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All indicators of the Macroscope base for Cook Islands, with sources. Below: what past UN and IMF releases projected and what actually happened.

Population
14.2k
persons, 1 July, 2023
Births
0.18k
births per year, 2023
Total fertility rate
2.05
children per woman, 2023
International migrants, share
36
% of population, 2024
Electricity demand per person
2,913
kWh per person a year, 2024

What the data shows

Computed with the same code as the observations under the main chart and in the API (get_insights). Moving together in time does not prove a cause.

How the indicators changed

  • Fertility (TFR): 6.79 in 1950 → 2.05 in 2023 (−70%). Peak: 7.27 in 1961; the latest value is 72% lower. Threshold: below 2.1 since 2021. The trend broke around 1965 and 1978: +0.03 → −0.22 → −0.06 a year.
  • Births: 0.66k in 1950 → 0.18k in 2023 (−73%). Peak: 0.84k in 1962; the latest value is 79% lower. The trend broke around 1966 and 1976: +0.01k → −0.03k → −0.01k a year.
  • Population: 14.7k in 1950 → 14.2k in 2023 (−3%). Peak: 20.9k in 1971; the latest value is 32% lower. The trend broke around 1972 and 1978: +0.27k → −0.56k → −0.04k a year.
  • Net migration: on average −0.13k a year in the 1950s, −0.33k a year in the 1960s, −0.74k a year in the 1970s, −0.44k a year in the 1980s, −0.46k a year in the 1990s, −0.15k a year in the 2000s, −0.23k a year in the 2010s, −0.55k a year in the 2020s.
  • Life expectancy, men: 38.6 years in 1950 → 71.9 years in 2023 (+33 years). Threshold: above 70 years since 2013. The trend broke around 1967: change slowed down (+1.4 → +0.1 a year).

What changed at the same time

  • The fastest decline of "Fertility (TFR)" was in 1966–1976: 6.95 → 4.77. Over the same years: births 0.8k → 0.52k; population 19k → 18.3k; net migration −0.35k a year → −1.02k a year; life expectancy, men 60.1 years → 63.3 years.
  • Over the last 10 years (2013–2023): fertility (TFR) 2.29 → 2.05; births 0.3k → 0.18k; population 17.6k → 14.2k; net migration −0.23k a year → −0.56k a year; life expectancy, men 70.1 years → 71.9 years.

Against other countries

  • Order of events: fertility below 3: 2002; fertility below 2.1: 2021.

Forecasts vs actual

  • Fertility (TFR): past UN projections. The outcome was below the projection in 1 of 1 revisions (2022–2022) and above in none; median gap −7.3%.
  • The UN 2022 projection expected today's level (2.05, 2023) only after 2030: reality is at least 8 years ahead of it.
  • Fertility (TFR): UN 2024 projection (medium): 2050 — 1.78 (−13% vs 2023), 2100 — 1.68 (−18% vs 2023); low variant for 2100: 1.18.
  • Births: past UN projections. The outcome was below the projection in 1 of 1 revisions (2022–2022) and above in none; median gap −35%.
  • The UN 2022 projection expected today's level (0.18k, 2023) only after 2050: reality is at least 28 years ahead of it.
  • Births: UN 2024 projection (medium): 2050 — 0.11k (−38% vs 2023), 2100 — 0.07k (−61% vs 2023); low variant for 2100: 0.02k.
  • Population: past UN projections. The outcome was below the projection in 11 of 12 revisions (1998–2022) and above in 1; median gap −28%.
  • The UN 2004 projection expected today's level (14.2k, 2023) only after 2030: reality is at least 8 years ahead of it.
  • Population: UN 2024 projection (medium): 2050 — 9.34k (−34% vs 2023), 2100 — 7.9k (−44% vs 2023); low variant for 2100: 5.18k.
  • Why the UN missed the population. The 2022 projection for 2023: 17k; the UN's 2024 estimate: 14.2k (−17%). Parts of the gap (plus means more people than projected): the starting population −1.8k, births −0.2k, deaths 0 (fewer deaths than expected), migration −0.9k; the largest: the starting population.
  • Net migration: UN 2024 projection (medium): 2030 — −0.22k a year, 2050 — −0.03k a year, 2100 — 0k a year.
  • Life expectancy, men: UN 2024 projection (medium): 2030 — 73.2 years, 2050 — 77.2 years, 2100 — 85.2 years.

UN projections vs actual

Solid line: actual data, UN WPP 2024 estimates; births and fertility from national statistics from the last year they matched the UN estimate (the UN's figures for the latest years are partly its own projection). Dashed: medium variants of past UN revisions. The table shows what each revision expected for the latest year (or five-year period) with actual data.

Population

persons, 1 July
Cook Islands: PopulationActual 2023: 14.2k10k15k20k25k19902000201020202030
  • Actual
  • UN 1998
  • UN 2000
  • UN 2002
  • UN 2004
  • UN 2006
  • UN 2008
  • UN 2010
  • UN 2012
  • UN 2015
  • UN 2017
  • UN 2019
  • UN 2022
  • UN 2024, medium
ReleaseTarget periodHorizonExpectedActualActual vs expected
UN 1998202325 years23.3k14.2k−39%
UN 2000202323 years22.7k14.2k−37.5%
UN 2002202321 years18.4k14.2k−22.7%
UN 2004202319 years16.6k14.2k−14.5%
UN 2006202317 years11.4k14.2k+24.9%
UN 2008202315 years21.3k14.2k−33.1%
UN 2010202313 years21.6k14.2k−34.1%
UN 2012202311 years21.6k14.2k−34.1%
UN 201520238 years21.8k14.2k−34.8%
UN 201720236 years17.6k14.2k−19.3%
UN 201920234 years17.6k14.2k−19.1%
UN 202220231 year17k14.2k−16.6%

Births

births per year
Cook Islands: BirthsActual 2023: 0.18k0.1k0.2k0.3k0.4k0.5k0.6k19902000201020202030
  • Actual
  • UN 2022
  • UN 2024, medium
ReleaseTarget periodHorizonExpectedActualActual vs expected
UN 202220231 year0.27k0.18k−34.6%

