Cook Islands vs Puerto Rico: Sex gap in life expectancy at different ages
Cook Islands
7.19 years
in 2023
Puerto Rico
7.19 years
in 2023
Cook Islands rank
29th
Puerto Rico rank
27th
Sex gap in life expectancy at different ages over time
- Cook Islands
- Puerto Rico
How they compare
Puerto Rico currently reports 7.19 years against 7.19 years in Cook Islands, a difference of 0 years.
The two have swapped places 4 times across 74 shared years of data; in 1950 it was Puerto Rico ahead.
Cook Islands ranks 29th and Puerto Rico ranks 27th of 236 countries.
Across the 8 decades both report, Cook Islands averaged higher in 2 and Puerto Rico in 6.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Cook Islands | Puerto Rico | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1950s | -0.6216 years | 3.85 years | 4.47 years | Puerto Rico |
| 1960s | -0.5034 years | 5.13 years | 5.64 years | Puerto Rico |
| 1970s | 4.27 years | 6.13 years | 1.86 years | Puerto Rico |
| 1980s | 5.81 years | 6.47 years | 0.6567 years | Puerto Rico |
| 1990s | 6.1 years | 7.92 years | 1.82 years | Puerto Rico |
| 2000s | 7.46 years | 7.14 years | 0.3197 years | Cook Islands |
| 2010s | 7.5 years | 6.88 years | 0.6228 years | Cook Islands |
| 2020s | 7.21 years | 7.87 years | 0.6639 years | Puerto Rico |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher sex gap in life expectancy at different ages, Cook Islands or Puerto Rico?
- Puerto Rico, at 7.19 years against 7.19 years in Cook Islands as of 2023.
- What is the difference in sex gap in life expectancy at different ages between Cook Islands and Puerto Rico?
- 0 years, with Puerto Rico ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Cook Islands and Puerto Rico?
- 74 years are reported by both, from 1950 to 2023.
- How do Cook Islands and Puerto Rico rank globally for sex gap in life expectancy at different ages?
- Cook Islands ranks 29th and Puerto Rico ranks 27th of 236 countries.
- Where does this data come from?
- Human Mortality Database (2025); UN, World Population Prospects (2024) – with major processing by Our World in Data, published as Sex gap in life expectancy at different ages. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.
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About this data
Difference in period life expectancy (females - males) at a given age.