International Rankings of Cook Islands 2021, country comparisons

This table lists the international rankings of Cook Islands, in all categories that are published in the CIA World Factbook, and those that we derived from them. Additional international rankings of Cook Islands, can be found in the main country ranks menu.
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Ranked Data	Rank	Value	Year
Communications
Internet users - percent of population	130	54.00 %	2018
Internet users - total	212	4881	N/A
Telephones - fixed lines - subscriptions per 100 inhabitants	31	37.56	2019
Telephones - fixed lines - total subscriptions	206	3305	N/A
Telephones - mobile cellular - subscriptions per 100 inhabitants	164	83.05	2019
Telephones - mobile cellular - total subscriptions	210	7308	N/A
Economy
Budget - expenditures	215	77.900 million US Dollars	2010
Budget - revenues	213	86.900 million US Dollars	2010
Budget surplus (+) or deficit (-)	13	3.00 % of GDP	N/A
Current account balance	58	26.670 million US Dollars	2005
Debt - external	189	141.000 million US Dollars	1996
Exports	214	3.125 million US Dollars	2011
GDP (official exchange rate)	209	299.900 million US Dollars	2016
GDP - composition by sector of origin - agriculture	106	5.10 % of GDP	2010
GDP - composition by sector of origin - industry	148	12.70 % of GDP	2010
GDP - composition by sector of origin - services	21	82.10 % of GDP	2010
Imports	209	109.300 million US Dollars	2011
Industrial production growth rate	77	1.00 %	2002
Inflation rate (consumer prices)	64	2.20 %	2011
Labor force	208	6820 US Dollars	2001
Labor force - by occupation - agriculture	59	29 %	N/A
Labor force - by occupation - industry	92	15 %	N/A
Labor force - by occupation - services	89	56 %	1995
Real GDP (purchasing power parity)	210	299.900 million US Dollars	2016
Real GDP growth rate	122	0.10 %	2005
Real GDP per capita	99	16700 US Dollars	2016
Taxes and other revenues	75	29.00 % of GDP	N/A
Unemployment rate	41	13.10 %	2005
Energy
Carbon dioxide emissions from consumption of energy	201	88810	2017
Electricity - consumption	203	31.620 million kWh	2016
Electricity - from fossil fuels	20	79	2016
Electricity - from other renewable sources	20	21	2017
Electricity - installed generating capacity	202	14000 kWh	2016
Electricity - production	199	34.000 million	2016
Refined petroleum products - consumption	166	600	2016
Refined petroleum products - imports	198	611 bbl/day	2015
Environment
Land use - agricultural land	170	8	2018
Land use - arable land	124	4	2018
Land use - forest	19	65	2018
Land use - other	91	27	2018
Land use - permanent crops	49	4	2018
Urbanization - rate of urbanization	137	0.52	N/A
Urbanization - urban population	59	76	2021
Geography
Area - land	208	236 sq km	N/A
Area - total	207	236 sq km	N/A
Coastline	144	120 km	N/A
Elevation - highest point	145	652 meters	N/A
Land use - agricultural land	170	8	2018
Land use - arable land	124	4	2018
Land use - forest	19	65	2018
Land use - other	91	27	2018
Land use - permanent crops	49	4	2018
Population Density	169	35.28 Persons per sq km	N/A
Population
Age structure - 15-24 years	113	14.89	N/A
Age structure - 25-54 years	141	37.66	1634
Age structure - 55-64 years	22	14.15	N/A
Birth rate	132	12.85 births/1,000 population	2021
Current Health Expenditure	80	3 % of GDP	2018
Death rate	53	8.89 deaths/1,000 population	2021
Drinking water source - improved	1	100 % of population	N/A
Education expenditures	32	5 % of GDP	2016
Infant mortality rate - female	105	11.91 deaths/1,000 live births	2021
Infant mortality rate - male	92	20.54 deaths/1,000 live births	N/A
Infant mortality rate - total	93	16.33 deaths/1,000 live births	N/A
Life expectancy at birth - female	71	80 years	2021
Life expectancy at birth - male	82	74 years	N/A
Life expectancy at birth - total population	79	77 years	N/A
Median age - female	50	39 years	2020
Median age - male	39	38 years	N/A
Median age - total	44	38 years	N/A
Net migration rate	184	28.58 migrant(s)/1,000 population	N/A
Obesity - adult prevalence rate	2	55.90 %	2016
Physicians density	95	1.41 physicians/1,000 population	2014
Population	215	8327	2021
Population growth rate	172	2.46 %	2021
Sanitation facility access - improved	21	98 % of population	N/A
Sanitation facility access - unimproved	86	2 % of population	2017
School life expectancy (primary to tertiary education) - female	8	14 years	2012
School life expectancy (primary to tertiary education) - male	6	15 years	N/A
School life expectancy (primary to tertiary education) - total	7	15 years	N/A
Sex ratio - 0-14 years	5	1.12 male(s)/female	N/A
Sex ratio - 15-24 years	9	1.15	N/A
Sex ratio - 25-54 years	27	0.98	N/A
Sex ratio - 55-64 years	6	1.25	N/A
Sex ratio - 65 years and over	17	0.94 male(s)/female	N/A
Sex ratio - at birth	9	1.05 male(s)/female	N/A
Sex ratio - total population	11	1.06 male(s)/female	N/A
Total fertility rate	79	2.09 children born/woman	2021
Urbanization - rate of urbanization	137	0.52	N/A
Urbanization - urban population	59	76	2021
Transportation
Airports	111	11	2013
Airports - with paved runways - 1524 to 2437 m	43	1	N/A
Airports - with paved runways - total	77	1	2019
Airports - with unpaved runways - 1524 to 2437 m	28	2	2013
Airports - with unpaved runways - 914 to 1523 m	51	7	2013
Airports - with unpaved runways - total	87	10	2013
Airports - with unpaved runways - under 914 m	66	1	2013
National air transport system - inventory of registered aircraft operated by air carriers	96	6.00	N/A
National air transport system - number of registered air carriers	27	1	2020
Roadways - paved	145	207 km	2018
Roadways - total	154	295 km	2018

*CALCULATED FIGURES are those that we calculated from data presented by the CIA World Factbook. For example, we calculated population density by dividing the total population by the land area, the electricity consumption per capita by dividing electricity consumption by the total population, etc.

NOTE: The information regarding Cook Islands on this page is re-published from the 2021 World Fact Book of the United States Central Intelligence Agency and other sources. No claims are made regarding the accuracy of Cook Islands 2021 information contained here. All suggestions for corrections of any errors about Cook Islands 2021 should be addressed to the CIA or the source cited on each page.