Total fertility rate

children per woman
Cook Islands: Total fertility rateActual 2023: 2.051.522.533.5419902000201020202030
  • Actual
  • UN 2022
  • UN 2024, medium
ReleaseTarget periodHorizonExpectedActualActual vs expected
UN 202220231 year2.212.05−7.3%

Deaths

thousand deaths per year
Cook Islands: DeathsActual 2023: 00.10.10.10.20.219902000201020202030
  • Actual
  • UN 2022
  • UN 2024, medium
ReleaseTarget periodHorizonExpectedActualActual vs expected
UN 202220231 year00−9.6%

Infant mortality

deaths under age 1 per 1,000 live births
Cook Islands: Infant mortalityActual 2023: 5.5051015202519902000201020202030
  • Actual
  • UN 2022
  • UN 2024, medium
ReleaseTarget periodHorizonExpectedActualActual vs expected
UN 202220231 year5.55.5+1.3%

Net migration

persons per year
Cook Islands: Net migrationActual 2023: −0.56k−1k−0.5k00.5k19902000201020202030
  • Actual
  • UN 2022
  • UN 2024, medium
ReleaseTarget periodHorizonExpectedActualActual vs expected
UN 202220231 year−0.09k−0.56k0k a year

Life expectancy at birth, women

years
Cook Islands: Life expectancy at birth, womenActual 2023: 79657075808519902000201020202030
  • Actual
  • UN 2022
  • UN 2024, medium
ReleaseTarget periodHorizonExpectedActualActual vs expected
UN 202220231 year79.279−0.2 yrs

Life expectancy at birth, men

years
Cook Islands: Life expectancy at birth, menActual 2023: 71.96065707519902000201020202030
  • Actual
  • UN 2022
  • UN 2024, medium
ReleaseTarget periodHorizonExpectedActualActual vs expected
UN 202220231 year71.671.9+0.3 yrs

* The five-year period is not over: the projection is compared with the mean of its years so far (UN facts end in 2023).

All indicators

Demography

Population

14.2k persons, 1 July latest value, 2023

Cook Islands: Population1950: 14.7k; 2023: 14.2k05k10k15k20k25k19501975200020252050

Population on 1 July. UN estimate to 2023, medium variant from 2024; past UN revisions for forecast checks.

Source: UN DESA, World Population Prospects 2024

Births

0.18k births per year latest value, 2023

Cook Islands: Births1950: 0.66k; 2023: 0.18k00.2k0.4k0.6k0.8k1k19501975200020252050

Live births per calendar year. UN WPP 2024 and national statistics (64 countries, 2015-2025).

Source: UN DESA, World Population Prospects 2024

Deaths

0 thousand deaths per year latest value, 2023

Cook Islands: Deaths1950: 0; 2023: 00000019501975200020252050

Deaths per calendar year (UN estimate to 2023, medium variant from 2024); past UN revisions for forecast checks.

Source: UN DESA, World Population Prospects 2024

Natural change

0 thousand persons per year latest value, 2023

Cook Islands: Natural change1950: 0.3; 2023: 000.20.40.60.819501975200020252050

Births minus deaths in the year (UN). Negative: natural decrease, more deaths than births.

Source: UN DESA, World Population Prospects 2024

Rate of natural change

3.2 per 1,000 population per year latest value, 2023

Cook Islands: Rate of natural change1950: 20.5; 2023: 3.201020304019501975200020252050

Births minus deaths in the year per 1,000 people (UN). With the net migration rate it makes up population growth.

Source: UN DESA, World Population Prospects 2024

Life expectancy at 65

16.6 years latest value, 2023

Cook Islands: Life expectancy at 651950: 9.7; 2023: 16.60510152019501975200020252050

Years a person aged 65 would still live at the mortality rates of the year; both sexes (UN).

Source: UN DESA, World Population Prospects 2024

Infant mortality

5.5 deaths under age 1 per 1,000 live births latest value, 2023

Cook Islands: Infant mortality1950: 130.2; 2023: 5.505010015019501975200020252050

Children per 1,000 live births who die before their first birthday (UN); past UN revisions for forecast checks.

Source: UN DESA, World Population Prospects 2024

Total fertility rate

2.05 children per woman latest value, 2023

Cook Islands: Total fertility rate1950: 6.79; 2023: 2.050.002.004.006.008.0019501975200020252050

Average number of children a woman would have at the age-specific fertility rates of the year.

Source: UN DESA, World Population Prospects 2024

Life expectancy at birth, women

79 years latest value, 2023

Cook Islands: Life expectancy at birth, women1950: 37.4; 2023: 7902040608010019501975200020252050

Years a newborn girl would live at the mortality rates of the year (UN).

Source: UN DESA, World Population Prospects 2024

Life expectancy at birth, men

71.9 years latest value, 2023

Cook Islands: Life expectancy at birth, men1950: 38.6; 2023: 71.902040608019501975200020252050

Years a newborn boy would live at the mortality rates of the year (UN).

Source: UN DESA, World Population Prospects 2024

Median age

35.1 years latest value, 2023

Cook Islands: Median age1950: 15.7; 2023: 35.10102030405019501975200020252050

Age that divides the population in two halves (UN).

Source: UN DESA, World Population Prospects 2024

Mean age of mothers at childbirth

29.1 years latest value, 2023

Cook Islands: Mean age of mothers at childbirth1950: 28.8; 2023: 29.101020304019501975200020252050

Mean age of mothers at the birth of their children of any order (UN).

Source: UN DESA, World Population Prospects 2024

Sex ratio at birth

106 boys per 100 girls latest value, 2023

Cook Islands: Sex ratio at birth1950: 106; 2023: 10605010015019501975200020252050

Boys born per 100 girls born (UN).

Source: UN DESA, World Population Prospects 2024

Crude marriage rate

32.78 marriages per 1,000 people latest value, 2024

Cook Islands: Crude marriage rate1953: 8.33; 2024: 32.7802040601960197019801990200020102020

Marriages in the year per 1,000 people: marriages from national offices (Korea, Japan, Taiwan, China, the USA, the UK, Russia, Brazil and others, where they publish more than the international databases), Eurostat and the UN, divided by the UN WPP 2024 population. Where most births are within marriage, marriages come before births.

