Which has higher life expectancy, Cook Islands or Mexico?

Cook Islands, at 75.28 years against 75.07 years in Mexico as of 2023.

What is the difference in life expectancy between Cook Islands and Mexico?

0.21 years, with Cook Islands ahead.

How many years of comparable data are there for Cook Islands and Mexico?

74 years are reported by both, from 1950 to 2023.

Where does this data come from?

Riley (2005); Zijdeman et al. (2015); HMD (2025); UN WPP (2024) – with major processing by Our World in Data, published as Life expectancy. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.

Cook Islands vs Mexico: Life expectancy

Cook Islands

75.28 years

in 2023

Mexico

75.07 years

in 2023

Cook Islands rank

119th

Mexico rank

121st

Life expectancy over time

Cook Islands
Mexico

How they compare

Cook Islands currently reports 75.28 years against 75.07 years in Mexico, a difference of 0.21 years.

The two have swapped places 3 times across 74 shared years of data; in 1950 it was Mexico ahead.

Cook Islands ranks 119th and Mexico ranks 121st of 236 countries.

Across the 8 decades both report, Cook Islands averaged higher in 4 and Mexico in 4.

Head to head by decade

Decade	Cook Islands	Mexico	Difference	Ahead
1950s	44.88 years	48.52 years	3.64 years	Mexico
1960s	57.99 years	56.31 years	1.68 years	Cook Islands
1970s	65.34 years	61.47 years	3.87 years	Cook Islands
1980s	66.6 years	66.52 years	0.0799 years	Cook Islands
1990s	68.07 years	70.56 years	2.48 years	Mexico
2000s	71.07 years	73.38 years	2.31 years	Mexico
2010s	73.81 years	74.24 years	0.4299 years	Mexico
2020s	74.86 years	72.31 years	2.55 years	Cook Islands

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher life expectancy, Cook Islands or Mexico?: Cook Islands, at 75.28 years against 75.07 years in Mexico as of 2023.
What is the difference in life expectancy between Cook Islands and Mexico?: 0.21 years, with Cook Islands ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Cook Islands and Mexico?: 74 years are reported by both, from 1950 to 2023.
How do Cook Islands and Mexico rank globally for life expectancy?: Cook Islands ranks 119th and Mexico ranks 121st of 236 countries.
Where does this data come from?: Riley (2005); Zijdeman et al. (2015); HMD (2025); UN WPP (2024) – with major processing by Our World in Data, published as Life expectancy. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.

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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.