American Samoa vs Cook Islands: Emissions of air pollutants

American Samoa
497.74 tonnes
in 2022
Cook Islands
616.51 tonnes
in 2022
American Samoa rank
210th
Cook Islands rank
207th

Emissions of air pollutants over time

  • American Samoa
  • Cook Islands
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How they compare

Cook Islands currently reports 616.51 tonnes against 497.74 tonnes in American Samoa, a difference of 118.77 tonnes.

That makes Cook Islands's figure about 1.2 times American Samoa's.

The two have swapped places 10 times across 273 shared years of data; in 1750 it was Cook Islands ahead.

American Samoa ranks 210th and Cook Islands ranks 207th of 220 countries.

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About this data

Indicator
Emissions of air pollutants
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

Nitrogen oxides (NOₓ) are gases that are mainly formed during the burning of fossil fuels. Exposure to NOₓ gases can have negative impacts on respiratory health. NOₓ gases can also lead to the formation of ozone – another air pollutant.