Per capita nitrous oxide emissions in Cook Islands
Cook Islands: Per capita nitrous oxide emissions was 0.3275 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person in 2024. ▲ Rising
Latest (2024)
0.3275 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person
Change on year
up 2.5%
World rank
85th
of 201 countries
All-time high
0.3275 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person
in 2024
All-time low
0.0209 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person
in 1850
Years of data
85
1850–2024
Per capita nitrous oxide emissions in Cook Islands, 1850–2024
Source: Jones et al. (2025); Population based on various sources (2024) – with major processing by Our World in Data. Measured in tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person.
Analysis
In 2024, per capita nitrous oxide emissions in Cook Islands stood at 0.3275 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person. That is the highest value across all 85 years on record.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 2.5% on the previous year and up 20.2% over ten years.
Over the whole period, per capita nitrous oxide emissions in Cook Islands peaked at 0.3275 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person in 2024 and was at its lowest, 0.0209 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person, in 1850.
Cook Islands ranks 85th of 201 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 85 years of available data.
Per capita nitrous oxide emissions in Cook Islands, year by year
| Year | tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1850 | 0.0209 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | — |
| 1900 | 0.0636 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | +204.7% |
| 1902 | 0.072 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | +13.2% |
| 1906 | 0.0805 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | +11.7% |
| 1911 | 0.089 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | +10.6% |
| 1916 | 0.0918 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | +3.2% |
| 1921 | 0.0888 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | -3.3% |
| 1926 | 0.0902 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | +1.6% |
| 1936 | 0.0775 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | -14.1% |
| 1945 | 0.0852 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | +10.0% |
| 1950 | 0.1026 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | +20.4% |
| 1951 | 0.102 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | -0.6% |
| 1952 | 0.102 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | +0.0% |
| 1953 | 0.1023 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | +0.2% |
| 1954 | 0.1025 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | +0.2% |
| 1955 | 0.1028 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | +0.3% |
| 1956 | 0.1032 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | +0.4% |
| 1957 | 0.1038 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | +0.5% |
| 1958 | 0.1042 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | +0.4% |
| 1959 | 0.1044 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | +0.2% |
| 1960 | 0.1044 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | -0.0% |
| 1961 | 0.1054 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | +1.0% |
| 1962 | 0.1047 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | -0.7% |
| 1963 | 0.1063 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | +1.6% |
| 1964 | 0.1035 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | -2.6% |
| 1965 | 0.1065 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | +2.9% |
| 1966 | 0.079 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | -25.8% |
| 1967 | 0.0929 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | +17.6% |
| 1968 | 0.0907 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | -2.4% |
| 1969 | 0.091 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | +0.3% |
| 1970 | 0.0916 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | +0.7% |
| 1971 | 0.0928 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | +1.3% |
| 1972 | 0.0797 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | -14.1% |
| 1973 | 0.0919 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | +15.3% |
| 1974 | 0.1108 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | +20.6% |
| 1975 | 0.1218 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | +9.9% |
| 1976 | 0.2165 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | +77.7% |
| 1977 | 0.2176 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | +0.5% |
| 1978 | 0.2166 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | -0.5% |
| 1979 | 0.2086 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | -3.7% |
| 1980 | 0.2036 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | -2.4% |
| 1981 | 0.2253 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | +10.6% |
| 1982 | 0.2187 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | -2.9% |
| 1983 | 0.2105 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | -3.7% |
| 1984 | 0.1966 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | -6.6% |
| 1985 | 0.1961 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | -0.3% |
| 1986 | 0.1826 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | -6.9% |
| 1987 | 0.1869 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | +2.4% |
| 1988 | 0.1915 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | +2.5% |
| 1989 | 0.1848 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | -3.5% |
| 1990 | 0.2028 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | +9.8% |
| 1991 | 0.1818 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | -10.4% |
| 1992 | 0.2183 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | +20.1% |
| 1993 | 0.2443 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | +11.9% |
| 1994 | 0.2627 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | +7.5% |
| 1995 | 0.2631 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | +0.2% |
| 1996 | 0.2749 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | +4.5% |
| 1997 | 0.2908 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | +5.8% |
| 1998 | 0.3209 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | +10.3% |
| 1999 | 0.2946 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | -8.2% |
| 2000 | 0.2885 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | -2.1% |
| 2001 | 0.2704 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | -6.3% |
| 2002 | 0.2376 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | -12.1% |
| 2003 | 0.2294 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | -3.4% |
| 2004 | 0.2571 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | +12.1% |
| 2005 | 0.2985 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | +16.1% |
| 2006 | 0.3029 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | +1.5% |
| 2007 | 0.2819 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | -6.9% |
| 2008 | 0.2865 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | +1.6% |
| 2009 | 0.2568 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | -10.4% |
| 2010 | 0.2632 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | +2.5% |
| 2011 | 0.2608 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | -0.9% |
