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
Broadband - fixed subscriptions - subscriptions per 100 inhabitants	148	N/A	2021
Broadband - fixed subscriptions - total	198	N/A	2021
Internet users - percent of population	130	54 %	2018
Internet users - total	212	4881	0
Telephones - fixed lines - subscriptions per 100 inhabitants	31	37.56	2019
Telephones - fixed lines - total subscriptions	206	3305	0
Telephones - mobile cellular - subscriptions per 100 inhabitants	164	83.05	2019
Telephones - mobile cellular - total subscriptions	210	7308	0
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 % of GDP	0
Ease of Doing Business Index scores - Enforcement score	152	N/A	2021
Ease of Doing Business Index scores - Overall score	154	N/A	2021
Ease of Doing Business Index scores - Starting a Business score	133	N/A	2021
Ease of Doing Business Index scores - Trading score	154	N/A	2021
GDP (official exchange rate)	209	299.900 million US Dollars	2016
GDP - composition by end use - exports of goods and services	182	N/A % of GDP	2021
GDP - composition by end use - government consumption	134	N/A % of GDP	2021
GDP - composition by end use - household consumption	185	N/A % of GDP	2021
GDP - composition by end use - imports of goods and services	184	N/A % of GDP	2021
GDP - composition by end use - investment in fixed capital	142	N/A % of GDP	2021
GDP - composition by end use - investment in inventories	74	N/A % of GDP	2021
GDP - composition by sector of origin - agriculture	106	5.1 % of GDP	2010
GDP - composition by sector of origin - industry	148	12.7 % of GDP	2010
GDP - composition by sector of origin - services	21	82.1 % of GDP	2010
Household income or consumption by percentage share - highest 10%	111	N/A % share of income accruing to lowest and highest 10% of population	0
Household income or consumption by percentage share - lowest 10%	46	N/A % share of income accruing to lowest and highest 10% of population	0
Industrial production growth rate	77	1 %	2002
Labor force	208	6820 US Dollars	2001
Labor force - by occupation - agriculture	59	29 %	0
Labor force - by occupation - industry	92	15 %	0
Labor force - by occupation - services	89	56 %	1995
Population below poverty line	156	N/A	0
Public debt	61	N/A % of GDP	2021
Real GDP (purchasing power parity)	209	N/A US Dollars	2021
Real GDP per capita	198	N/A US Dollars	2021
Taxes and other revenues	75	29 % of GDP	0
Energy
Carbon dioxide emissions from consumption of energy	201	88810	2017
Crude oil - exports	82	0	2015
Crude oil - imports	84	0	2015
Crude oil - production	89	0	2018
Crude oil - proved reserves	90	0	2018
Electricity - consumption	203	31.620 million kWh	2016
Electricity - exports	94	0 kWh	2016
Electricity - from fossil fuels	20	79	2016
Electricity - from hydroelectric plants	69	0	2017
Electricity - from nuclear fuels	19	0	2017
Electricity - from other renewable sources	20	21	2017
Electricity - imports	117	0 kWh	2016
Electricity - installed generating capacity	202	14000 kWh	2016
Electricity - production	199	34.000 million	2016
Natural gas - consumption	108	0 cubic meters	2017
Natural gas - exports	56	0 cubic meters	2017
Natural gas - imports	79	0 cubic meters	2017
Natural gas - production	92	0 cubic meters	2017
Natural gas - proved reserves	94	0	2014
Refined petroleum products - consumption	166	600	2016
Refined petroleum products - exports	124	0 bbl/day	2015
Refined petroleum products - imports	198	611 bbl/day	2015
Refined petroleum products - production	110	0 bbl/day	2015
Environment
Air pollutants - carbon dioxide emissions	180	N/A megatons	2021
Air pollutants - methane emissions	181	N/A megatons	2021
Air pollutants - particulate matter emissions	186	N/A micrograms per cubic meter	2021
Land use - agricultural land	170	8.4	2018
Land use - arable land	124	4.2	2018
Land use - forest	19	64.6	2018
Land use - other	91	27	2018
Land use - permanent crops	49	4.2	2018
Land use - permanent pasture	160	0	2018
Revenue from coal	32	N/A % of GDP	2021
Revenue from forest resources	96	N/A % of GDP	2021
Total renewable water resources	179	0	2017
Total water withdrawal - agricultural	171	N/A cubic meters	2021
Total water withdrawal - industrial	162	N/A cubic meters	2021
Total water withdrawal - municipal	174	N/A cubic meters	2021
Urbanization - rate of urbanization	137	0.52	2025
Urbanization - urban population	59	75.7	2021