Source: UN Demographic Statistics Database (UNdata) and Demographic Yearbook

Marriages

0.45k marriages a year latest value, 2024

Cook Islands: Marriages1953: 0.13k; 2024: 0.45k00.2k0.4k0.6k0.8k1k1960197019801990200020102020

Marriages in the year (couples). National offices (Korea, Japan, Taiwan, China, the USA, the UK, Russia, Brazil and others), Eurostat for Europe, the UN for the rest; by year of registration or of occurrence, as each country counts.

Source: UN Demographic Statistics Database (UNdata) and Demographic Yearbook

Old-age dependency

19.4 persons 65+ per 100 aged 20-64 latest value, 2020

Cook Islands: Old-age dependency1950: 7.2; 2020: 19.4020406019501975200020252050

Persons aged 65+ per 100 aged 20-64, every five years (UN).

Source: UN DESA, World Population Prospects 2024

Children under 15

4 thousand persons, 1 July latest value, 2023

Cook Islands: Children under 151950: 7; 2023: 405101519501975200020252050

Children aged 0-14 on 1 July: the sum of the five-year groups 0-4, 5-9 and 10-14 (UN; estimate to 2023, medium variant from 2024).

Source: UN DESA, World Population Prospects 2024

Children under 5

1 thousand persons, 1 July latest value, 2023

Cook Islands: Children under 51950: 3; 2023: 10123419501975200020252050

Children aged 0-4 on 1 July (UN; estimate to 2023, medium variant from 2024).

Source: UN DESA, World Population Prospects 2024

People aged 65 and over

2 thousand persons, 1 July latest value, 2023

Cook Islands: People aged 65 and over1950: 0; 2023: 2012319501975200020252050

People aged 65 and over on 1 July: the sum of the five-year groups from 65-69 to 100+ (UN; estimate to 2023, medium variant from 2024).

Source: UN DESA, World Population Prospects 2024

People aged 80 and over

0 thousand persons, 1 July latest value, 2023

Cook Islands: People aged 80 and over1950: 0; 2023: 000011119501975200020252050

People aged 80 and over on 1 July: the sum of the five-year groups from 80-84 to 100+ (UN; estimate to 2023, medium variant from 2024).

Source: UN DESA, World Population Prospects 2024

Migration

Net migration

−0.56k persons per year latest value, 2023

Cook Islands: Net migration1950: 0.11k; 2023: −0.56k−1.5k−1k−0.5k00.5k19501975200020252050

Immigrants minus emigrants per year (UN estimate and projection). Past UN revisions for forecast checks.

Source: UN DESA, World Population Prospects 2024

Net migration rate

−39.24 per 1,000 population per year latest value, 2023

Cook Islands: Net migration rate1950: 7.49; 2023: −39.24−60−40−2002019501975200020252050

Immigrants minus emigrants per year per 1,000 people: UN net migration divided by the population on 1 July. Comparable across countries of any size.

Source: UN DESA, World Population Prospects 2024

International migrants, share

36 % of population latest value, 2024

Cook Islands: International migrants, share1990: 15.1; 2024: 360102030401990199520002005201020152020

People born in another country (foreign citizens where birthplace is not recorded) as a share of the population at mid-year (UN, every five years and 2024).

Source: UN DESA, International Migrant Stock 2024

International migrant stock

4.94k persons latest value, 2024

Cook Islands: International migrant stock1990: 2.59k; 2024: 4.94k01k2k3k4k5k1990199520002005201020152020

Number of people born in another country (or foreign citizens) living in the country at mid-year (UN).

Source: UN DESA, International Migrant Stock 2024

Emigrants, share

147.8 % of home population latest value, 2024

Cook Islands: Emigrants, share1990: 103; 2024: 147.80501001501990199520002005201020152020

People from the country (born there or its citizens) living in other countries, as a percentage of the population living in the country (UN, International Migrant Stock 2024).

Source: UN DESA, International Migrant Stock 2024

Emigrant stock

20.3k persons latest value, 2024

Cook Islands: Emigrant stock1990: 17.6k; 2024: 20.3k05k10k15k20k25k1990199520002005201020152020

Number of people from the country (born there or its citizens) living in other countries at mid-year (UN).

Source: UN DESA, International Migrant Stock 2024

Refugees from the country

0 persons, end of year latest value, 2025

Cook Islands: Refugees from the country2025: 0; 2025: 001k20202025

Refugees and other people in need of international protection from the country living abroad (UNHCR). Palestine refugees under UNRWA's mandate are not included, so the figure for Palestine is far too low.

Source: UNHCR Refugee Data Finder

Refugees from the country per 1,000 people

0 per 1,000 population of the country latest value, 2025

Cook Islands: Refugees from the country per 1,000 people2025: 0; 2025: 00120202025

Refugees and other people in need of international protection from the country per 1,000 people living in it (UNHCR; population: UN WPP 2024). UNRWA refugees not included.

Source: UNHCR Refugee Data Finder

Citizens under temporary protection in Europe

0 thousand persons, end of year latest value, 2026

Cook Islands: Citizens under temporary protection in Europe2022: 0; 2026: 00120202025

Citizens of the country under temporary protection in the EU, Iceland, Liechtenstein, Norway and Switzerland (all 31 report from 2022), end of December. For the running year: the latest month all have published. Granted from March 2022 to people fleeing the war in Ukraine: almost all are Ukrainians; for other countries, their citizens who lived in Ukraine. Eurostat, migr_asytpsm.

Source: Eurostat, beneficiaries of temporary protection at the end of June 2026 (latest month published; the year is not over)

Energy

Electricity demand per person

2,913 kWh per person a year latest value, 2024

Cook Islands: Electricity demand per person2000: 1,893; 2024: 2,91301,0002,0003,0004,00020002005201020152020

Electricity demand (generation plus net imports, Ember) divided by the UN WPP 2024 population. A physical measure that is hard to dress up.

