Cook Islands vs Palau: Contribution to global mean surface temperature rise by gas
Cook Islands
0 °C
in 2024
Palau
0 °C
in 2024
Cook Islands rank
192nd
Palau rank
190th
Contribution to global mean surface temperature rise by gas over time
- Cook Islands
- Palau
How they compare
Palau currently reports 0 °C against 0 °C in Cook Islands, a difference of 0 °C.
That makes Palau's figure about 1.2 times Cook Islands's.
The two have swapped places 1 time across 174 shared years of data; in 1851 it was Cook Islands ahead.
Cook Islands ranks 192nd and Palau ranks 190th of 201 countries.
Across the 18 decades both report, Cook Islands averaged higher in 17 and Palau in 1.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Cook Islands | Palau | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1850s | 0 °C | 0 °C | 0 °C | Cook Islands |
| 1860s | 0 °C | 0 °C | 0 °C | Cook Islands |
| 1870s | 0 °C | 0 °C | 0 °C | Cook Islands |
| 1880s | 0 °C | 0 °C | 0 °C | Cook Islands |
| 1890s | 0 °C | 0 °C | 0 °C | Cook Islands |
| 1900s | 0 °C | 0 °C | 0 °C | Cook Islands |
| 1910s | 0 °C | 0 °C | 0 °C | Cook Islands |
| 1920s | 0 °C | 0 °C | 0 °C | Cook Islands |
| 1930s | 0 °C | 0 °C | 0 °C | Cook Islands |
| 1940s | 0 °C | 0 °C | 0 °C | Cook Islands |
| 1950s | 0 °C | 0 °C | 0 °C | Cook Islands |
| 1960s | 0 °C | 0 °C | 0 °C | Cook Islands |
| 1970s | 0 °C | 0 °C | 0 °C | Cook Islands |
| 1980s | 0 °C | 0 °C | 0 °C | Cook Islands |
| 1990s | 0 °C | 0 °C | 0 °C | Cook Islands |
| 2000s | 0 °C | 0 °C | 0 °C | Cook Islands |
| 2010s | 0 °C | 0 °C | 0 °C | Cook Islands |
| 2020s | 0 °C | 0 °C | 0 °C | Palau |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher contribution to global mean surface temperature rise by gas, Cook Islands or Palau?
- Palau, at 0 °C against 0 °C in Cook Islands as of 2024.
- What is the difference in contribution to global mean surface temperature rise by gas between Cook Islands and Palau?
- 0 °C, with Palau ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Cook Islands and Palau?
- 174 years are reported by both, from 1851 to 2024.
- How do Cook Islands and Palau rank globally for contribution to global mean surface temperature rise by gas?
- Cook Islands ranks 192nd and Palau ranks 190th of 201 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 by gas. 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.