| 2012 | 0.2702 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | +3.6% |
| 2013 | 0.2662 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | -1.5% |
| 2014 | 0.2725 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | +2.4% |
| 2015 | 0.2647 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | -2.9% |
| 2016 | 0.2759 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | +4.2% |
| 2017 | 0.2792 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | +1.2% |
| 2018 | 0.2855 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | +2.3% |
| 2019 | 0.2909 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | +1.9% |
| 2020 | 0.2889 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | -0.7% |
| 2021 | 0.301 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | +4.2% |
| 2022 | 0.3091 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | +2.7% |
| 2023 | 0.3195 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | +3.4% |
| 2024 | 0.3275 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | +2.5% |
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Per capita nitrous oxide emissions in Cook Islands 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1900 | +204.7% | 0.0209 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | 0.0636 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person |
| 1976 | +77.7% | 0.1218 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | 0.2165 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1850s | 0.0209 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | 0.0209 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | 0.0209 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | 1 |
| 1900s | 0.072 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | 0.0636 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | 0.0805 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | 3 |
| 1910s | 0.0904 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | 0.089 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | 0.0918 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | 2 |
| 1920s | 0.0895 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | 0.0888 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | 0.0902 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | 2 |
| 1930s | 0.0775 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | 0.0775 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | 0.0775 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | 1 |
| 1940s | 0.0852 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | 0.0852 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | 0.0852 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | 1 |
| 1950s | 0.103 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | 0.102 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | 0.1044 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | 10 |
| 1960s | 0.0984 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | 0.079 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | 0.1065 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | 10 |
| 1970s | 0.1448 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | 0.0797 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | 0.2176 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | 10 |
| 1980s | 0.1997 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | 0.1826 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | 0.2253 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | 10 |
| 1990s | 0.2554 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | 0.1818 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | 0.3209 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | 10 |
| 2000s | 0.271 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | 0.2294 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | 0.3029 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | 10 |
| 2010s | 0.2729 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | 0.2608 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | 0.2909 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | 10 |
| 2020s | 0.3092 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | 0.2889 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | 0.3275 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | 5 |
Countries ranked near Cook Islands
- 82 Moldova 0.3344 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person compare
- 83 Senegal 0.3306 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person compare
- 84 Dominican Republic 0.3288 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person compare
- 86 Somalia 0.3235 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person compare
- 87 Belize 0.3218 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person compare
- 88 Zimbabwe 0.3176 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person compare
More reference data data for Cook Islands
- Emission Totals - Indirect emissions (N2O) - Manure left on Pasture 0.0002 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Indirect emissions (N2O) - Manure applied to Soils 0.003 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Indirect emissions (N2O) - IPCC Agriculture 0.0034 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Indirect emissions (N2O) - Agricultural Soils 0.0034 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Emissions (CO2eq) (AR5) - Manure Management 29.57 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Emissions (CH4) - IPCC Agriculture 1.07 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Emissions (CH4) - Enteric Fermentation 0.0915 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Emissions (CO2eq) from CH4 (AR5) - Manure Management 27.37 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Emissions (CO2eq) from CH4 (AR5) - IPCC Agriculture 29.94 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Emissions (CO2eq) from CH4 (AR5) - Enteric 2.56 (2050)
Frequently asked questions
- What is per capita nitrous oxide emissions in Cook Islands?
- Per capita nitrous oxide emissions in Cook Islands was 0.3275 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person in 2024, according to Jones et al. (2025); Population based on various sources (2024) – with major processing by Our World in Data.
- What is the highest per capita nitrous oxide emissions recorded in Cook Islands?
- The highest recorded value was 0.3275 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person in 2024.
- What is the lowest per capita nitrous oxide emissions recorded in Cook Islands?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.0209 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person in 1850.
- How does Cook Islands rank for per capita nitrous oxide emissions?
- Cook Islands ranks 85th out of 201 countries with data for 2024.
- Is per capita nitrous oxide emissions rising or falling in Cook Islands?
- Over the last ten years it is up 20.2%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Cook Islands data come from?
- The figures come from Jones et al. (2025); Population based on various sources (2024) – with major processing by Our World in Data, published as part of Per capita nitrous oxide emissions. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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Measured in tonnes per person of carbon dioxide-equivalents over a 100-year timescale.