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Cook Islands
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ANNUAL ECONOMIC SNAPSHOT
Population & economic scale
The most recent non-empty observations returned by the World Bank when this snapshot was collected. Read the year on each card: these are annual statistics, not live measurements.
No matching World Bank economy was found for Cook Islands. Figures from another country or a regional aggregate have not been substituted.
Population
Not available
people
No observation in this snapshot
Definition, value & source
Total population is based on the de facto definition of population, which counts all residents regardless of legal status or citizenship. The values shown are midyear estimates.
- Collected
- Oct 7, 2026
- Dataset update reported by API
- Jul 13, 2026; separate from the observation year
World Bank indicator ↗ · API record ↗
World Bank, World Development Indicators. CC BY 4.0. Underlying sources: World Population Prospects, United Nations (UN), uri: https://population.un.org/wpp/, publisher: UN Population Division; Statistical databases and publications from national statistical offices, National Statistical Offices (NSOs), uri: https://unstats.un.org/home/nso_sites/, publisher: National Statistical Offices; Eurostat: Demographic Statistics, Eurostat (ESTAT), uri: https://ec.europa.eu/eurostat/data/database?node_code=earn_ses_monthly, publisher: Eurostat; Population and Vital Statistics Report (various years), United Nations (UN), uri: https://unstats.un.org, publisher: UN Statistics Division
GDP
Not available
current US$
No observation in this snapshot
Definition, value & source
Gross domestic product is the total income earned through the production of goods and services in an economic territory during an accounting period. It can be measured in three different ways: using either the expenditure approach, the income approach, or the production approach. This indicator is expressed in current prices, meaning no adjustment has been made to account for price changes over time. This indicator is expressed in United States dollars.
- Collected
- Oct 7, 2026
- Dataset update reported by API
- Jul 13, 2026; separate from the observation year
World Bank indicator ↗ · API record ↗
World Bank, World Development Indicators. CC BY 4.0. Underlying sources: Country official statistics, National Statistical Organizations and/or Central Banks; National Accounts data files, Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD); Staff estimates, World Bank (WB)
GDP per capita
Not available
current US$ per person
No observation in this snapshot
Definition, value & source
Gross domestic product is the total income earned through the production of goods and services in an economic territory during an accounting period. It can be measured in three different ways: using either the expenditure approach, the income approach, or the production approach. The core indicator has been divided by the general population to achieve a per capita estimate.This indicator is expressed in current prices, meaning no adjustment has been made to account for price changes over time. This indicator is expressed in United States dollars.
- Collected
- Oct 7, 2026
- Dataset update reported by API
- Jul 13, 2026; separate from the observation year
World Bank indicator ↗ · API record ↗
World Bank, World Development Indicators. CC BY 4.0. Underlying sources: Country official statistics, National Statistical Organizations and/or Central Banks; National Accounts data files, Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD); Staff estimates, World Bank (WB)
GDP and GDP per capita use current US dollars, without an inflation or purchasing-power-parity adjustment. Source years can differ. Missing data is not zero; earlier archive figures below are retained as a separate historical reference.
THE REFERENCE FILE
Cook Islands at a glance
These are historical reference facts from the 2025 World Factbook archive. Each estimate keeps its own period; an archive edition does not make every figure a measurement from that year.
Population
total: 7,592 (2025 est.) male: 3,890 female: 3,702
Real GDP (purchasing power parity)
$401.155 million (2024 est.) $364.686 million (2023 est.) $306.285 million (2022 est.) note: data are in 2015 dollars
GDP (official exchange rate)
$409.077 million (2024 est.) note: data in current dollars at official exchange rate
Real GDP growth rate
10.5% (2022 est.) -24.5% (2021 est.) -5.2% (2020 est.)
Real GDP per capita
$29,800 (2024 est.) $25,700 (2023 est.) $19,700 (2022 est.) note: data in 2015 dollars
Inflation rate (consumer prices)
10.6% (2022 est.) 1.9% (2021 est.) 1% (2020 est.) note: annual % change based on consumer prices
Budget
revenues: $113.687 million (2022 est.) expenditures: $143.391 million (2022 est.) note: central government revenues and expenses (excluding grants/extrabudgetary units/social security funds) converted to US dollars at average official exchange rate for year indicated
Internet users
percent of population: 64.8% (2021 est.)
