Sex ratio in life expectancy in Cook Islands
Cook Islands: Sex ratio in life expectancy was 1.1 in 2023. ▲ Rising
Latest (2023)
1.1
Change on year
down 0.1%
World rank
40th
of 236 countries
All-time high
1.12
in 2007
All-time low
0.9697
in 1950
Years of data
74
1950–2023
Sex ratio in life expectancy in Cook Islands, 1950–2023
Source: Human Mortality Database (2025); UN, World Population Prospects (2024) – with major processing by Our World in Data.
Analysis
In 2023, sex ratio in life expectancy in Cook Islands stood at 1.1.
Compared with earlier readings it is down 0.1% on the previous year and down 0.8% over ten years.
Over the whole period, sex ratio in life expectancy in Cook Islands peaked at 1.12 in 2007 and was at its lowest, 0.9697, in 1950.
That places Cook Islands 40th out of 236 countries with data for 2023, putting it in the top quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 74 years of available data.
Sex ratio in life expectancy in Cook Islands, year by year
| Year | Value | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1950 | 0.9697 | — |
| 1951 | 0.9798 | +1.0% |
| 1952 | 0.9879 | +0.8% |
| 1953 | 0.9917 | +0.4% |
| 1954 | 0.9938 | +0.2% |
| 1955 | 0.9923 | -0.1% |
| 1956 | 0.9908 | -0.2% |
| 1957 | 0.9866 | -0.4% |
| 1958 | 0.9853 | -0.1% |
| 1959 | 0.9879 | +0.3% |
| 1960 | 0.9883 | +0.0% |
| 1961 | 0.9879 | -0.0% |
| 1962 | 0.9864 | -0.2% |
| 1963 | 0.9831 | -0.3% |
| 1964 | 0.9842 | +0.1% |
| 1965 | 0.9854 | +0.1% |
| 1966 | 0.989 | +0.4% |
| 1967 | 0.9957 | +0.7% |
| 1968 | 1.01 | +1.0% |
| 1969 | 1.02 | +1.4% |
| 1970 | 1.03 | +1.3% |
| 1971 | 1.05 | +1.2% |
| 1972 | 1.06 | +1.3% |
| 1973 | 1.07 | +0.6% |
| 1974 | 1.07 | +0.5% |
| 1975 | 1.08 | +0.4% |
| 1976 | 1.08 | +0.3% |
| 1977 | 1.08 | +0.0% |
| 1978 | 1.08 | +0.2% |
| 1979 | 1.08 | +0.2% |
| 1980 | 1.09 | +0.2% |
| 1981 | 1.09 | +0.1% |
| 1982 | 1.09 | -0.1% |
| 1983 | 1.09 | +0.2% |
| 1984 | 1.09 | +0.1% |
| 1985 | 1.09 | +0.2% |
| 1986 | 1.09 | +0.1% |
| 1987 | 1.09 | -0.3% |
| 1988 | 1.1 | +0.6% |
| 1989 | 1.1 | +0.1% |
| 1990 | 1.09 | -0.2% |
| 1991 | 1.1 | +0.2% |
| 1992 | 1.1 | +0.0% |
| 1993 | 1.1 | -0.0% |
| 1994 | 1.1 | -0.1% |
| 1995 | 1.09 | -0.1% |
| 1996 | 1.09 | -0.1% |
| 1997 | 1.07 | -2.0% |
| 1998 | 1.09 | +2.0% |
| 1999 | 1.09 | +0.1% |
| 2000 | 1.1 | +0.3% |
| 2001 | 1.1 | +0.3% |
| 2002 | 1.11 | +0.3% |
| 2003 | 1.11 | +0.4% |
| 2004 | 1.11 | +0.3% |
| 2005 | 1.12 | +0.2% |
| 2006 | 1.12 | -0.0% |
| 2007 | 1.12 | +0.0% |
| 2008 | 1.12 | -0.1% |
| 2009 | 1.11 | -0.1% |
| 2010 | 1.11 | -0.1% |
| 2011 | 1.11 | -0.1% |
| 2012 | 1.11 | -0.1% |
| 2013 | 1.11 | -0.2% |
| 2014 | 1.11 | -0.2% |
| 2015 | 1.1 | -0.1% |
| 2016 | 1.1 | -0.1% |
| 2017 | 1.1 | -0.0% |
| 2018 | 1.1 | -0.1% |
| 2019 | 1.1 | -0.0% |
| 2020 | 1.11 | +0.3% |
| 2021 | 1.1 | -1.0% |
| 2022 | 1.1 | +0.5% |
| 2023 | 1.1 | -0.1% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1950s | 0.9866 | 0.9697 | 0.9938 | 10 |
| 1960s | 0.9926 | 0.9831 | 1.02 | 10 |
| 1970s | 1.07 | 1.03 | 1.08 | 10 |
| 1980s | 1.09 | 1.09 | 1.1 | 10 |
| 1990s | 1.09 | 1.07 | 1.1 | 10 |
| 2000s | 1.11 | 1.1 | 1.12 | 10 |
| 2010s | 1.11 | 1.1 | 1.11 | 10 |
| 2020s | 1.1 | 1.1 | 1.11 | 4 |
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Frequently asked questions
- What is sex ratio in life expectancy in Cook Islands?
- Sex ratio in life expectancy in Cook Islands was 1.1 in 2023, according to Human Mortality Database (2025); UN, World Population Prospects (2024) – with major processing by Our World in Data.
- What is the highest sex ratio in life expectancy recorded in Cook Islands?
- The highest recorded value was 1.12 in 2007.
- What is the lowest sex ratio in life expectancy recorded in Cook Islands?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.9697 in 1950.
- How does Cook Islands rank for sex ratio in life expectancy?
- Cook Islands ranks 40th out of 236 countries with data for 2023.
- Is sex ratio in life expectancy rising or falling in Cook Islands?
- Over the last ten years it is down 0.8%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Cook Islands data come from?
- The figures come from Human Mortality Database (2025); UN, World Population Prospects (2024) – with major processing by Our World in Data, published as part of Sex ratio in life expectancy. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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Ratio of period life expectancy (females/males) at a given age.