CO₂ emissions per capita: Cook Islands
5.8242183 tonnes per person in 2024, the latest year published. Figures for 56 years from 1969 to 2024 are below.
Carbon dioxide (CO₂) emissions from burning fossil fuels and industrial processes. This includes emissions from transport, electricity generation, and heating, but not land-use change.
Source: Global Carbon Budget (2025); Population based on various sources (2024) – with major processing by Our World in Data. Source and method · All countries and regions.
Every year
| Year | Value (tonnes per person) |
|---|---|
| 2024 | 5.8242183 |
| 2023 | 5.376369 |
| 2022 | 5.2176037 |
| 2021 | 4.819467 |
| 2020 | 4.2104187 |
| 2019 | 4.9908986 |
| 2018 | 4.6287675 |
| 2017 | 4.5086136 |
| 2016 | 4.432258 |
| 2015 | 4.404098 |
| 2014 | 4.591479 |
| 2013 | 4.572466 |
| 2012 | 4.556699 |
| 2011 | 4.4018307 |
| 2010 | 4.095059 |
| 2009 | 3.7757168 |
| 2008 | 4.1212273 |
| 2007 | 4.2497582 |
| 2006 | 4.329548 |
| 2005 | 3.868805 |
| 2004 | 3.3964114 |
| 2003 | 3.1651273 |
| 2002 | 2.932373 |
| 2001 | 3.6018088 |
| 2000 | 3.2310405 |
| 1999 | 3.107342 |
| 1998 | 2.9994152 |
| 1997 | 2.9066184 |
| 1996 | 2.8689039 |
| 1995 | 2.4699736 |
| 1994 | 2.482665 |
| 1993 | 2.4960544 |
| 1992 | 2.3037438 |
| 1991 | 2.3258123 |
| 1990 | 2.3506358 |
| 1989 | 1.2963793 |
| 1988 | 1.3108342 |
| 1987 | 1.3242576 |
| 1986 | 1.3222663 |
| 1985 | 1.3044562 |
| 1984 | 1.2867428 |
| 1983 | 2.9644012 |
| 1982 | 2.931535 |
| 1981 | 3.742382 |
| 1980 | 1.6542695 |
| 1979 | 1.4409798 |
| 1978 | 1.6401074 |
| 1977 | 1.6345285 |
| 1976 | 0.8021894 |
| 1975 | 0.77463 |
| 1974 | 0.5613032 |
| 1973 | 0.5438622 |
| 1972 | 0.5285886 |
| 1971 | 0.52620995 |
| 1970 | 0.53588146 |
| 1969 | 0.54686564 |