Which has higher number of child deaths, Cook Islands or Niue?

Cook Islands, at 2 deaths against 1 deaths in Niue as of 2024.

What is the difference in number of child deaths between Cook Islands and Niue?

1 deaths, with Cook Islands ahead.

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

69 years are reported by both, from 1956 to 2024.

Where does this data come from?

United Nations Inter-agency Group for Child Mortality Estimation (2025) – processed by Our World in Data, published as Number of child deaths. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.

Cook Islands vs Niue: Number of child deaths

Cook Islands

2 deaths

in 2024

Niue

1 deaths

in 2024

Cook Islands rank

191st

Niue rank

194th

Number of child deaths over time

Cook Islands
Niue

How they compare

Cook Islands currently reports 2 deaths against 1 deaths in Niue, a difference of 1 deaths.

That makes Cook Islands's figure about 2.0 times Niue's.

Across all 69 years both countries report, Cook Islands has been ahead every year.

Cook Islands ranks 191st and Niue ranks 194th of 199 countries.

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

Head to head by decade

Decade	Cook Islands	Niue	Difference	Ahead
1950s	96.75 deaths	24.5 deaths	72.25 deaths	Cook Islands
1960s	62.9 deaths	17.9 deaths	45 deaths	Cook Islands
1970s	24.6 deaths	6.8 deaths	17.8 deaths	Cook Islands
1980s	12.5 deaths	2.3 deaths	10.2 deaths	Cook Islands
1990s	11.3 deaths	1.4 deaths	9.9 deaths	Cook Islands
2000s	5.1 deaths	1 deaths	4.1 deaths	Cook Islands
2010s	4 deaths	1 deaths	3 deaths	Cook Islands
2020s	2.8 deaths	1 deaths	1.8 deaths	Cook Islands

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher number of child deaths, Cook Islands or Niue?: Cook Islands, at 2 deaths against 1 deaths in Niue as of 2024.
What is the difference in number of child deaths between Cook Islands and Niue?: 1 deaths, with Cook Islands ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Cook Islands and Niue?: 69 years are reported by both, from 1956 to 2024.
How do Cook Islands and Niue rank globally for number of child deaths?: Cook Islands ranks 191st and Niue ranks 194th of 199 countries.
Where does this data come from?: United Nations Inter-agency Group for Child Mortality Estimation (2025) – processed by Our World in Data, published as Number of child deaths. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.

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Indicator: Number of child deaths
Unit: deaths
Source: United Nations Inter-agency Group for Child Mortality Estimation (2025) – processed by Our World in Data
Licence: CC BY 4.0 (Our World in Data)
Coverage: 199 places, 11,992 data points, 1955–2024
Last refreshed: 28 August 2026

Estimated number of deaths of children aged under 5 .