International Rankings of Cook Islands 2023, 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	39	15	2018
Broadband - fixed subscriptions - total	188	2700	2018
Internet users - percent of population	54	64.8 %	2021
Internet users - total	215	11382	2021
Telephones - fixed lines - subscriptions per 100 inhabitants	19	41	2021
Telephones - fixed lines - total subscriptions	187	7000	2021
Telephones - mobile cellular - subscriptions per 100 inhabitants	60	100	2021
Telephones - mobile cellular - total subscriptions	210	17000	2021
Economy
Average household expenditures - on alcohol and tobacco	59	N/A % of household expenditures	2023
Average household expenditures - on food	95	N/A % of household expenditures	2023
Budget - expenditures	216	77.900 million US Dollars	2010
Budget - revenues	215	86.900 million US Dollars	2010
Budget surplus (+) or deficit (-)	13	3 % of GDP	0
Current account balance	70	26.670 million US Dollars	2005
Debt - external	193	141.000 million US Dollars	1996
Exports	221	3.125 million US Dollars	2011
GDP (official exchange rate)	217	299.900 million US Dollars	2016
GDP - composition by end use - exports of goods and services	186	N/A % of GDP	2023
GDP - composition by end use - government consumption	135	N/A % of GDP	2023
GDP - composition by end use - household consumption	187	N/A % of GDP	2023
GDP - composition by end use - imports of goods and services	188	N/A % of GDP	2023
GDP - composition by end use - investment in fixed capital	145	N/A % of GDP	2023
GDP - composition by end use - investment in inventories	75	N/A % of GDP	2023
GDP - composition by sector of origin - agriculture	106	5.1 % of GDP	2010
GDP - composition by sector of origin - industry	153	12.7 % of GDP	2010
GDP - composition by sector of origin - services	23	82.1 % of GDP	2010
Gini Index coefficient - distribution of family income	129	N/A %	2023
Household income or consumption by percentage share - highest 10%	112	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
Imports	216	109.300 million US Dollars	2011
Industrial production growth rate	142	1 %	2002
Inflation rate (consumer prices)	128	2.2 %	2011
Labor force	216	6820 US Dollars	2001
Labor force - by occupation - agriculture	59	29 %	0
Labor force - by occupation - industry	96	15 %	0
Labor force - by occupation - services	93	56 %	1995
Population below poverty line	160	N/A %	0
Public debt	195	N/A % of GDP	2023
Real GDP (purchasing power parity)	216	299.900 million US Dollars	2016
Real GDP growth rate	174	0.1 %	2005
Real GDP per capita	96	16700 US Dollars	2016
Reserves of foreign exchange and gold	195	N/A US Dollars	2023
Taxes and other revenues	29	29 % of GDP	0
Unemployment rate	47	13.1 %	2005
Youth unemployment rate (ages 15-24) - female	157	N/A	2023
Youth unemployment rate (ages 15-24) - male	155	N/A	2023
Youth unemployment rate (ages 15-24) - total	159	N/A	2023
Energy
Carbon dioxide emissions - from coal and metallurgical coke	128	0 metric tonnes of CO2	2019
Carbon dioxide emissions - from consumed natural gas	124	0 metric tonnes of CO2	2019
Carbon dioxide emissions - from petroleum and other liquids	203	114000 metric tonnes of CO2	2019
Coal - consumption	122	0 metric tons	2020
Coal - exports	62	0 metric tons	2020
Coal - imports	112	0 metric tons	2020
Coal - production	75	0 metric tons	2020
Coal - proven reserves	75	0 metric tons	2019
Electricity - consumption	202	38.729 million kWh	2019
Electricity - exports	98	0 kWh	2020
Electricity - imports	117	0 kWh	2020
Electricity - installed generating capacity	200	18000 kWh	2020
Electricity - transmission/distribution losses	198	3.000 million kWh	2019
