Cook Islands vs Somalia: Per capita nitrous oxide emissions
Cook Islands
0.3275 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person
in 2024
Somalia
0.3235 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person
in 2024
Cook Islands rank
85th
Somalia rank
86th
Per capita nitrous oxide emissions over time
- Cook Islands
- Somalia
How they compare
Cook Islands currently reports 0.3275 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person against 0.3235 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person in Somalia, a difference of 0.004 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person.
The two have swapped places 1 time across 85 shared years of data; in 1850 it was Somalia ahead.
Cook Islands ranks 85th and Somalia ranks 86th of 201 countries.
Somalia has averaged higher in every one of the 14 decades both report.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Cook Islands | Somalia | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1850s | 0.0209 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | 0.1588 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | 0.1379 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | Somalia |
| 1900s | 0.072 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | 0.361 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | 0.289 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | Somalia |
| 1910s | 0.0904 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | 0.457 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | 0.3666 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | Somalia |
| 1920s | 0.0895 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | 0.6815 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | 0.592 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | Somalia |
| 1930s | 0.0775 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | 0.6621 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | 0.5846 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | Somalia |
| 1940s | 0.0852 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | 1.57 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | 1.48 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | Somalia |
| 1950s | 0.103 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | 1.82 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | 1.71 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | Somalia |
| 1960s | 0.0984 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | 1.3 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | 1.2 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | Somalia |
| 1970s | 0.1448 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | 1.22 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | 1.08 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | Somalia |
| 1980s | 0.1997 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | 0.9781 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | 0.7784 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | Somalia |
| 1990s | 0.2554 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | 0.8205 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | 0.5651 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | Somalia |
| 2000s | 0.271 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | 0.6413 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | 0.3704 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | Somalia |
| 2010s | 0.2729 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | 0.4673 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | 0.1944 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | Somalia |
| 2020s | 0.3092 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | 0.3519 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | 0.0427 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | Somalia |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher per capita nitrous oxide emissions, Cook Islands or Somalia?
- Cook Islands, at 0.3275 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person against 0.3235 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person in Somalia as of 2024.
- What is the difference in per capita nitrous oxide emissions between Cook Islands and Somalia?
- 0.004 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person, with Cook Islands ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Cook Islands and Somalia?
- 85 years are reported by both, from 1850 to 2024.
- How do Cook Islands and Somalia rank globally for per capita nitrous oxide emissions?
- Cook Islands ranks 85th and Somalia ranks 86th of 201 countries.
- Where does this data come from?
- Jones et al. (2025); Population based on various sources (2024) – with major processing by Our World in Data, published as Per capita nitrous oxide emissions. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.
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About this data
Measured in tonnes per person of carbon dioxide-equivalents over a 100-year timescale.