Deaths from road injuries in Cook Islands
Cook Islands: Deaths from road injuries was 3 in 2021. ▲ Rising
Deaths from road injuries in Cook Islands, 2000–2021
Source: Our World in Data.
Analysis
Cook Islands recorded 3 for deaths from road injuries in 2021.
Compared with earlier readings it is down 57.1% on the previous year and down 25.0% over ten years.
Over the whole period, deaths from road injuries in Cook Islands peaked at 6.99 in 2020 and was at its lowest, 1, in 2000.
Cook Islands ranks 188th of 194 countries on this measure, in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 22 years of available data.
Deaths from road injuries in Cook Islands, year by year
| Year | Value | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2000 | 1 | — |
| 2001 | 2 | +100.0% |
| 2002 | 2 | +0.0% |
| 2003 | 3 | +50.0% |
| 2004 | 5 | +66.7% |
| 2005 | 3 | -40.0% |
| 2006 | 1 | -66.7% |
| 2007 | 5 | +400.0% |
| 2008 | 4 | -20.0% |
| 2009 | 4 | +0.0% |
| 2010 | 2 | -50.0% |
| 2011 | 4 | +100.0% |
| 2012 | 5 | +25.0% |
| 2013 | 6 | +20.0% |
| 2014 | 6 | +0.0% |
| 2015 | 5 | -16.7% |
| 2016 | 1 | -80.0% |
| 2017 | 3 | +200.0% |
| 2018 | 4 | +33.3% |
| 2019 | 6 | +50.0% |
| 2020 | 6.99 | +16.5% |
| 2021 | 3 | -57.1% |
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Deaths from road injuries in Cook Islands changed far more than this series normally does. A large move can be a real event or a change in how the figure was measured — the source note below says who published it.
| Year | Change | From | To |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2007 | +400.0% | 1 | 5 |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 3 | 1 | 5 | 10 |
| 2010s | 4.2 | 1 | 6 | 10 |
| 2020s | 5 | 3 | 6.99 | 2 |
Countries ranked near Cook Islands
- 185 Marshall Islands 5 compare
- 185 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 5 compare
- 187 Palau 4 compare
- 189 Andorra 2 compare
- 189 San Marino 2 compare
- 189 Tuvalu 2 compare
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Frequently asked questions
- What is deaths from road injuries in Cook Islands?
- Deaths from road injuries in Cook Islands was 3 in 2021, according to Our World in Data.
- What is the highest deaths from road injuries recorded in Cook Islands?
- The highest recorded value was 6.99 in 2020.
- What is the lowest deaths from road injuries recorded in Cook Islands?
- The lowest recorded value was 1 in 2000.
- How does Cook Islands rank for deaths from road injuries?
- Cook Islands ranks 188th out of 194 countries with data for 2021.
- Is deaths from road injuries rising or falling in Cook Islands?
- Over the last ten years it is down 25.0%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Cook Islands data come from?
- The figures come from Our World in Data, published as part of Deaths from road injuries. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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