THE HISTORICAL REFERENCE LIBRARY
Explore the country in detail
Browse the economy, population, resources and infrastructure. These archived descriptions keep their original wording and dates; they have not been updated to describe current conditions.
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Location
Oceania, group of islands in the South Pacific Ocean, about halfway between Hawaii and New Zealand
archive edition 2025 · Archive source ↗
Capital
name: Avarua geographic coordinates: 21 12 S, 159 46 W time difference: UTC-10 (5 hours behind Washington, DC, during Standard Time) etymology: translates as "two harbors" in Maori
archive edition 2025 · Archive source ↗
Economic overview
high-income self-governing New Zealand territorial economy; tourism-based activity but diversifying; severely curtailed by COVID-19 pandemic; copra and tropical fruit exporter; Asian Development Bank aid recipient
archive edition 2025 · Archive source ↗
Natural resources
coconuts (copra)
archive edition 2025 · Archive source ↗
Agricultural products
coconuts, vegetables, papayas, pork, sweet potatoes, tomatoes, fruits, mangoes/guavas, watermelons, chicken (2023) note: top ten agricultural products based on tonnage
2023 source periods; archive edition 2025 · Archive source ↗
Industries
fishing, fruit processing, tourism, clothing, handicrafts
archive edition 2025 · Archive source ↗
Exports - partners
Japan 33%, Thailand 15%, Greece 15%, France 11%, China 8% (2023) note: top five export partners based on percentage share of exports
2023 source periods; archive edition 2025 · Archive source ↗
Exports - commodities
fish, ships, garments, shellfish (2023) note: top export commodities based on value in dollars over $500,000
2023 source periods; archive edition 2025 · Archive source ↗
Imports - partners
NZ 44%, Italy 26%, Fiji 9%, China 7%, Australia 3% (2023) note: top five import partners based on percentage share of imports
2023 source periods; archive edition 2025 · Archive source ↗
Imports - commodities
ships, refined petroleum, cars, plastic products, additive manufacturing machines (2023) note: top five import commodities based on value in dollars
2023 source periods; archive edition 2025 · Archive source ↗
Climate
tropical oceanic; moderated by trade winds; a dry season from April to November and a more humid season from December to March
archive edition 2025 · Archive source ↗
Terrain
low coral atolls in north; volcanic, hilly islands in south
archive edition 2025 · Archive source ↗
Land use
agricultural land: 7.9% (2023 est.) arable land: 2.1% (2023 est.) permanent crops: 5.8% (2023 est.) permanent pasture: 0% (2022 est.) forest: 65% (2023 est.) other: 27.1% (2023 est.)
2023, 2022 dates in source text; archive edition 2025 · Archive source ↗
Natural hazards
tropical cyclones (November to March)
archive edition 2025 · Archive source ↗
Languages
English (official) 86.4%, Cook Islands Maori (Rarotongan) (official) 76.2%, other 8.3% (2011 est.) note: shares sum to more than 100% because some respondents gave more than one answer on the census
2011 dates in source text; archive edition 2025 · Archive source ↗
Religions
Protestant 55% (Cook Islands Christian Church 43.1%, Seventh Day Adventist 8.3%, Assemblies of God 3.6%), Roman Catholic 16.7%, Church of Jesus Christ 3.9%, Jehovah's Witness 2.2%, Apostolic Church 2.1%, other 4.5%, none/unspecified 15.6% (2021 est.)
2021 dates in source text; archive edition 2025 · Archive source ↗
Age structure
0-14 years: 18.2% (male 738/female 671) 15-64 years: 65.9% (male 2,634/female 2,479) 65 years and over: 16% (2024 est.) (male 608/female 631)
2024 dates in source text; archive edition 2025 · Archive source ↗
Urbanization
urban population: 76.2% of total population (2023) rate of urbanization: 0.52% annual rate of change (2020-25 est.)
