Which has higher life expectancy, Cook Islands or Morocco?

Morocco, at 75.31 years against 75.28 years in Cook Islands as of 2023.

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

0.03 years, with Morocco ahead.

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

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 Morocco: Life expectancy

Cook Islands

75.28 years

in 2023

Morocco

75.31 years

in 2023

Cook Islands rank

119th

Morocco rank

118th

Life expectancy over time

Cook Islands
Morocco

How they compare

Morocco currently reports 75.31 years against 75.28 years in Cook Islands, a difference of 0.03 years.

The two have swapped places 2 times across 74 shared years of data; in 1950 it was Morocco ahead.

Cook Islands ranks 119th and Morocco ranks 118th of 236 countries.

Cook Islands has averaged higher in every one of the 8 decades both report.

Head to head by decade

Decade	Cook Islands	Morocco	Difference	Ahead
1950s	44.88 years	40.63 years	4.24 years	Cook Islands
1960s	57.99 years	45.51 years	12.48 years	Cook Islands
1970s	65.34 years	51.27 years	14.07 years	Cook Islands
1980s	66.6 years	58.71 years	7.89 years	Cook Islands
1990s	68.07 years	64.49 years	3.58 years	Cook Islands
2000s	71.07 years	68.58 years	2.49 years	Cook Islands
2010s	73.81 years	72.63 years	1.17 years	Cook Islands
2020s	74.86 years	74.25 years	0.6165 years	Cook Islands

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher life expectancy, Cook Islands or Morocco?: Morocco, at 75.31 years against 75.28 years in Cook Islands as of 2023.
What is the difference in life expectancy between Cook Islands and Morocco?: 0.03 years, with Morocco ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Cook Islands and Morocco?: 74 years are reported by both, from 1950 to 2023.
How do Cook Islands and Morocco rank globally for life expectancy?: Cook Islands ranks 119th and Morocco ranks 118th 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.