Duration of compulsory education in Cook Islands
Cook Islands: Duration of compulsory education was 12 years in 2025. β² Rising
Latest (2025)
12 years
Change on year
unchanged
World rank
1st
of 6 countries
All-time high
12 years
in 2015
All-time low
10 years
in 1998
Years of data
28
1998β2025
Duration of compulsory education in Cook Islands, 1998β2025
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.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 28 years of available data.
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
- 1 Anguilla 12 years compare
- 1 Montserrat 12 years compare
- 1 Venezuela 17 years compare
- 2 Guatemala 16 years compare
- 3 Dominican Republic 15 years compare
- 3 Ecuador 15 years compare
- 3 Israel 15 years compare
- 3 El Salvador 15 years compare
- 3 Tonga 15 years compare
- 4 Niue 11 years compare
- 4 Tokelau 11 years compare
More education data for Cook Islands
- Duration of pre primary education, annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2025)
- Official entrance age to pre primary education 3 (2025)
- Duration of pre primary education 2 (2025)
- Fertility rate vs mean years of schooling 2.02 (2024)
- Womens educational attainment vs fertility 2.04 (2023)
- Fertility rate vs share of women between 25 and 29 years old with no e 2.04 (2023)
- Womens educational attainment vs fertility, annual growth rate -1.11 % change on previous year (2023)
- Primary secondary enrollment completion rates 107.94 (2024)
- Precentage enrolled in private institutions at the primary education l 29.73 (2024)
- Share enrolled in private institutions at the pre primary education le 33.24 (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 1st out of 6 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