2023, 2020 dates in source text; archive edition 2025 · Archive source ↗
Life expectancy at birth
total population: 77.6 years (2024 est.) male: 74.8 years female: 80.6 years
2024 dates in source text; archive edition 2025 · Archive source ↗
Electricity
installed generating capacity: 17,000 kW (2023 est.) consumption: 37.5 million kWh (2023 est.) transmission/distribution losses: 3.2 million kWh (2023 est.)
2023 dates in source text; archive edition 2025 · Archive source ↗
Electricity generation sources
fossil fuels: 60.9% of total installed capacity (2023 est.) solar: 39.1% of total installed capacity (2023 est.)
2023 dates in source text; archive edition 2025 · Archive source ↗
Petroleum
refined petroleum consumption: 700 bbl/day (2023 est.)
2023 dates in source text; archive edition 2025 · Archive source ↗
Carbon dioxide emissions
103,000 metric tonnes of CO2 (2023 est.) from petroleum and other liquids: 103,000 metric tonnes of CO2 (2023 est.)
2023 dates in source text; archive edition 2025 · Archive source ↗
Telephones - mobile cellular
total subscriptions: 18,100 (2022 est.) subscriptions per 100 inhabitants: 123 (2022 est.)
2022 dates in source text; archive edition 2025 · Archive source ↗
Broadband - fixed subscriptions
total: 2,700 (2018 est.) subscriptions per 100 inhabitants: 15 (2018 est.)
2018 dates in source text; archive edition 2025 · Archive source ↗
Airports
10 (2025)
2025 dates in source text; archive edition 2025 · Archive source ↗
Ports
total ports: 1 (2024) large: 0 medium: 0 small: 0 very small: 1 ports with oil terminals: 1 key ports: Avatiu
2024 dates in source text; archive edition 2025 · Archive source ↗
CURRENCY OBSERVATIONS
Money & exchange rates
The latest verified daily references are separate from the historical country profile. Values are currency units per US$1.
New Zealand Dollar
NZD per US$1
Published reference snapshot; its original observation date is preserved.
1 NZD = US$0.5606953
1.7005–1.7836 NZD per US$1 across the displayed observations. The vertical scale follows this range.
View dated observations
| Observation date | NZD per US$1 |
|---|---|
| Oct 6, 2026 | 1.7835 |
| Oct 5, 2026 | 1.7836 |
| Oct 4, 2026 | 1.7802 |
| Oct 3, 2026 | 1.7803 |
| Oct 2, 2026 | 1.7797 |
| Oct 1, 2026 | 1.7766 |
| Sep 30, 2026 | 1.77 |
| Sep 29, 2026 | 1.7668 |
| Sep 28, 2026 | 1.7639 |
| Sep 27, 2026 | 1.7638 |
| Sep 26, 2026 | 1.7637 |
| Sep 25, 2026 | 1.7635 |
| Sep 24, 2026 | 1.7599 |
| Sep 23, 2026 | 1.7516 |
| Sep 22, 2026 | 1.7456 |
| Sep 21, 2026 | 1.7464 |
| Sep 20, 2026 | 1.7471 |
| Sep 19, 2026 | 1.7468 |
| Sep 18, 2026 | 1.7461 |
| Sep 17, 2026 | 1.7419 |
| Sep 16, 2026 | 1.7362 |
| Sep 15, 2026 | 1.7332 |
| Sep 14, 2026 | 1.7257 |
| Sep 13, 2026 | 1.717 |
| Sep 12, 2026 | 1.7168 |
| Sep 11, 2026 | 1.7163 |
| Sep 10, 2026 | 1.7122 |
| Sep 9, 2026 | 1.7078 |
| Sep 8, 2026 | 1.7057 |
| Sep 7, 2026 | 1.7005 |
Daily references are not live execution prices. A check time does not change a source observation date.
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- Country reference
- CIA World Factbook · 2025 archive
- Archive retrieved
- Oct 6, 2026 · retrieval date, not an observation period
- Currency associations
- SIX / ISO 4217 currency registry ↗
- Rate observations
- Frankfurter / official reference providers ↗ · each observation is dated separately
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