Total healthcare spending as a share of GDP in Cook Islands
Cook Islands: Total healthcare spending as a share of GDP was 4.2% in 2023. ▲ Rising
Total healthcare spending as a share of GDP in Cook Islands, 2000–2023
Source: World Health Organization - Global Health Observatory (2026) – with minor processing by Our World in Data. Measured in %.
Analysis
In 2023, total healthcare spending as a share of gdp in Cook Islands stood at 4.2%.
Compared with earlier readings it is down 25.3% on the previous year and up 27.4% over ten years.
Over the whole period, total healthcare spending as a share of gdp in Cook Islands peaked at 7.0% in 2021 and was at its lowest, 2.4%, in 2017.
Cook Islands ranks 152nd of 195 countries on this measure, in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 24 years of available data.
Total healthcare spending as a share of GDP in Cook Islands, year by year
| Year | % | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2000 | 3.0% | — |
| 2001 | 3.3% | +7.3% |
| 2002 | 3.4% | +5.4% |
| 2003 | 3.2% | -6.8% |
| 2004 | 3.4% | +6.5% |
| 2005 | 3.9% | +14.6% |
| 2006 | 3.5% | -11.2% |
| 2007 | 3.7% | +7.7% |
| 2008 | 3.4% | -7.9% |
| 2009 | 3.5% | +1.3% |
| 2010 | 3.6% | +4.5% |
| 2011 | 3.5% | -3.1% |
| 2012 | 3.1% | -11.6% |
| 2013 | 3.3% | +5.9% |
| 2014 | 3.6% | +8.3% |
| 2015 | 2.9% | -19.1% |
| 2016 | 3.2% | +11.2% |
| 2017 | 2.4% | -24.2% |
| 2018 | 2.7% | +9.2% |
| 2019 | 3.1% | +16.7% |
| 2020 | 5.8% | +87.8% |
| 2021 | 7.0% | +20.1% |
| 2022 | 5.6% | -19.6% |
| 2023 | 4.2% | -25.3% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 3.4% | 3.0% | 3.9% | 10 |
| 2010s | 3.1% | 2.4% | 3.6% | 10 |
| 2020s | 5.7% | 4.2% | 7.0% | 4 |
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Frequently asked questions
- What is total healthcare spending as a share of gdp in Cook Islands?
- Total healthcare spending as a share of gdp in Cook Islands was 4.2% in 2023, according to World Health Organization - Global Health Observatory (2026) – with minor processing by Our World in Data.
- What is the highest total healthcare spending as a share of gdp recorded in Cook Islands?
- The highest recorded value was 7.0% in 2021.
- What is the lowest total healthcare spending as a share of gdp recorded in Cook Islands?
- The lowest recorded value was 2.4% in 2017.
- How does Cook Islands rank for total healthcare spending as a share of gdp?
- Cook Islands ranks 152nd out of 195 countries with data for 2023.
- Is total healthcare spending as a share of gdp rising or falling in Cook Islands?
- Over the last ten years it is up 27.4%. 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 - Global Health Observatory (2026) – with minor processing by Our World in Data, published as part of Total healthcare spending as a share of GDP. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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Total healthcare expenditure as the share of national gross domestic product (GDP).