Source: Ember, Yearly Electricity Data

Wind and solar share of electricity

50 % of generation latest value, 2024

Cook Islands: Wind and solar share of electricity2000: 0; 2024: 50010203040506020002005201020152020

Share of wind and solar power in electricity generation (Ember).

Source: Ember, Yearly Electricity Data

Low-carbon share of electricity

50 % of generation latest value, 2024

Cook Islands: Low-carbon share of electricity2000: 0; 2024: 50010203040506020002005201020152020

Share of renewables and nuclear power in electricity generation (Ember).

Source: Ember, Yearly Electricity Data

Coal share of electricity

0 % of generation latest value, 2024

Cook Islands: Coal share of electricity2000: 0; 2024: 00120002005201020152020

Share of coal power in electricity generation (Ember).

Source: Ember, Yearly Electricity Data

Carbon intensity of electricity

350 g CO2e per kWh latest value, 2024

Cook Islands: Carbon intensity of electricity2000: 667; 2024: 350020040060080020002005201020152020

Greenhouse gas emissions of electricity generation per kilowatt-hour (Ember).

Source: Ember, Yearly Electricity Data

Electricity generation

0 TWh per year latest value, 2024

Cook Islands: Electricity generation2000: 0; 2024: 0000000.10.120002005201020152020

Total electricity generation in the country (Ember). Imports are excluded. A volume, not the share of a fuel.

Source: Ember, Yearly Electricity Data

Electricity generation emissions

0 Mt CO2e per year latest value, 2024

Cook Islands: Electricity generation emissions2000: 0; 2024: 000000020002005201020152020

Greenhouse gas emissions of electricity generation (Ember), not of the whole economy.

Source: Ember, Yearly Electricity Data

Security

Deaths in organised violence

0 persons a year latest value, 2025

Cook Islands: Deaths in organised violence1989: 0; 2025: 0011990200020102020

Deaths in state-based conflict, non-state conflict and one-sided violence against civilians, by where the events took place (UCDP GED, best estimate). 0 means no organised violence above UCDP thresholds (25 deaths a year in one conflict). Events in Gaza and the West Bank are counted for Palestine.

Source: Uppsala Conflict Data Program (UCDP), GED 26.1

Deaths in organised violence per 100,000

0 per 100,000 people a year latest value, 2025

Cook Islands: Deaths in organised violence per 100,0001989: 0; 2025: 0011990200020102020

Deaths in organised violence (UCDP GED) per 100,000 people (population: UN WPP 2024).

Source: Uppsala Conflict Data Program (UCDP), GED 26.1

Armed conflict in the country

0 0 none, 1 minor, 2 war latest value, 2025

Cook Islands: Armed conflict in the country1946: 0; 2025: 00119501960197019801990200020102020

Strongest armed conflict of the year in which the government or territory of the country is disputed (UCDP/PRIO ACD): 1 = 25-999 battle-related deaths, 2 = war, 1,000 or more. In interstate conflicts every primary party is marked even if the fighting was elsewhere (the USA in Iraq, 2003). Historical states are mapped to present-day countries by territory (USSR, Yugoslavia, South Vietnam and others).

Source: UCDP/PRIO Armed Conflict Dataset 26.1

Battle deaths

0 persons a year latest value, 2025

Cook Islands: Battle deaths1946: 0; 2025: 00119501960197019801990200020102020

Soldiers and civilians killed in combat in state-based armed conflicts on the territory of the country. 1946-1988: PRIO Battle Deaths (best estimate, else the low one; a conflict of several countries split equally); from 1989: UCDP GED by place of the events. For the same conflicts in 1989-2008 PRIO is 1.6 times UCDP, so the drop in 1989 is partly a change of source. One-sided violence against civilians is not included.

Source: Uppsala Conflict Data Program (UCDP), GED 26.1

Battle deaths per 100,000

0 per 100,000 people a year latest value, 2025

Cook Islands: Battle deaths per 100,0001950: 0; 2025: 00119501960197019801990200020102020

Battle deaths on the territory of the country (PRIO to 1988, UCDP GED from 1989) per 100,000 people (population: UN WPP 2024), from 1950.

Source: Uppsala Conflict Data Program (UCDP), GED 26.1

Purchases and money

Caloric losses at retail distribution

3.02 % latest value, 2025

Cook Islands: Caloric losses at retail distribution2000: 3.01; 2025: 3.0201234200020052010201520202025

FAOSTAT FS, Incidence of caloric losses at retail distribution level (percent). Published exact annual central values only; missing/suppressed values and inequality bounds are excluded from the annual series. Source flags, units, period and release retained in typed tables. Food supply is availability, not actual intake; land areas are not prices; diet cost uses source PPP definitions; land temperature is relative to 1951–1980.

Source: FAO: FAOSTAT

Health

Anaemia among women aged 15–49

23.9 % latest value, 2023

Cook Islands: Anaemia among women aged 15–492000: 22.3; 2023: 23.9051015202520002005201020152020

FAOSTAT FS, Prevalence of anemia among women of reproductive age (15-49 years) (percent). Published exact annual central values only; missing/suppressed values and inequality bounds are excluded from the annual series. Source flags, units, period and release retained in typed tables. Food supply is availability, not actual intake; land areas are not prices; diet cost uses source PPP definitions; land temperature is relative to 1951–1980.

Source: FAO: FAOSTAT

Reported COVID-19 cases

578 by report dates in year latest value, 2023

Cook Islands: Reported COVID-19 cases2020: 0; 2023: 57802,0004,0006,0008,0002020

Sum of WHO weekly reports by report date in a completed year, requiring at least 50 nonmissing values. Reported events, not total infections/deaths. Negative revisions retained; testing and reporting coverage changed.

Source: WHO: reported COVID-19 data

Reported COVID-19 deaths

1 by report dates in year latest value, 2022

Cook Islands: Reported COVID-19 deaths2020: 0; 2022: 100011112020

Sum of WHO weekly reports by report date in a completed year, requiring at least 50 nonmissing values. Reported events, not total infections/deaths. Negative revisions retained; testing and reporting coverage changed.

