Life expectancy for people of different ages in Cook Islands
Cook Islands: Life expectancy for people of different ages was 75.28 years in 2023. ▲ Rising
Life expectancy for people of different ages in Cook Islands, 1950–2023
Source: Riley (2005); Zijdeman et al. (2015); HMD (2025); UN WPP (2024) – with major processing by Our World in Data. Measured in years.
Analysis
The most recent figure for life expectancy for people of different ages in Cook Islands is 75.28 years, measured in 2023. That is the highest value across all 74 years on record.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 0.3% on the previous year and up 2.3% over ten years.
Over the whole period, life expectancy for people of different ages in Cook Islands peaked at 75.28 years in 2023 and was at its lowest, 37.95 years, in 1950.
Cook Islands ranks 119th of 236 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 74 years of available data.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1950s | 44.88 years | 37.95 years | 51.35 years | 10 |
| 1960s | 57.99 years | 52.73 years | 62.53 years | 10 |
| 1970s | 65.34 years | 63.57 years | 65.93 years | 10 |
| 1980s | 66.6 years | 65.88 years | 67.51 years | 10 |
| 1990s | 68.07 years | 66.4 years | 69.58 years | 10 |
| 2000s | 71.07 years | 69.85 years | 72.44 years | 10 |
| 2010s | 73.81 years | 72.75 years | 74.56 years | 10 |
| 2020s | 74.86 years | 74.51 years | 75.28 years | 4 |
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More health data for Cook Islands
- 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)
- Prevalence rate of obesity in adults 72.4% (2024)
- Share of adults who are obese vs. daily protein supply 72.4% (2024)
- Vaccination coverage vs. GDP per capita 75.0% (2024)
- Vaccination against DTP vs. perception of the safety of vaccines 75.0% (2024)
- Share of children and adolescents who are overweight or obese 61.0% (2024)
- Share of adults who are obese vs. GDP per capita 72.4% (2024)
- Children per woman that survived childhood vs. those that died in childhood 0.0318 under-five deaths per woman (2021)
- Vaccination coverage vs. share in extreme poverty 75.0% (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is life expectancy for people of different ages in Cook Islands?
- Life expectancy for people of different ages in Cook Islands was 75.28 years in 2023, according to Riley (2005); Zijdeman et al. (2015); HMD (2025); UN WPP (2024) – with major processing by Our World in Data.
- What is the highest life expectancy for people of different ages recorded in Cook Islands?
- The highest recorded value was 75.28 years in 2023.
- What is the lowest life expectancy for people of different ages recorded in Cook Islands?
- The lowest recorded value was 37.95 years in 1950.
- How does Cook Islands rank for life expectancy for people of different ages?
- Cook Islands ranks 119th out of 236 countries with data for 2023.
- Is life expectancy for people of different ages rising or falling in Cook Islands?
- Over the last ten years it is up 2.3%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Cook Islands data come from?
- The figures come from Riley (2005); Zijdeman et al. (2015); HMD (2025); UN WPP (2024) – with major processing by Our World in Data, published as part of Life expectancy for people of different ages. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
Period life expectancy is the number of years the average person born in a certain year would live if they experienced the same chances of dying at each age as people did that year.