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Cook Islands Economy 2020

SOURCE: 2020 CIA WORLD FACTBOOK AND OTHER SOURCES











Cook Islands Economy 2020
SOURCE: 2020 CIA WORLD FACTBOOK AND OTHER SOURCES


Page last updated on January 27, 2020

Economy - overview:
Like many other South Pacific island nations, the Cook Islands' economic development is hindered by the isolation of the country from foreign markets, the limited size of domestic markets, lack of natural resources, periodic devastation from natural disasters, and inadequate infrastructure. Agriculture, employing more than one-quarter of the working population, provides the economic base with major exports of copra and citrus fruit. Black pearls are the Cook Islands' leading export. Manufacturing activities are limited to fruit processing, clothing, and handicrafts. Trade deficits are offset by remittances from emigrants and by foreign aid overwhelmingly from New Zealand. In the 1980s and 1990s, the country became overextended, maintaining a bloated public service and accumulating a large foreign debt. Subsequent reforms, including the sale of state assets, the strengthening of economic management, the encouragement of tourism, and a debt restructuring agreement, have rekindled investment and growth. The government is targeting fisheries and seabed mining as sectors for future economic growth.

GDP (purchasing power parity):
$299.9 million (2016 est.)
$183.2 million (2005 est.)
country comparison to the world (CIA rank, may be based on non-current data): 216
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GDP (official exchange rate):
$299.9 million (2016 est.)
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GDP - real growth rate:
0.1% (2005 est.)
country comparison to the world (CIA rank, may be based on non-current data): 195
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GDP - per capita (PPP):
$16,700 (2016 est.)
$9,100 (2005 est.)
country comparison to the world (CIA rank, may be based on non-current data): 106
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GDP - composition, by sector of origin:
agriculture: 5.1% (2010 est.)
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industry: 12.7% (2010 est.)
[see also: GDP - composition, by sector of origin - industry country ranks ]
services: 82.1% (2010 est.)
[see also: GDP - composition, by sector of origin - services country ranks ]

Agriculture - products:
copra, citrus, pineapples, tomatoes, beans, pawpaws, bananas, yams, taro, coffee; pigs, poultry

Industries:
fishing, fruit processing, tourism, clothing, handicrafts

Industrial production growth rate:
1% (2002)
country comparison to the world (CIA rank, may be based on non-current data): 155
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Labor force:
6,820 (2001)
country comparison to the world (CIA rank, may be based on non-current data): 218
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Labor force - by occupation:
agriculture: 29%
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industry: 15%
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services: 56% (1995)
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Unemployment rate:
13.1% (2005)
country comparison to the world (CIA rank, may be based on non-current data): 167
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Population below poverty line:
NA
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Household income or consumption by percentage share:
lowest 10%: NA
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highest 10%: NA
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Budget:
revenues: 86.9 million (2010)
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expenditures: 77.9 million (2010)
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Taxes and other revenues:
29% (of GDP) (2010 est.)
country comparison to the world (CIA rank, may be based on non-current data): 86
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Budget surplus (+) or deficit (-):
3% (of GDP) (2010 est.)
country comparison to the world (CIA rank, may be based on non-current data): 13
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Fiscal year:
1 April - 31 March

Inflation rate (consumer prices):
2.2% (2011 est.)
country comparison to the world (CIA rank, may be based on non-current data): 114
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Stock of narrow money:
$38.99 million (31 December 2011 est.)
country comparison to the world (CIA rank, may be based on non-current data): 191
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Stock of broad money:
$148.2 million (31 December 2011 est.)
$170.9 million (31 December 2010 est.)
country comparison to the world (CIA rank, may be based on non-current data): 190
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Current account balance:
$26.67 million (2005)
country comparison to the world (CIA rank, may be based on non-current data): 59
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Exports:
$3.125 million (2011 est.)
$5.163 million (2010 est.)
country comparison to the world (CIA rank, may be based on non-current data): 219
[see also: Exports country ranks ]

Exports - commodities:
fish; copra, papayas, fresh and canned citrus fruit, coffee; pearls and pearl shells; clothing

Imports:
$109.3 million (2011 est.)
$90.62 million (2010 est.)
country comparison to the world (CIA rank, may be based on non-current data): 214
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Imports - commodities:
foodstuffs, textiles, fuels, timber, capital goods

Debt - external:
$141 million (1996 est.)
country comparison to the world (CIA rank, may be based on non-current data): 191
[see also: Debt - external country ranks ]

Exchange rates:
NZ dollars (NZD) per US dollar -
1.416 (2017 est.)
1.4341 (2016 est.)
1.4341 (2015 est.)
1.441 (2014 est.)
1.4279 (2013 est.)


NOTE: 1) The information regarding Cook Islands on this page is re-published from the 2020 World Fact Book of the United States Central Intelligence Agency and other sources. No claims are made regarding the accuracy of Cook Islands Economy 2020 information contained here. All suggestions for corrections of any errors about Cook Islands Economy 2020 should be addressed to the CIA or the source cited on each page.
2) The rank that you see is the CIA reported rank, which may have the following issues:
  a) They assign increasing rank number, alphabetically for countries with the same value of the ranked item, whereas we assign them the same rank.
  b) The CIA sometimes assigns counterintuitive ranks. For example, it assigns unemployment rates in increasing order, whereas we rank them in decreasing order.






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