What is life expectancy in Cook Islands?

Life expectancy in Cook Islands was 75.28 years in 2023, according to Riley (2005); Zijdeman et al. (2015); HMD (2025); UN WPP (2024) – with major processing by Our World in Data.

What is the highest life expectancy recorded in Cook Islands?

The highest recorded value was 75.28 years in 2023.

What is the lowest life expectancy recorded in Cook Islands?

The lowest recorded value was 37.95 years in 1950.

How does Cook Islands rank for life expectancy?

Cook Islands ranks 119th out of 236 countries with data for 2023.

Is life expectancy 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 Riley (2005); Zijdeman et al. (2015); HMD (2025); UN WPP (2024) – with major processing by Our World in Data, published as part of Life expectancy. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.

Life expectancy in Cook Islands

Name: Life expectancy in Cook Islands
Creator: Riley (2005); Zijdeman et al. (2015); HMD (2025); UN WPP (2024) – with major processing by Our World in Data
License: CC BY 4.0 (Our World in Data)

Cook Islands: Life expectancy was 75.28 years in 2023. ▲ Rising

Latest (2023)

75.28 years

Change on year

up 0.3%

World rank

119th

of 236 countries

All-time high

75.28 years

in 2023

All-time low

37.95 years

in 1950

Years of data

1950–2023

Life expectancy in Cook Islands, 1950–2023

Source: Riley (2005); Zijdeman et al. (2015); HMD (2025); UN WPP (2024) – with major processing by Our World in Data. Measured in years.

Analysis

The most recent figure for life expectancy in Cook Islands is 75.28 years, measured in 2023. That is the highest value across all 74 years on record.

That represents a change of up 0.3% on the previous year and up 2.3% over ten years.

Over the whole period, life expectancy 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

Countries ranked near Cook Islands

116 United States Virgin Islands 75.47 years compare
117 Brunei 75.33 years compare
118 Morocco 75.31 years compare
120 Grenada 75.21 years compare
121 Mexico 75.07 years compare
122 Nicaragua 74.95 years compare

See the full ranking of 236 places →

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 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)
Life expectancy vs. health spending 75.28 years (2023)
Total healthcare spending as a share of GDP 4.2% (2023)

All data for Cook Islands →

Frequently asked questions

What is life expectancy in Cook Islands?: Life expectancy in Cook Islands was 75.28 years in 2023, according to Riley (2005); Zijdeman et al. (2015); HMD (2025); UN WPP (2024) – with major processing by Our World in Data.
What is the highest life expectancy recorded in Cook Islands?: The highest recorded value was 75.28 years in 2023.
What is the lowest life expectancy recorded in Cook Islands?: The lowest recorded value was 37.95 years in 1950.
How does Cook Islands rank for life expectancy?: Cook Islands ranks 119th out of 236 countries with data for 2023.
Is life expectancy 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 Riley (2005); Zijdeman et al. (2015); HMD (2025); UN WPP (2024) – with major processing by Our World in Data, published as part of Life expectancy. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.

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About this data

Indicator: Life expectancy
Unit: years
Source: Riley (2005); Zijdeman et al. (2015); HMD (2025); UN WPP (2024) – with major processing by Our World in Data
Licence: CC BY 4.0 (Our World in Data)
Coverage: 236 places, 19,452 data points, 1543–2023
Last refreshed: 06 August 2026

Period life expectancy is the number of years the average person born in a certain year would live if they experienced the same chances of dying at each age as people did that year.