Electricity access	2	N/A %	2023
Electricity generation sources - biomass and waste	57	0 %	2020
Electricity generation sources - fossil fuels	72	70 %	2020
Electricity generation sources - geothermal	17	0 %	2020
Electricity generation sources - hydroelectricity	132	0 %	2020
Electricity generation sources - nuclear	34	0 %	2020
Electricity generation sources - solar	1	30 %	2020
Electricity generation sources - tide and wave	6	0 %	2020
Electricity generation sources - wind	73	0 %	2020
Energy consumption per capita	195	0 Btu/person	2019
Natural gas - consumption	121	0 cubic meters	2021
Natural gas - exports	57	0 cubic meters	2021
Natural gas - imports	88	0 cubic meters	2021
Natural gas - production	97	0 cubic meters	2021
Natural gas - proven reserves	92	0 cubic meters	2021
Petroleum - crude oil and lease condensate exports	73	0 bbl/day	2018
Petroleum - crude oil and lease condensate imports	82	0 bbl/day	2018
Petroleum - crude oil estimated reserves	89	0 bbl/day	2021
Petroleum - refined petroleum consumption	188	800 bbl/day	2019
Petroleum - total petroleum production	106	0 bbl/day	2021
Refined petroleum products - exports	128	0 bbl/day	2015
Refined petroleum products - imports	205	611 bbl/day	2015
Refined petroleum products - production	112	0 bbl/day	2015
Environment
Air pollutants - carbon dioxide emissions	184	N/A megatons	2023
Air pollutants - methane emissions	185	N/A megatons	2023
Air pollutants - particulate matter emissions	189	N/A micrograms per cubic meter	2023
Land use - agricultural land	175	8.4	2018
Land use - arable land	127	4.2	2018
Land use - forest	20	64.6	2018
Land use - other	94	27	2018
Land use - permanent crops	49	4.2	2018
Land use - permanent pasture	162	0	2018
Revenue from coal	34	N/A % of GDP	2023
Revenue from forest resources	99	N/A % of GDP	2023
Total renewable water resources	179	0 cubic meters	2017
Total water withdrawal - agricultural	146	N/A cubic meters	2023
Total water withdrawal - industrial	109	N/A cubic meters	2023
Total water withdrawal - municipal	115	N/A cubic meters	2023
Urbanization - rate of urbanization	139	0.52	2025
Urbanization - urban population	57	76.2	2023
Waste and recycling - municipal solid waste generated annually	125	N/A tons	2023
Waste and recycling - municipal solid waste recycled annually	125	N/A tons	2023
Waste and recycling - percent of municipal solid waste recycled	89	N/A %	2023
Geography
Area - land	215	236 sq km	0
Area - total	216	236 sq km	0
Area - water	179	0214 sq km	0
Coastline	152	120 km	0
Elevation - highest point	157	652 meters	0
Elevation - lowest point	35	0 meters	0
Elevation - mean elevation	152	N/A meters	2023
Irrigated land	161	N/A sq km	0
Land boundaries - total	164	N/A km	2023
Land use - agricultural land	175	8.4	2018
Land use - arable land	127	4.2	2018
Land use - forest	20	64.6	2018
Land use - other	94	27	2018
Land use - permanent crops	49	4.2	2018
Land use - permanent pasture	162	0	2018
Military
Military expenditures	53	N/A % of GDP	2023
Population
Alcohol consumption per capita - beer	38	3.62 liters of pure alcohol	2019
Alcohol consumption per capita - other alcohols	63	0 liters of pure alcohol	2019
Alcohol consumption per capita - spirits	1	7.07 liters of pure alcohol	2019
Alcohol consumption per capita - total	1	12.97 liters of pure alcohol	2019
Alcohol consumption per capita - wine	31	2.28 liters of pure alcohol	2019
Birth rate	142	12.34 births/1,000 population	2023
Children under the age of 5 years underweight	103	N/A %	0
Contraceptive prevalence rate	130	N/A %	0
Current health expenditure	83	3.2 % of GDP	2020
Currently married women (ages 15-49)	146	42.6 %	2023