Source: WHO: reported COVID-19 data

Low birthweight

10.3 % latest value, 2020

Cook Islands: Low birthweight2000: 10.1; 2020: 10.305101520002005201020152020

FAOSTAT FS, Prevalence of low birthweight (percent). Published exact annual central values only; missing/suppressed values and inequality bounds are excluded from the annual series. Source flags, units, period and release retained in typed tables. Food supply is availability, not actual intake; land areas are not prices; diet cost uses source PPP definitions; land temperature is relative to 1951–1980.

Source: FAO: FAOSTAT

Obesity among adults aged 18+

72.4 % latest value, 2024

Cook Islands: Obesity among adults aged 18+2000: 54.8; 2024: 72.402040608020002005201020152020

FAOSTAT FS, Prevalence of obesity in the adult population (18 years and older) (percent). Published exact annual central values only; missing/suppressed values and inequality bounds are excluded from the annual series. Source flags, units, period and release retained in typed tables. Food supply is availability, not actual intake; land areas are not prices; diet cost uses source PPP definitions; land temperature is relative to 1951–1980.

Source: FAO: FAOSTAT

Land and housing

Certified organic agricultural land

0.01 1000 ha latest value, 2024

Cook Islands: Certified organic agricultural land2010: 0.02; 2024: 0.0100.010.020.030.04201020152020

FAOSTAT RL, Agriculture area certified organic. Published exact annual central values only; missing/suppressed values and inequality bounds are excluded from the annual series. Source flags, units, period and release retained in typed tables. Food supply is availability, not actual intake; land areas are not prices; diet cost uses source PPP definitions; land temperature is relative to 1951–1980.

Source: FAO: FAOSTAT

Planted forest

1.19 1000 ha latest value, 2025

Cook Islands: Planted forest1990: 0.51; 2025: 1.1900.511.519901995200020052010201520202025

FAOSTAT RL, Planted Forest. Published exact annual central values only; missing/suppressed values and inequality bounds are excluded from the annual series. Source flags, units, period and release retained in typed tables. Food supply is availability, not actual intake; land areas are not prices; diet cost uses source PPP definitions; land temperature is relative to 1951–1980.

Source: FAO: FAOSTAT

Primary forest

14.4 1000 ha latest value, 2025

Cook Islands: Primary forest1990: 14.4; 2025: 14.405101519901995200020052010201520202025

FAOSTAT RL, Primary Forest. Published exact annual central values only; missing/suppressed values and inequality bounds are excluded from the annual series. Source flags, units, period and release retained in typed tables. Food supply is availability, not actual intake; land areas are not prices; diet cost uses source PPP definitions; land temperature is relative to 1951–1980.

Source: FAO: FAOSTAT

Everyday environment

Land temperature anomaly

0.89 °C latest value, 2025

Cook Islands: Land temperature anomaly1961: 0.19; 2025: 0.8900.511.5197019801990200020102020

FAOSTAT ET, Meteorological year. Published exact annual central values only; missing/suppressed values and inequality bounds are excluded from the annual series. Source flags, units, period and release retained in typed tables. Food supply is availability, not actual intake; land areas are not prices; diet cost uses source PPP definitions; land temperature is relative to 1951–1980.

Source: FAO: FAOSTAT

Science, space and technology

GitHub developer accounts at year end

251 accounts latest value, 2025

Cook Islands: GitHub developer accounts at year end2021: 108; 2025: 251010020030020202025

Fourth-quarter end snapshot; includes inactive accounts/organizations/repositories. GitHub Innovation Graph: public GitHub activity only. Geography reflects mode location, not nationality. Suppressed small groups are not zeros; not a professional-programmer count.

Source: GitHub Innovation Graph

GitHub repositories at year end

184 repositories latest value, 2025

Cook Islands: GitHub repositories at year end2020: 106; 2025: 18405010015020020202025

Fourth-quarter end snapshot; includes inactive accounts/organizations/repositories. GitHub Innovation Graph: public GitHub activity only. Geography reflects mode location, not nationality. Suppressed small groups are not zeros; not a professional-programmer count.

Source: GitHub Innovation Graph

Patent applications abroad by origin

1 applications per year latest value, 2024

Cook Islands: Patent applications abroad by origin1995: 1; 2024: 10246810199520002005201020152020

Applications for patents for inventions filed in a year by applicants from the country at foreign and regional offices (such as the European Patent Office): how much the country's inventions seek protection in other markets. Country = first applicant's address; applications, not grants. WIPO IP Statistics Data Center (the last update is stated in the export file).

Source: WIPO IP Statistics Data Center

PCT international patent applications

5 applications per year latest value, 2013

Cook Islands: PCT international patent applications1995: 1; 2013: 5024681995200020052010

International applications under the Patent Cooperation Treaty (PCT) by filing date and first applicant's country. One PCT application defers the choice of countries where the invention will be protected; it is neither a patent nor a filing at a particular office. The incomplete current year is excluded. WIPO IP Statistics Data Center (the last update is stated in the export file).

Source: WIPO IP Statistics Data Center

Religion and beliefs

Christians among immigrants — share

80.2 % of migrants latest value, 2020

Cook Islands: Christians among immigrants — share1990: 80.3; 2020: 80.20204060801001990199520002005201020152020

Pew 2024 estimates of international migrant stocks at seven dates, 1990–2020. Incoming means migrants living in a country; Outgoing means people from that country living abroad. These are not annual flows or shares of all residents. Based on international migrant data and estimates of religious composition, not a census of practising believers. Incoming and Outgoing overlap; world totals must not be added to countries. Counts are rounded to 10,000; smaller counts remain <10,000 bounds and are omitted from exact chart points. Shares use migrants in the same direction as denominator, rounded to 0.1 percentage point; 0.0% does not establish absence. Shares for 22 Incoming records with zero total are undefined and omitted. Vatican City Incoming is missing. Unaffiliated does not mean atheist. This release is not spliced with the revised 2025 all-population estimates.