Waste and recycling - municipal solid waste generated annually	122	N/A tons	2021
Waste and recycling - municipal solid waste recycled annually	122	N/A tons	2021
Waste and recycling - percent of municipal solid waste recycled	89	N/A %	2021
Geography
Area - land	208	236 sq km	0
Area - total	207	236 sq km	0
Area - water	170	0214 sq km	0
Coastline	143	120 km	0
Elevation - highest point	147	652 meters	0
Elevation - lowest point	34	0 meters	0
Elevation - mean elevation	150	N/A meters	2021
Irrigated land	148	N/A sq km	0
Land boundaries - total	156	N/A km	2021
Land use - agricultural land	170	8.4	2018
Land use - arable land	124	4.2	2018
Land use - forest	19	64.6	2018
Land use - other	91	27	2018
Land use - permanent crops	49	4.2	2018
Land use - permanent pasture	160	0	2018
Total renewable water resources	178	0	2017
Population
Age structure - 15-24 years	113	14.89 %	4593
Age structure - 25-54 years	141	37.66 %	1634
Age structure - 55-64 years	22	14.15 %	4539
Birth rate	132	12.85 births/1,000 population	2021
Contraceptive prevalence rate	131	N/A %	2021
Current Health Expenditure	80	2.9 % of GDP	2018
Death rate	53	8.89 deaths/1,000 population	2021
Dependency ratios - elderly dependency ratio	135	N/A %	2021
Dependency ratios - potential support ratio	120	N/A %	2021
Dependency ratios - total dependency ratio	156	N/A %	2021
Dependency ratios - youth dependency ratio	171	N/A %	2021
Drinking water source - improved	1	100 % of population	0
Drinking water source - rural	108	N/A % of population	2021
Drinking water source - total	100	N/A % of population	2021
Drinking water source - unimproved	70	0 % of population	2017
Education expenditures	32	4.7 % of GDP	2016
HIV/AIDS - adult prevalence rate	38	N/A	0
HIV/AIDS - deaths	44	N/A	0
HIV/AIDS - people living with HIV/AIDS	108	N/A	0
Hospital bed density	69	N/A beds/1,000 population	2021
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	0
Infant mortality rate - total	93	16.33 deaths/1,000 live births	0
Life expectancy at birth - female	71	79.88 years	2021
Life expectancy at birth - male	82	74.05 years	0
Life expectancy at birth - total population	79	76.89 years	0
Maternal mortality rate	114	N/A	2021
Median age - female	50	38.7 years	2020
Median age - male	39	37.8 years	0
Median age - total	44	38.3 years	0
Mother's mean age at first birth	82	N/A	2021
Net migration rate	184	28.58 migrant(s)/1,000 population	0
Obesity - adult prevalence rate	2	55.9 %	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	97.6 % of population	0
Sanitation facility access - rural	121	N/A % of population	2021
Sanitation facility access - total	114	N/A % of population	2021
Sanitation facility access - unimproved	86	2.4 % 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	0
School life expectancy (primary to tertiary education) - total	7	15 years	0
Sex ratio - 0-14 years	5	1.12 male(s)/female	0
Sex ratio - 15-24 years	9	1.15	0
Sex ratio - 25-54 years	27	0.98	0
Sex ratio - 55-64 years	6	1.25	0
Sex ratio - 65 years and over	17	0.94 male(s)/female	0
Sex ratio - at birth	9	1.05 male(s)/female	0
Sex ratio - total population	11	1.06 male(s)/female	0
Total fertility rate	79	2.09 children born/woman	2021
Unemployment youth ages 15-24 - female	145	N/A	2021
Unemployment youth ages 15-24 - male	136	N/A	2021
Unemployment youth ages 15-24 - total	144	N/A	2021
Urbanization - rate of urbanization	137	0.52	2025
Urbanization - urban population	59	75.7	2021
Transportation
Airports	111	11	2013
Airports - with paved runways - 1524 to 2437 m	43	1	0
Airports - with paved runways - 2438 to 3047 m	40	N/A	2021
Airports - with paved runways - 914 to 1523 m	44	N/A	2021
Airports - with paved runways - over 3047 m	27	N/A	2021
Airports - with paved runways - total	77	1	2019
Airports - with paved runways - under 914 m	35	N/A	2021
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
Heliports	26	N/A	2021
National air transport system - annual freight traffic on registered air carriers	136	N/A	2021
National air transport system - annual passenger traffic on registered air carriers	156	N/A	2021
National air transport system - inventory of registered aircraft operated by air carriers	96	6	0
National air transport system - number of registered air carriers	27	1	2020
Railways - total	131	N/A km	2021
Roadways - paved	146	207 km	2018
Roadways - total	154	295 km	2018
Waterways	95	N/A km	2021

*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.