Death rate	51	9.2 deaths/1,000 population	2023
Dependency ratios - elderly dependency ratio	65	17.4 %	0
Dependency ratios - potential support ratio	101	5.8 %	2021
Dependency ratios - total dependency ratio	96	53.8 %	0
Dependency ratios - youth dependency ratio	101	36.4 %	0
Drinking water source - improved	66	N/A % of population	0
Drinking water source - rural	110	N/A % of population	0
Drinking water source - total	102	0 % of population	2020
Drinking water source - unimproved	65	N/A % of population	0
Education expenditures	40	4.6 % of GDP	2021
Gross reproduction rate	69	1 %	2023
Hospital bed density	71	N/A beds/1,000 population	2023
Infant mortality rate - female	110	11.34 deaths/1,000 live births	2023
Infant mortality rate - male	92	19.52 deaths/1,000 live births	0
Infant mortality rate - total	93	15.53 deaths/1,000 live births	0
Life expectancy at birth - female	77	80.34 years	2023
Life expectancy at birth - male	86	74.58 years	0
Life expectancy at birth - total population	80	77.39 years	0
Literacy - female	122	N/A %	0
Literacy - male	100	N/A %	0
Literacy - total population	110	N/A %	0
Maternal mortality ratio	122	N/A deaths/100,000 live births	2023
Median age - female	53	38.7 years	2020
Median age - male	43	37.8 years	0
Median age - total	46	38.3 years	0
Mother's mean age at first birth	86	N/A	2023
Net migration rate	198	26.2 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	224	7939	2023
Population growth rate	177	2.31 %	2023
Sanitation facility access - improved	95	N/A % of population	0
Sanitation facility access - rural	120	N/A % of population	0
Sanitation facility access - total	112	0.9 % of population	2020
Sanitation facility access - unimproved	95	N/A % of population	0
School life expectancy (primary to tertiary education) - female	9	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	6	1.1 male(s)/female	0
Sex ratio - 15-64 years	16	1.07 male(s)/female	0
Sex ratio - 65 years and over	17	0.96 male(s)/female	0
Sex ratio - at birth	9	1.04 male(s)/female	0
Sex ratio - total population	14	1.05 male(s)/female	0
Tobacco use - female	27	20.3 %	2020
Tobacco use - male	75	27.7 %	2020
Tobacco use - total	50	24 %	2020
Total fertility rate	82	2.04 children born/woman	2023
Urbanization - rate of urbanization	139	0.52	2025
Urbanization - urban population	57	76.2	2023
Youth unemployment rate (ages 15-24) - female	157	N/A	2023
Youth unemployment rate (ages 15-24) - male	155	N/A	2023
Youth unemployment rate (ages 15-24) - total	159	N/A	2023
Transportation
Airports	112	11	2021
Airports - with paved runways - civil airports	18	N/A	2023
Airports - with paved runways - joint use (civil-military) airports	1	N/A	2023
Airports - with paved runways - military airports	14	N/A	2023
Airports - with paved runways - other airports	22	N/A	2023
Airports - with unpaved runways	89	101000	3280
Heliports	26	N/A	2023
Merchant marine - total	68	189	0
National air transport system - annual freight traffic on registered air carriers	139	N/A	2023
National air transport system - annual passenger traffic on registered air carriers	158	N/A	2023
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	33	N/A km	2023
Roadways - paved	150	207 km	2018
Roadways - total	173	295 km	2018
Waterways	109	N/A km	2023

*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 2023 World Fact Book of the United States Central Intelligence Agency and other sources. No claims are made regarding the accuracy of Cook Islands 2023 information contained here. All suggestions for corrections of any errors about Cook Islands 2023 should be addressed to the CIA or the source cited on each page.