Source: Pew Research Center: religion of international migrants

Muslims among immigrants — share

1.6 % of migrants latest value, 2020

Cook Islands: Muslims among immigrants — share1990: 1.6; 2020: 1.600.511.521990199520002005201020152020

Pew 2024 estimates of international migrant stocks at seven dates, 1990–2020. Incoming means migrants living in a country; Outgoing means people from that country living abroad. These are not annual flows or shares of all residents. Based on international migrant data and estimates of religious composition, not a census of practising believers. Incoming and Outgoing overlap; world totals must not be added to countries. Counts are rounded to 10,000; smaller counts remain <10,000 bounds and are omitted from exact chart points. Shares use migrants in the same direction as denominator, rounded to 0.1 percentage point; 0.0% does not establish absence. Shares for 22 Incoming records with zero total are undefined and omitted. Vatican City Incoming is missing. Unaffiliated does not mean atheist. This release is not spliced with the revised 2025 all-population estimates.

Source: Pew Research Center: religion of international migrants

Religiously unaffiliated among immigrants — share

13.2 % of migrants latest value, 2020

Cook Islands: Religiously unaffiliated among immigrants — share1990: 13; 2020: 13.20510151990199520002005201020152020

Pew 2024 estimates of international migrant stocks at seven dates, 1990–2020. Incoming means migrants living in a country; Outgoing means people from that country living abroad. These are not annual flows or shares of all residents. Based on international migrant data and estimates of religious composition, not a census of practising believers. Incoming and Outgoing overlap; world totals must not be added to countries. Counts are rounded to 10,000; smaller counts remain <10,000 bounds and are omitted from exact chart points. Shares use migrants in the same direction as denominator, rounded to 0.1 percentage point; 0.0% does not establish absence. Shares for 22 Incoming records with zero total are undefined and omitted. Vatican City Incoming is missing. Unaffiliated does not mean atheist. This release is not spliced with the revised 2025 all-population estimates.

Source: Pew Research Center: religion of international migrants

Buddhists among immigrants — share

1.7 % of migrants latest value, 2020

Cook Islands: Buddhists among immigrants — share1990: 1.7; 2020: 1.700.511.521990199520002005201020152020

Pew 2024 estimates of international migrant stocks at seven dates, 1990–2020. Incoming means migrants living in a country; Outgoing means people from that country living abroad. These are not annual flows or shares of all residents. Based on international migrant data and estimates of religious composition, not a census of practising believers. Incoming and Outgoing overlap; world totals must not be added to countries. Counts are rounded to 10,000; smaller counts remain <10,000 bounds and are omitted from exact chart points. Shares use migrants in the same direction as denominator, rounded to 0.1 percentage point; 0.0% does not establish absence. Shares for 22 Incoming records with zero total are undefined and omitted. Vatican City Incoming is missing. Unaffiliated does not mean atheist. This release is not spliced with the revised 2025 all-population estimates.

Source: Pew Research Center: religion of international migrants

Hindus among immigrants — share

2.2 % of migrants latest value, 2020

Cook Islands: Hindus among immigrants — share1990: 2.2; 2020: 2.200.511.522.51990199520002005201020152020

Pew 2024 estimates of international migrant stocks at seven dates, 1990–2020. Incoming means migrants living in a country; Outgoing means people from that country living abroad. These are not annual flows or shares of all residents. Based on international migrant data and estimates of religious composition, not a census of practising believers. Incoming and Outgoing overlap; world totals must not be added to countries. Counts are rounded to 10,000; smaller counts remain <10,000 bounds and are omitted from exact chart points. Shares use migrants in the same direction as denominator, rounded to 0.1 percentage point; 0.0% does not establish absence. Shares for 22 Incoming records with zero total are undefined and omitted. Vatican City Incoming is missing. Unaffiliated does not mean atheist. This release is not spliced with the revised 2025 all-population estimates.

Source: Pew Research Center: religion of international migrants

Jews among immigrants — share

0.5 % of migrants latest value, 2020

Cook Islands: Jews among immigrants — share1990: 0.4; 2020: 0.500.10.20.30.40.50.61990199520002005201020152020

Pew 2024 estimates of international migrant stocks at seven dates, 1990–2020. Incoming means migrants living in a country; Outgoing means people from that country living abroad. These are not annual flows or shares of all residents. Based on international migrant data and estimates of religious composition, not a census of practising believers. Incoming and Outgoing overlap; world totals must not be added to countries. Counts are rounded to 10,000; smaller counts remain <10,000 bounds and are omitted from exact chart points. Shares use migrants in the same direction as denominator, rounded to 0.1 percentage point; 0.0% does not establish absence. Shares for 22 Incoming records with zero total are undefined and omitted. Vatican City Incoming is missing. Unaffiliated does not mean atheist. This release is not spliced with the revised 2025 all-population estimates.

Source: Pew Research Center: religion of international migrants

Other religions among immigrants — share

0.5 % of migrants latest value, 2020

Cook Islands: Other religions among immigrants — share1990: 0.5; 2020: 0.500.10.20.30.40.50.61990199520002005201020152020

Pew 2024 estimates of international migrant stocks at seven dates, 1990–2020. Incoming means migrants living in a country; Outgoing means people from that country living abroad. These are not annual flows or shares of all residents. Based on international migrant data and estimates of religious composition, not a census of practising believers. Incoming and Outgoing overlap; world totals must not be added to countries. Counts are rounded to 10,000; smaller counts remain <10,000 bounds and are omitted from exact chart points. Shares use migrants in the same direction as denominator, rounded to 0.1 percentage point; 0.0% does not establish absence. Shares for 22 Incoming records with zero total are undefined and omitted. Vatican City Incoming is missing. Unaffiliated does not mean atheist. This release is not spliced with the revised 2025 all-population estimates.

