Life expectancy vs. health spending in Cook Islands
Cook Islands: Life expectancy vs. health spending was 75.28 years in 2023. ▲ Rising
Life expectancy vs. health spending in Cook Islands, 1950–2023
Source: UN, World Population Prospects (2024) – processed by Our World in Data. Measured in years.
Analysis
In 2023, life expectancy vs. health spending in Cook Islands stood at 75.28 years. That is the highest value across all 74 years on record.
The figure is up 0.3% on the previous year and up 2.3% over ten years.
Over the whole period, life expectancy vs. health spending in Cook Islands peaked at 75.28 years in 2023 and was at its lowest, 37.95 years, in 1950.
That places Cook Islands 119th out of 236 countries with data for 2023, putting it in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 74 years of available data.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1950s | 44.88 years | 37.95 years | 51.35 years | 10 |
| 1960s | 57.99 years | 52.73 years | 62.53 years | 10 |
| 1970s | 65.34 years | 63.57 years | 65.93 years | 10 |
| 1980s | 66.6 years | 65.88 years | 67.51 years | 10 |
| 1990s | 68.07 years | 66.4 years | 69.58 years | 10 |
| 2000s | 71.07 years | 69.85 years | 72.44 years | 10 |
| 2010s | 73.81 years | 72.75 years | 74.56 years | 10 |
| 2020s | 74.86 years | 74.51 years | 75.28 years | 4 |
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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)
- Life expectancy at age 15 86.86 years (2100)
- 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)
- Total healthcare spending as a share of GDP 4.2% (2023)
Frequently asked questions
- What is life expectancy vs. health spending in Cook Islands?
- Life expectancy vs. health spending in Cook Islands was 75.28 years in 2023, according to UN, World Population Prospects (2024) – processed by Our World in Data.
- What is the highest life expectancy vs. health spending recorded in Cook Islands?
- The highest recorded value was 75.28 years in 2023.
- What is the lowest life expectancy vs. health spending recorded in Cook Islands?
- The lowest recorded value was 37.95 years in 1950.
- How does Cook Islands rank for life expectancy vs. health spending?
- Cook Islands ranks 119th out of 236 countries with data for 2023.
- Is life expectancy vs. health spending rising or falling in Cook Islands?
- Over the last ten years it is up 2.3%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Cook Islands data come from?
- The figures come from UN, World Population Prospects (2024) – processed by Our World in Data, published as part of Life expectancy vs. health spending. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
Period life expectancy at birth.