Environment Stats: compare key data on Cook Islands & United Kingdom

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STAT	Cook Islands	United Kingdom	HISTORY
Current issues	NA	continues to reduce greenhouse gas emissions (has met Kyoto Protocol target of a 12.5% reduction from 1990 levels and intends to meet the legally binding target and move toward a domestic goal of a 20% cut in emissions by 2010); by 2005 the government reduced the amount of industrial and commercial waste disposed of in landfill sites to 85% of 1998 levels and recycled or composted at least 25% of household waste, increasing to 33% by 2015
International agreements > Signed but not ratified	none of the selected agreements	none of the selected agreements
Pollution > Carbon dioxide 1999	8 Ranked 194th.	147,199 Ranked 6th. 18400 times more than Cook Islands
Pollution > Greenhouse gas emissions > Kyoto Protocol sign date	16 September 1998	29 April 1998
Pollution > Greenhouse gas emissions > United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change sign date	June 12, 1992	June 12, 1992
Proportion of land and marine area under protection	0.0564% Ranked 215th.	23.37% Ranked 44th. 414 times more than Cook Islands
Proportion of land area under protection	1.32% Ranked 201st.	27.91% Ranked 36th. 21 times more than Cook Islands
Sanitation > Population with improved sanitation > Rural	94.6% Ranked 66th.	100% Ranked 17th. 6% more than Cook Islands
Sanitation > Population with improved sanitation > Urban	94.6 Ranked 91st.	100 Ranked 19th. 6% more than Cook Islands
Sanitation > Population with improved sanitation > Urban and rural	94.6 Ranked 76th.	100 Ranked 18th. 6% more than Cook Islands
Water > Drinking water > Population with improved drinking water sources > Rural	99.61 Ranked 41st.	100 Ranked 14th. About the same as Cook Islands
Water > Drinking water > Population with improved drinking water sources > Urban	99.61 Ranked 64th.	100 Ranked 20th. About the same as Cook Islands
Water > Drinking water > Population with improved drinking water sources > Urban and rural	99.61 Ranked 46th.	100 Ranked 14th. About the same as Cook Islands
Water > Drinking water > Population with improved sanitation > Rural	94.6 Ranked 66th.	100 Ranked 17th. 6% more than Cook Islands
Water > Proportion of marine area under protection	0.0463% Ranked 163th.	16.61% Ranked 35th. 359 times more than Cook Islands
CO2 Emissions	34.1 Ranked 176th.	558,225 Ranked 7th. 16370 times more than Cook Islands

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