islands
1940s	2.63 tonnes	0.4494 tonnes	2.18 tonnes	Cook Islands
1950s	3.5 tonnes	0.4285 tonnes	3.07 tonnes	Cook Islands
1960s	11.43 tonnes	0.2862 tonnes	11.14 tonnes	Cook Islands
1970s	120.23 tonnes	0.3386 tonnes	119.89 tonnes	Cook Islands
1980s	231.77 tonnes	0.4904 tonnes	231.28 tonnes	Cook Islands
1990s	195.16 tonnes	46.89 tonnes	148.27 tonnes	Cook Islands
2000s	290.39 tonnes	218.39 tonnes	72 tonnes	Cook Islands
2010s	273.03 tonnes	254.54 tonnes	18.49 tonnes	Cook Islands
2020s	257.05 tonnes	237.38 tonnes	19.66 tonnes	Cook Islands

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher coal consumption and sulphur dioxide emissions, Cook Islands or Turks and Caicos Islands?: Cook Islands, at 262.42 tonnes against 240.05 tonnes in Turks and Caicos Islands as of 2022.
What is the difference in coal consumption and sulphur dioxide emissions between Cook Islands and Turks and Caicos Islands?: 22.37 tonnes, with Cook Islands ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Cook Islands and Turks and Caicos Islands?: 273 years are reported by both, from 1750 to 2022.
How do Cook Islands and Turks and Caicos Islands rank globally for coal consumption and sulphur dioxide emissions?: Cook Islands ranks 205th 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.