Health spending as a share of total government spending in Cook Islands
Cook Islands: Health spending as a share of total government spending was 10.3% in 2023. ▼ Falling
Health spending as a share of total government spending in Cook Islands, 2000–2023
Source: World Health Organization - Global Health Observatory (2026) – with minor processing by Our World in Data. Measured in %.
Analysis
Cook Islands recorded 10.3% for health spending as a share of total government spending in 2023.
Compared with earlier readings it is down 4.4% on the previous year and up 27.3% over ten years.
Over the whole period, health spending as a share of total government spending in Cook Islands peaked at 11.7% in 2020 and was at its lowest, 7.2%, in 2015.
That places Cook Islands 96th out of 195 countries with data for 2023, putting it in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 24 years of available data.
Health spending as a share of total government spending in Cook Islands, year by year
| Year | % | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2000 | 9.6% | — |
| 2001 | 9.6% | +0.0% |
| 2002 | 10.1% | +5.1% |
| 2003 | 9.6% | -4.9% |
| 2004 | 9.6% | +0.0% |
| 2005 | 9.6% | +0.0% |
| 2006 | 9.6% | -0.0% |
| 2007 | 9.6% | -0.0% |
| 2008 | 9.6% | +0.0% |
| 2009 | 10.9% | +12.7% |
| 2010 | 9.5% | -12.2% |
| 2011 | 8.8% | -7.5% |
| 2012 | 8.3% | -5.7% |
| 2013 | 8.1% | -3.0% |
| 2014 | 9.1% | +13.3% |
| 2015 | 7.2% | -20.8% |
| 2016 | 8.1% | +12.5% |
| 2017 | 7.3% | -10.9% |
| 2018 | 7.7% | +5.5% |
| 2019 | 9.3% | +21.8% |
| 2020 | 11.7% | +24.9% |
| 2021 | 8.2% | -29.5% |
| 2022 | 10.8% | +30.7% |
| 2023 | 10.3% | -4.4% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 9.8% | 9.6% | 10.9% | 10 |
| 2010s | 8.4% | 7.2% | 9.5% | 10 |
| 2020s | 10.2% | 8.2% | 11.7% | 4 |
Countries ranked near Cook Islands
More health data for Cook Islands
- Un projection of annual infant deaths, annual growth rate -100 % change on previous year (2029)
- Heat deaths vs projected death rates, annual growth rate 1.79 % change on previous year (2090)
- Number of infants who die before age 1 0 deaths (2100)
- Estimated changes in temperature-related death rates compared to projected death rates 937.6 deaths per 1,000 people (2090)
- Pertussis - number of reported cases, gaps filled 0 (2019)
- Total tetanus - number of reported cases, gaps filled 0 (2019)
- Diphtheria - number of reported cases, gaps filled 0 (2019)
- Measles - number of reported cases, gaps filled 0 (2019)
- Adult obesity vs protein, annual growth rate 0.7172 % change on previous year (2024)
- Child adolescent obesity, annual growth rate 1.05 % change on previous year (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is health spending as a share of total government spending in Cook Islands?
- Health spending as a share of total government spending in Cook Islands was 10.3% in 2023, according to World Health Organization - Global Health Observatory (2026) – with minor processing by Our World in Data.
- What is the highest health spending as a share of total government spending recorded in Cook Islands?
- The highest recorded value was 11.7% in 2020.
- What is the lowest health spending as a share of total government spending recorded in Cook Islands?
- The lowest recorded value was 7.2% in 2015.
- How does Cook Islands rank for health spending as a share of total government spending?
- Cook Islands ranks 96th out of 195 countries with data for 2023.
- Is health spending as a share of total government spending rising or falling in Cook Islands?
- Over the last ten years it is up 27.3%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Cook Islands data come from?
- The figures come from World Health Organization - Global Health Observatory (2026) – with minor processing by Our World in Data, published as part of Health spending as a share of total government spending. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
Download this data
CSV · JSON — 24 observations, free to reuse under CC BY 4.0 (Our World in Data).
About this data
Domestic general government health expenditure expressed as a percentage of total expenditure of the general government.