Life expectancy at age 15 in Cook Islands
Cook Islands: Life expectancy at age 15 was 86.86 years in 2100. ▲ Rising
Life expectancy at age 15 in Cook Islands, 1950–2100
Source: Human Mortality Database (2025); UN, World Population Prospects (2024) – with major processing by Our World in Data. Measured in years.
Analysis
Cook Islands recorded 86.86 years for life expectancy at age 15 in 2100. That is the highest value across all 151 years on record.
That represents a change of up 0.1% on the previous year and up 1.4% over ten years.
Over the whole period, life expectancy at age 15 in Cook Islands peaked at 86.86 years in 2100 and was at its lowest, 50.16 years, in 1950.
That places Cook Islands 117th out of 236 countries with data for 2100, putting it in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 151 years of available data.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1950s | 55.41 years | 50.16 years | 59.87 years | 10 |
| 1960s | 64.03 years | 60.75 years | 66.82 years | 10 |
| 1970s | 68.46 years | 67.57 years | 69.17 years | 10 |
| 1980s | 68.83 years | 68.32 years | 69.53 years | 10 |
| 1990s | 70.11 years | 68.93 years | 71.2 years | 10 |
| 2000s | 72.34 years | 71.4 years | 73.46 years | 10 |
| 2010s | 74.64 years | 73.73 years | 75.27 years | 10 |
| 2020s | 76.12 years | 75.21 years | 76.93 years | 10 |
| 2030s | 77.87 years | 77.11 years | 78.64 years | 10 |
| 2040s | 79.54 years | 78.8 years | 80.28 years | 10 |
| 2050s | 81.15 years | 80.44 years | 81.83 years | 10 |
| 2060s | 82.6 years | 81.98 years | 83.2 years | 10 |
| 2070s | 83.88 years | 83.32 years | 84.43 years | 10 |
| 2080s | 85.06 years | 84.55 years | 85.57 years | 10 |
| 2090s | 86.22 years | 85.7 years | 86.75 years | 10 |
| 2100s | 86.86 years | 86.86 years | 86.86 years | 1 |
Countries ranked near Cook Islands
More health data for Cook Islands
- Children per woman that survived childhood vs. those that died in childhood 0.0318 under-five deaths per woman (2021)
- Life expectancy 75.28 years (2023)
- Child mortality vs. average years of schooling for women 1.33 deaths per 100 live births (2024)
- Reported cases of measles 0 Cases (2019)
- Child mortality by income level of country 1.33 deaths per 100 live births (2024)
- Child mortality vs. health spending 1.33 deaths per 100 live births (2024)
- Share of one-year-olds vaccinated against measles 99.0% (2024)
- Life expectancy vs. health spending 75.28 years (2023)
- Total healthcare spending as a share of GDP 4.2% (2023)
Frequently asked questions
- What is life expectancy at age 15 in Cook Islands?
- Life expectancy at age 15 in Cook Islands was 86.86 years in 2100, according to Human Mortality Database (2025); UN, World Population Prospects (2024) – with major processing by Our World in Data.
- What is the highest life expectancy at age 15 recorded in Cook Islands?
- The highest recorded value was 86.86 years in 2100.
- What is the lowest life expectancy at age 15 recorded in Cook Islands?
- The lowest recorded value was 50.16 years in 1950.
- How does Cook Islands rank for life expectancy at age 15?
- Cook Islands ranks 117th out of 236 countries with data for 2100.
- Is life expectancy at age 15 rising or falling in Cook Islands?
- Over the last ten years it is up 1.4%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Cook Islands data come from?
- The figures come from Human Mortality Database (2025); UN, World Population Prospects (2024) – with major processing by Our World in Data, published as part of Life expectancy at age 15. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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The total period life expectancy at age 15, in a given year.