Crude death rate: the share of the population that dies each year in Cook Islands
Cook Islands: Crude death rate: the share of the population that dies each year was 0.7632 deaths per 100,000 people in 2021. ▲ Rising
Crude death rate: the share of the population that dies each year in Cook Islands, 2000–2021
Source: World Health Organization (2024) – with major processing by Our World in Data. Measured in deaths per 100,000 people.
Analysis
In 2021, crude death rate: the share of the population that dies each year in Cook Islands stood at 0.7632 deaths per 100,000 people. That is the highest value across all 22 years on record.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 1.5% on the previous year and up 23.8% over ten years.
Over the whole period, crude death rate: the share of the population that dies each year in Cook Islands peaked at 0.7632 deaths per 100,000 people in 2021 and was at its lowest, 0.5816 deaths per 100,000 people, in 2002.
Cook Islands ranks 107th of 194 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 22 years of available data.
Crude death rate: the share of the population that dies each year in Cook Islands, year by year
| Year | deaths per 100,000 people | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2000 | 0.5967 deaths per 100,000 people | — |
| 2001 | 0.586 deaths per 100,000 people | -1.8% |
| 2002 | 0.5816 deaths per 100,000 people | -0.8% |
| 2003 | 0.5831 deaths per 100,000 people | +0.2% |
| 2004 | 0.5898 deaths per 100,000 people | +1.2% |
| 2005 | 0.5958 deaths per 100,000 people | +1.0% |
| 2006 | 0.5964 deaths per 100,000 people | +0.1% |
| 2007 | 0.5949 deaths per 100,000 people | -0.2% |
| 2008 | 0.5907 deaths per 100,000 people | -0.7% |
| 2009 | 0.5911 deaths per 100,000 people | +0.1% |
| 2010 | 0.5992 deaths per 100,000 people | +1.4% |
| 2011 | 0.6162 deaths per 100,000 people | +2.8% |
| 2012 | 0.6346 deaths per 100,000 people | +3.0% |
| 2013 | 0.6506 deaths per 100,000 people | +2.5% |
| 2014 | 0.666 deaths per 100,000 people | +2.4% |
| 2015 | 0.6817 deaths per 100,000 people | +2.4% |
| 2016 | 0.6972 deaths per 100,000 people | +2.3% |
| 2017 | 0.7115 deaths per 100,000 people | +2.1% |
| 2018 | 0.724 deaths per 100,000 people | +1.8% |
| 2019 | 0.7329 deaths per 100,000 people | +1.2% |
| 2020 | 0.7522 deaths per 100,000 people | +2.6% |
| 2021 | 0.7632 deaths per 100,000 people | +1.5% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 0.5906 deaths per 100,000 people | 0.5816 deaths per 100,000 people | 0.5967 deaths per 100,000 people | 10 |
| 2010s | 0.6714 deaths per 100,000 people | 0.5992 deaths per 100,000 people | 0.7329 deaths per 100,000 people | 10 |
| 2020s | 0.7577 deaths per 100,000 people | 0.7522 deaths per 100,000 people | 0.7632 deaths per 100,000 people | 2 |
Countries ranked near Cook Islands
- 104 Angola 0.7776 deaths per 100,000 people compare
- 105 Norway 0.7711 deaths per 100,000 people compare
- 106 Venezuela, Bolivarian Republic of 0.7698 deaths per 100,000 people compare
- 108 Gabon 0.7593 deaths per 100,000 people compare
- 109 Benin 0.7573 deaths per 100,000 people compare
- 110 San Marino 0.7571 deaths per 100,000 people compare
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Frequently asked questions
- What is crude death rate: the share of the population that dies each year in Cook Islands?
- Crude death rate: the share of the population that dies each year in Cook Islands was 0.7632 deaths per 100,000 people in 2021, according to World Health Organization (2024) – with major processing by Our World in Data.
- What is the highest crude death rate: the share of the population that dies each year recorded in Cook Islands?
- The highest recorded value was 0.7632 deaths per 100,000 people in 2021.
- What is the lowest crude death rate: the share of the population that dies each year recorded in Cook Islands?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.5816 deaths per 100,000 people in 2002.
- How does Cook Islands rank for crude death rate: the share of the population that dies each year?
- Cook Islands ranks 107th out of 194 countries with data for 2021.
- Is crude death rate: the share of the population that dies each year rising or falling in Cook Islands?
- Over the last ten years it is up 23.8%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Cook Islands data come from?
- The figures come from World Health Organization (2024) – with major processing by Our World in Data, published as part of Crude death rate: the share of the population that dies each year. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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Estimated number of deaths from all causes in both sexes, per 100,000 people.