Cockburn Town
2 km around Cockburn Town TKCA 1ZZ
Air quality now
AQI 18
11.0%
tree cover
31.4K more trees would reach 30% tree cover
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Turks and Caicos Islands air quality today The AQI right now, city by city
Airleaf measures 2 cities in the Turks and Caicos Islands. Cockburn Town reads AQI 18, Providenciales reads AQI 16 right now.
- cities measured
- 2
- worst air: Cockburn Town
- 18
- cleanest air: Providenciales
- 16
- national forest cover
- 11.1%
Updated . Lower is better on the US EPA index: 0–50 is Good, above 300 is Hazardous. Measured by Airleaf.
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Deforestation · 2001–2025
How much forest has the Turks and Caicos Islands lost?
Since 2001, the Turks and Caicos Islands has lost about 607 hectares of forest (about 850 football pitches): 6.6% of the forest it had in 2000. Most of it (75%) was deforestation, forest cleared for good, mainly for towns and roads.
- Forest lost since 2001
- 607 haabout 850 football pitches
- Share of its forest
- 6.6%of what there was in 2000
- Cleared for good
- 457 hadeforestation: turned into farms, mines or towns
Hectares of forest lost each year
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| Year | Cleared for good | Can grow back | Total |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2001 | 7 ha | 1 ha | 8 ha |
| 2002 | 4 ha | under 1 ha | 5 ha |
| 2003 | 7 ha | 2 ha | 9 ha |
| 2004 | 7 ha | under 1 ha | 8 ha |
| 2005 | 16 ha | 3 ha | 18 ha |
| 2006 | 4 ha | under 1 ha | 4 ha |
| 2007 | 45 ha | 19 ha | 64 ha |
| 2008 | 47 ha | 7 ha | 54 ha |
| 2009 | 36 ha | 31 ha | 66 ha |
| 2010 | 35 ha | 4 ha | 38 ha |
| 2011 | 5 ha | 2 ha | 8 ha |
| 2012 | 7 ha | under 1 ha | 8 ha |
| 2013 | 9 ha | 2 ha | 10 ha |
| 2014 | 26 ha | 3 ha | 29 ha |
| 2015 | 15 ha | 6 ha | 21 ha |
| 2016 | 13 ha | 6 ha | 19 ha |
| 2017 | 18 ha | 6 ha | 24 ha |
| 2018 | 20 ha | 12 ha | 31 ha |
| 2019 | 10 ha | 5 ha | 14 ha |
| 2020 | 24 ha | 10 ha | 34 ha |
| 2021 | 37 ha | 4 ha | 41 ha |
| 2022 | 13 ha | 2 ha | 15 ha |
| 2023 | 10 ha | 11 ha | 21 ha |
| 2024 | 17 ha | 2 ha | 19 ha |
| 2025 | 26 ha | 14 ha | 40 ha |
The worst year was 2009, when about 66 hectares of forest were lost.
What is causing deforestation in the Turks and Caicos Islands?
- Towns and roadscleared for good45% · 276 ha
- Farms, pasture and plantationscleared for good25% · 149 ha
- Storms, floods and other natural causescan grow back22% · 133 ha
Also: mining and energy, unknown causes.
Causes for 2025 are estimates, based on what caused forest loss in the same places up to 2024.
Source: Hansen/UMD/Google/USGS/NASA, Global Forest Change (GFC-2025-v1.13); causes: WRI/Google DeepMind drivers of forest loss; both CC BY 4.0, summed by Airleaf for each area. How it's measured
Turks and Caicos Islands as a whole
11.1% of the Turks and Caicos Islands was forested as of 2024, against a 30% benchmark. Closing that gap nationally would take roughly 17.9M trees across 17.9K hectares. Source: World Bank (FAO).
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Air quality in the Turks and Caicos Islands: your questions answered
What is the air quality in the Turks and Caicos Islands today?
Airleaf measures 2 cities in the Turks and Caicos Islands. Cockburn Town reads AQI 18, Providenciales reads AQI 16 right now.
How much forest has the Turks and Caicos Islands lost since 2001?
About 607 ha from 2001 to 2025, 7% of the forest it had in 2000, from the University of Maryland's yearly satellite maps of forest loss. 457 ha of it was cleared for good, for farms, mines or towns.
How does Airleaf measure air quality in the Turks and Caicos Islands?
Each city's reading is the US EPA air quality index, from ground monitoring stations where one has reported recently nearby, and from the CAMS atmospheric model elsewhere; each city's report says which. Tree cover is measured over the same 2 km radius in every city, so the cities compare like for like.
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