Source: Pew Research Center: religion of international migrants

Christians among emigrants — share

85.8 % of migrants latest value, 2020

Cook Islands: Christians among emigrants — share1990: 82.4; 2020: 85.80204060801001990199520002005201020152020

Pew 2024 estimates of international migrant stocks at seven dates, 1990–2020. Incoming means migrants living in a country; Outgoing means people from that country living abroad. These are not annual flows or shares of all residents. Based on international migrant data and estimates of religious composition, not a census of practising believers. Incoming and Outgoing overlap; world totals must not be added to countries. Counts are rounded to 10,000; smaller counts remain <10,000 bounds and are omitted from exact chart points. Shares use migrants in the same direction as denominator, rounded to 0.1 percentage point; 0.0% does not establish absence. Shares for 22 Incoming records with zero total are undefined and omitted. Vatican City Incoming is missing. Unaffiliated does not mean atheist. This release is not spliced with the revised 2025 all-population estimates.

Source: Pew Research Center: religion of international migrants

Christians among emigrants — population

20 thousand persons latest value, 2020

Cook Islands: Christians among emigrants — population1990: 10; 2020: 2005101520251990199520002005201020152020

Pew 2024 estimates of international migrant stocks at seven dates, 1990–2020. Incoming means migrants living in a country; Outgoing means people from that country living abroad. These are not annual flows or shares of all residents. Based on international migrant data and estimates of religious composition, not a census of practising believers. Incoming and Outgoing overlap; world totals must not be added to countries. Counts are rounded to 10,000; smaller counts remain <10,000 bounds and are omitted from exact chart points. Shares use migrants in the same direction as denominator, rounded to 0.1 percentage point; 0.0% does not establish absence. Shares for 22 Incoming records with zero total are undefined and omitted. Vatican City Incoming is missing. Unaffiliated does not mean atheist. This release is not spliced with the revised 2025 all-population estimates.

Source: Pew Research Center: religion of international migrants

Muslims among emigrants — share

1 % of migrants latest value, 2020

Cook Islands: Muslims among emigrants — share1990: 1.4; 2020: 100.511.51990199520002005201020152020

Pew 2024 estimates of international migrant stocks at seven dates, 1990–2020. Incoming means migrants living in a country; Outgoing means people from that country living abroad. These are not annual flows or shares of all residents. Based on international migrant data and estimates of religious composition, not a census of practising believers. Incoming and Outgoing overlap; world totals must not be added to countries. Counts are rounded to 10,000; smaller counts remain <10,000 bounds and are omitted from exact chart points. Shares use migrants in the same direction as denominator, rounded to 0.1 percentage point; 0.0% does not establish absence. Shares for 22 Incoming records with zero total are undefined and omitted. Vatican City Incoming is missing. Unaffiliated does not mean atheist. This release is not spliced with the revised 2025 all-population estimates.

Source: Pew Research Center: religion of international migrants

Religiously unaffiliated among emigrants — share

10.1 % of migrants latest value, 2020

Cook Islands: Religiously unaffiliated among emigrants — share1990: 11.8; 2020: 10.10510151990199520002005201020152020

Pew 2024 estimates of international migrant stocks at seven dates, 1990–2020. Incoming means migrants living in a country; Outgoing means people from that country living abroad. These are not annual flows or shares of all residents. Based on international migrant data and estimates of religious composition, not a census of practising believers. Incoming and Outgoing overlap; world totals must not be added to countries. Counts are rounded to 10,000; smaller counts remain <10,000 bounds and are omitted from exact chart points. Shares use migrants in the same direction as denominator, rounded to 0.1 percentage point; 0.0% does not establish absence. Shares for 22 Incoming records with zero total are undefined and omitted. Vatican City Incoming is missing. Unaffiliated does not mean atheist. This release is not spliced with the revised 2025 all-population estimates.

Source: Pew Research Center: religion of international migrants

Buddhists among emigrants — share

1.1 % of migrants latest value, 2020

Cook Islands: Buddhists among emigrants — share1990: 1.6; 2020: 1.100.511.521990199520002005201020152020

Pew 2024 estimates of international migrant stocks at seven dates, 1990–2020. Incoming means migrants living in a country; Outgoing means people from that country living abroad. These are not annual flows or shares of all residents. Based on international migrant data and estimates of religious composition, not a census of practising believers. Incoming and Outgoing overlap; world totals must not be added to countries. Counts are rounded to 10,000; smaller counts remain <10,000 bounds and are omitted from exact chart points. Shares use migrants in the same direction as denominator, rounded to 0.1 percentage point; 0.0% does not establish absence. Shares for 22 Incoming records with zero total are undefined and omitted. Vatican City Incoming is missing. Unaffiliated does not mean atheist. This release is not spliced with the revised 2025 all-population estimates.

Source: Pew Research Center: religion of international migrants

Hindus among emigrants — share

1.4 % of migrants latest value, 2020

Cook Islands: Hindus among emigrants — share1990: 2; 2020: 1.400.511.522.51990199520002005201020152020

Pew 2024 estimates of international migrant stocks at seven dates, 1990–2020. Incoming means migrants living in a country; Outgoing means people from that country living abroad. These are not annual flows or shares of all residents. Based on international migrant data and estimates of religious composition, not a census of practising believers. Incoming and Outgoing overlap; world totals must not be added to countries. Counts are rounded to 10,000; smaller counts remain <10,000 bounds and are omitted from exact chart points. Shares use migrants in the same direction as denominator, rounded to 0.1 percentage point; 0.0% does not establish absence. Shares for 22 Incoming records with zero total are undefined and omitted. Vatican City Incoming is missing. Unaffiliated does not mean atheist. This release is not spliced with the revised 2025 all-population estimates.

Source: Pew Research Center: religion of international migrants

Jews among emigrants — share

0.3 % of migrants latest value, 2020

Cook Islands: Jews among emigrants — share1990: 0.4; 2020: 0.300.10.20.30.40.51990199520002005201020152020

Pew 2024 estimates of international migrant stocks at seven dates, 1990–2020. Incoming means migrants living in a country; Outgoing means people from that country living abroad. These are not annual flows or shares of all residents. Based on international migrant data and estimates of religious composition, not a census of practising believers. Incoming and Outgoing overlap; world totals must not be added to countries. Counts are rounded to 10,000; smaller counts remain <10,000 bounds and are omitted from exact chart points. Shares use migrants in the same direction as denominator, rounded to 0.1 percentage point; 0.0% does not establish absence. Shares for 22 Incoming records with zero total are undefined and omitted. Vatican City Incoming is missing. Unaffiliated does not mean atheist. This release is not spliced with the revised 2025 all-population estimates.

