Duration of compulsory education (years) in Cook Islands
Cook Islands: Duration of compulsory education (years) was 12 years in 2025. ▲ Rising
Latest (2025)
12 years
Change on year
unchanged
World rank
33rd
of 206 countries
All-time high
12 years
in 2015
All-time low
10 years
in 1998
Years of data
28
1998–2025
Duration of compulsory education in Cook Islands, 1998–2025
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Measured in years.
Analysis
Cook Islands recorded 12 years for duration of compulsory education in 2025. That is the highest value across all 28 years on record.
That represents a change of unchanged over ten years.
Over the whole period, duration of compulsory education in Cook Islands peaked at 12 years in 2015 and was at its lowest, 10 years, in 1998.
That places Cook Islands 33rd out of 206 countries with data for 2025, putting it in the top quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 28 years of available data.
Duration of compulsory education (years) in Cook Islands, year by year
| Year | years | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1998 | 10 years | — |
| 1999 | 10 years | +0.0% |
| 2000 | 10 years | +0.0% |
| 2001 | 10 years | +0.0% |
| 2002 | 10 years | +0.0% |
| 2003 | 10 years | +0.0% |
| 2004 | 10 years | +0.0% |
| 2005 | 10 years | +0.0% |
| 2006 | 10 years | +0.0% |
| 2007 | 10 years | +0.0% |
| 2008 | 10 years | +0.0% |
| 2009 | 11 years | +10.0% |
| 2010 | 11 years | +0.0% |
| 2011 | 11 years | +0.0% |
| 2012 | 11 years | +0.0% |
| 2013 | 11 years | +0.0% |
| 2014 | 11 years | +0.0% |
| 2015 | 12 years | +9.1% |
| 2016 | 12 years | +0.0% |
| 2017 | 12 years | +0.0% |
| 2018 | 12 years | +0.0% |
| 2019 | 12 years | +0.0% |
| 2020 | 12 years | +0.0% |
| 2021 | 12 years | +0.0% |
| 2022 | 12 years | +0.0% |
| 2023 | 12 years | +0.0% |
| 2024 | 12 years | +0.0% |
| 2025 | 12 years | +0.0% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 10 years | 10 years | 10 years | 2 |
| 2000s | 10.1 years | 10 years | 11 years | 10 |
| 2010s | 11.5 years | 11 years | 12 years | 10 |
| 2020s | 12 years | 12 years | 12 years | 6 |
Countries ranked near Cook Islands
- 33 Anguilla 12 years compare
- 33 United Arab Emirates 12 years compare
- 33 Armenia 12 years compare
- 33 Bulgaria 12 years compare
- 33 Bahamas 12 years compare
- 33 Chile 12 years compare
- 33 Colombia 12 years compare
- 33 Cayman Islands 12 years compare
- 33 Dominica 12 years compare
- 33 Egypt 12 years compare
- 33 Finland 12 years compare
- 33 Grenada 12 years compare
- 33 Honduras 12 years compare
- 33 Italy 12 years compare
- 33 Kenya 12 years compare
- 33 Saint Kitts and Nevis 12 years compare
- 33 Luxembourg 12 years compare
- 33 Maldives 12 years compare
- 33 Mongolia 12 years compare
- 33 Montserrat 12 years compare
- 33 Mauritius 12 years compare
- 33 Pakistan 12 years compare
- 33 Palau 12 years compare
- 33 North Korea 12 years compare
- 33 Portugal 12 years compare
- 33 Qatar 12 years compare
- 33 Turkmenistan 12 years compare
- 33 Turkey 12 years compare
- 33 United States 12 years compare
- 33 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 12 years compare
- 33 British Virgin Islands 12 years compare
More education data for Cook Islands
- Enrolment in secondary education, male (number), annual growth rate -0.2167 % change on previous year (2024)
- Teachers in primary education, male (number), gaps filled 12 (2024)
- Teachers in primary education, female (number), gaps filled 84 (2024)
- Enrolment in tertiary education, all programmes, both sexes (number) 113 (2024)
- Enrolment in pre-primary education, both sexes (number), annual -4.57 % change on previous year (2024)
- Enrolment in pre-primary education, both sexes (number), gaps filled 355 (2024)
- Teachers in primary education, both sexes (number), annual growth rate -4.95 % change on previous year (2024)
- Enrolment in secondary education, both sexes (number), annual growth -2.62 % change on previous year (2024)
- Teachers in primary education, both sexes (number), gaps filled 96 (2024)
- Enrolment in tertiary education, all programmes, female (number) 91 (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is duration of compulsory education in Cook Islands?
- Duration of compulsory education in Cook Islands was 12 years in 2025, according to UNESCO Institute for Statistics.
- What is the highest duration of compulsory education recorded in Cook Islands?
- The highest recorded value was 12 years in 2015.
- What is the lowest duration of compulsory education recorded in Cook Islands?
- The lowest recorded value was 10 years in 1998.
- How does Cook Islands rank for duration of compulsory education?
- Cook Islands ranks 33rd out of 206 countries with data for 2025.
- Is duration of compulsory education rising or falling in Cook Islands?
- Over the last ten years it is unchanged. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Cook Islands data come from?
- The figures come from UNESCO Institute for Statistics, published as part of Duration of compulsory education (years). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
February 2026 Data Release