Probability that a man will outlive a woman in Cook Islands
Cook Islands: Probability that a man will outlive a woman was 35.1% in 2023. ▼ Falling
Latest (2023)
35.1%
Change on year
up 0.3%
World rank
203rd
of 236 countries
All-time high
51.1%
in 1950
All-time low
34.2%
in 2008
Years of data
74
1950–2023
Probability that a man will outlive a woman in Cook Islands, 1950–2023
Source: Human Mortality Database (2025); UN, World Population Prospects (2024); Bergeron-Boucher et al. (2022) – processed by Our World in Data. Measured in %.
Analysis
In 2023, probability that a man will outlive a woman in Cook Islands stood at 35.1%.
That represents a change of up 0.3% on the previous year and up 1.8% over ten years.
Over the whole period, probability that a man will outlive a woman in Cook Islands peaked at 51.1% in 1950 and was at its lowest, 34.2%, in 2008.
Cook Islands ranks 203rd of 236 countries on this measure, in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 74 years of available data.
Probability that a man will outlive a woman in Cook Islands, year by year
| Year | % | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1950 | 51.1% | — |
| 1951 | 50.7% | -0.9% |
| 1952 | 50.3% | -0.8% |
| 1953 | 50.0% | -0.5% |
| 1954 | 49.9% | -0.3% |
| 1955 | 49.9% | +0.1% |
| 1956 | 50.0% | +0.1% |
| 1957 | 50.2% | +0.4% |
| 1958 | 50.2% | +0.1% |
| 1959 | 50.1% | -0.4% |
| 1960 | 50.0% | -0.1% |
| 1961 | 50.0% | +0.0% |
| 1962 | 50.1% | +0.2% |
| 1963 | 50.4% | +0.5% |
| 1964 | 50.3% | -0.2% |
| 1965 | 50.2% | -0.2% |
| 1966 | 49.8% | -0.7% |
| 1967 | 49.2% | -1.3% |
| 1968 | 48.2% | -2.0% |
| 1969 | 46.8% | -2.9% |
| 1970 | 45.5% | -2.9% |
| 1971 | 44.0% | -3.1% |
| 1972 | 42.5% | -3.5% |
| 1973 | 41.7% | -1.9% |
| 1974 | 41.1% | -1.6% |
| 1975 | 40.6% | -1.1% |
| 1976 | 40.2% | -0.9% |
| 1977 | 40.2% | +0.0% |
| 1978 | 40.0% | -0.7% |
| 1979 | 39.7% | -0.7% |
| 1980 | 39.5% | -0.6% |
| 1981 | 39.3% | -0.4% |
| 1982 | 39.3% | +0.1% |
| 1983 | 39.0% | -0.7% |
| 1984 | 38.8% | -0.5% |
| 1985 | 38.6% | -0.6% |
| 1986 | 38.5% | -0.4% |
| 1987 | 39.0% | +1.4% |
| 1988 | 38.0% | -2.6% |
| 1989 | 37.8% | -0.3% |
| 1990 | 38.4% | +1.5% |
| 1991 | 37.7% | -1.9% |
| 1992 | 37.6% | -0.1% |
| 1993 | 37.6% | +0.0% |
| 1994 | 37.7% | +0.2% |
| 1995 | 37.8% | +0.2% |
| 1996 | 37.8% | +0.1% |
| 1997 | 40.8% | +7.8% |
| 1998 | 37.6% | -7.7% |
| 1999 | 37.4% | -0.6% |
| 2000 | 36.9% | -1.3% |
| 2001 | 36.4% | -1.2% |
| 2002 | 36.0% | -1.3% |
| 2003 | 35.3% | -1.7% |
| 2004 | 34.9% | -1.3% |
| 2005 | 34.5% | -1.2% |
| 2006 | 34.4% | -0.2% |
| 2007 | 34.3% | -0.4% |
| 2008 | 34.2% | -0.1% |
| 2009 | 34.2% | +0.1% |
| 2010 | 34.3% | +0.1% |
| 2011 | 34.3% | +0.2% |
| 2012 | 34.4% | +0.2% |
| 2013 | 34.5% | +0.4% |
| 2014 | 34.7% | +0.6% |
| 2015 | 34.8% | +0.3% |
| 2016 | 34.9% | +0.2% |
| 2017 | 34.9% | +0.0% |
| 2018 | 34.9% | +0.1% |
| 2019 | 35.0% | +0.1% |
| 2020 | 34.4% | -1.5% |
| 2021 | 36.0% | +4.6% |
| 2022 | 35.1% | -2.6% |
| 2023 | 35.1% | +0.3% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1950s | 50.2% | 49.9% | 51.1% | 10 |
| 1960s | 49.5% | 46.8% | 50.4% | 10 |
| 1970s | 41.6% | 39.7% | 45.5% | 10 |
| 1980s | 38.8% | 37.8% | 39.5% | 10 |
| 1990s | 38.0% | 37.4% | 40.8% | 10 |
| 2000s | 35.1% | 34.2% | 36.9% | 10 |
| 2010s | 34.7% | 34.3% | 35.0% | 10 |
| 2020s | 35.2% | 34.4% | 36.0% | 4 |
Countries ranked near Cook Islands
- 200 Serbia 35.3% compare
- 201 Guadeloupe 35.3% compare
- 202 Slovakia 35.3% compare
- 204 Sri Lanka 35.1% compare
- 205 Puerto Rico 35.0% compare
- 206 Kyrgyzstan 35.0% compare
More gender data for Cook Islands
- Share of women who are obese 73.9% (2024)
- Share of women who are overweight or obese 90.9% (2024)
- Share of overweight men vs. women 89.0% (2024)
- Share of women who are married or in a union 6.4% (2021)
- Share of women aged 15–49 who are married or in a union 60.2% (2050)
- Mean body mass index (BMI) in women 33.1 (2016)
- SDG indicator 5.5.2: Proportion of women in managerial positions 62.88 (2023)
- Share of women of reproductive age who have anemia vs. GDP per capita 23.9% (2023)
- Sex ratio at birth 105.81 males per 100 females (2023)
- Sex ratio at age 5 107.34 males per 100 females (2023)
Frequently asked questions
- What is probability that a man will outlive a woman in Cook Islands?
- Probability that a man will outlive a woman in Cook Islands was 35.1% in 2023, according to Human Mortality Database (2025); UN, World Population Prospects (2024); Bergeron-Boucher et al. (2022) – processed by Our World in Data.
- What is the highest probability that a man will outlive a woman recorded in Cook Islands?
- The highest recorded value was 51.1% in 1950.
- What is the lowest probability that a man will outlive a woman recorded in Cook Islands?
- The lowest recorded value was 34.2% in 2008.
- How does Cook Islands rank for probability that a man will outlive a woman?
- Cook Islands ranks 203rd out of 236 countries with data for 2023.
- Is probability that a man will outlive a woman rising or falling in Cook Islands?
- Over the last ten years it is up 1.8%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Cook Islands data come from?
- The figures come from Human Mortality Database (2025); UN, World Population Prospects (2024); Bergeron-Boucher et al. (2022) – processed by Our World in Data, published as part of Probability that a man will outlive a woman. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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Probability that a male will live longer than a female if both are randomly selected from the population at birth.