Source: Pew Research Center: religion of international migrants

Other religions among emigrants — share

0.4 % of migrants latest value, 2020

Cook Islands: Other religions among emigrants — share1990: 0.5; 2020: 0.400.10.20.30.40.50.61990199520002005201020152020

Pew 2024 estimates of international migrant stocks at seven dates, 1990–2020. Incoming means migrants living in a country; Outgoing means people from that country living abroad. These are not annual flows or shares of all residents. Based on international migrant data and estimates of religious composition, not a census of practising believers. Incoming and Outgoing overlap; world totals must not be added to countries. Counts are rounded to 10,000; smaller counts remain <10,000 bounds and are omitted from exact chart points. Shares use migrants in the same direction as denominator, rounded to 0.1 percentage point; 0.0% does not establish absence. Shares for 22 Incoming records with zero total are undefined and omitted. Vatican City Incoming is missing. Unaffiliated does not mean atheist. This release is not spliced with the revised 2025 all-population estimates.

Source: Pew Research Center: religion of international migrants

Protestants — population, 2010 estimate

10 thousand persons latest value, 2010

Cook Islands: Protestants — population, 2010 estimate2010: 10; 2010: 1002468101220052010

Historical all-age estimates for 2010 from Pew’s 2011 release, 232 countries/territories. Pew’s 2025 revision does not update this detailed split: do not splice into the revised Christian total series. Affiliation, not practice. Protestant includes Anglicans and independent churches; Orthodox includes Eastern and Oriental Orthodox churches. Other Christians include, among others, Latter-day Saints and Jehovah’s Witnesses under the source classification. Counts of at least 10,000 are rounded to 10,000; <1,000 and <10,000 remain bounds in the typed table only. The source states that <10,000 means 1,000–9,999, not zero. World is the sum of the five regions in the same release. Netherlands Antilles and Channel Islands are not assigned to a single present-day country. Geography follows the 2011 release; South Sudan is separate. Macroscope analysis. Pew Research Center bears no responsibility for the analyses or interpretations of the data presented here. The opinions expressed herein, including any implications for policy, are those of the author and not of Pew Research Center. Pew Research Center has published the original content in English but has not reviewed or approved this translation.

Source: Pew: Christian traditions, 2010 estimates (2011 release)

Industry and waste

Manufacturing value added per person (UNIDO)

458 constant 2020 US$ per person latest value, 2025

Cook Islands: Manufacturing value added per person (UNIDO)2000: 526; 2025: 4580200400600800200020052010201520202025

Manufacturing value added (ISIC section C) per person at constant 2020 US dollars. UNIDO National Accounts Database via the UN SDG database (indicator 9.2.1). Differs from the World Bank series by its base year (2020 rather than 2015) and UNIDO estimates for countries without recent accounts. Series: Manufacturing value added per capita (constant 2020 United States dollars).

Source: UNIDO via the UN SDG database: manufacturing value added

Manufacturing, share of GDP (UNIDO)

1.5 % of GDP latest value, 2025

Cook Islands: Manufacturing, share of GDP (UNIDO)2000: 4.2; 2025: 1.5012345200020052010201520202025

Manufacturing value added as a percentage of GDP, constant prices. UNIDO via the UN SDG database (indicator 9.2.1). Series: Manufacturing value added (constant 2020 United States dollars) as a proportion of GDP (%).

Source: UNIDO via the UN SDG database: manufacturing value added

Education and work

Unemployment aged 15-24: basic education (ILO)

6.7 % of labour force latest value, 2019

Cook Islands: Unemployment aged 15-24: basic education (ILO)2019: 6.7; 2019: 6.7024682015

Unemployed as a share of the labour force, people aged 15-24 with basic education. ILO (ILOSTAT) from national labour force and other surveys: a country appears only in years with a survey; these are not ILO modelled estimates. Levels are the ILO aggregate of national classifications (by ISCED): basic up to lower secondary, intermediate upper secondary and post-secondary, advanced tertiary. Unreliable flags and survey type are in the labour_education_ilostat dataset. Source: ILO, UNE_DEAP_SEX_AGE_EDU_RT_A.

Source: ILO, ILOSTAT — unemployment and employment by level of education (national surveys)

Employment aged 25 and over: basic education (ILO)

68 % of population latest value, 2023

Cook Islands: Employment aged 25 and over: basic education (ILO)2016: 69; 2023: 680204060802020

Employed as a share of the population, people aged 25 and over with basic education. ILO (ILOSTAT) from national labour force and other surveys: a country appears only in years with a survey; these are not ILO modelled estimates. Levels are the ILO aggregate of national classifications (by ISCED): basic up to lower secondary, intermediate upper secondary and post-secondary, advanced tertiary. Unreliable flags and survey type are in the labour_education_ilostat dataset. Source: ILO, EMP_DWAP_SEX_AGE_EDU_RT_A.

Source: ILO, ILOSTAT — unemployment and employment by level of education (national surveys)

Employment aged 25 and over: advanced (tertiary) education (ILO)

86.2 % of population latest value, 2023

Cook Islands: Employment aged 25 and over: advanced (tertiary) education (ILO)2016: 81.9; 2023: 86.20204060801002020

Employed as a share of the population, people aged 25 and over with advanced (tertiary) education. ILO (ILOSTAT) from national labour force and other surveys: a country appears only in years with a survey; these are not ILO modelled estimates. Levels are the ILO aggregate of national classifications (by ISCED): basic up to lower secondary, intermediate upper secondary and post-secondary, advanced tertiary. Unreliable flags and survey type are in the labour_education_ilostat dataset. Source: ILO, EMP_DWAP_SEX_AGE_EDU_RT_A.

Source: ILO, ILOSTAT — unemployment and employment by level of education (national surveys)

Same region: Oceania