Out-of-school rate for youth of upper secondary school age, female in Cook Islands
Cook Islands: Out-of-school rate for youth of upper secondary school age, female was 7.7% in 2025. ▼ Falling
Out-of-school rate for youth of upper secondary school age, female in Cook Islands, 2000–2025
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Measured in %.
Analysis
Cook Islands recorded 7.7% for out-of-school rate for youth of upper secondary school age, female in 2025. That is the lowest value across all 26 years on record.
That represents a change of down 15.4% on the previous year and down 76.1% over ten years.
Over the whole period, out-of-school rate for youth of upper secondary school age, female in Cook Islands peaked at 59.2% in 2000 and was at its lowest, 7.7%, in 2025.
That places Cook Islands 146th out of 206 countries with data for 2025, putting it in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 26 years of available data.
Out-of-school rate for youth of upper secondary school age, female in Cook Islands, year by year
| Year | % | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2000 | 59.2% | — |
| 2001 | 53.7% | -9.3% |
| 2002 | 48.2% | -10.2% |
| 2003 | 43.7% | -9.3% |
| 2004 | 39.5% | -9.6% |
| 2005 | 35.0% | -11.4% |
| 2006 | 30.7% | -12.3% |
| 2007 | 28.3% | -7.8% |
| 2008 | 27.7% | -2.1% |
| 2009 | 28.0% | +1.1% |
| 2010 | 28.5% | +1.8% |
| 2011 | 29.0% | +1.8% |
| 2012 | 29.8% | +2.8% |
| 2013 | 30.7% | +3.0% |
| 2014 | 31.3% | +2.0% |
| 2015 | 32.2% | +2.9% |
| 2016 | 33.3% | +3.4% |
| 2017 | 32.8% | -1.5% |
| 2018 | 28.4% | -13.4% |
| 2019 | 21.9% | -22.9% |
| 2020 | 16.6% | -24.2% |
| 2021 | 13.4% | -19.3% |
| 2022 | 11.7% | -12.7% |
| 2023 | 10.5% | -10.3% |
| 2024 | 9.1% | -13.3% |
| 2025 | 7.7% | -15.4% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 39.4% | 27.7% | 59.2% | 10 |
| 2010s | 29.8% | 21.9% | 33.3% | 10 |
| 2020s | 11.5% | 7.7% | 16.6% | 6 |
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More education data for Cook Islands
- Enrolment in secondary education, female (number), annual growth rate -4.95 % change on previous year (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)
- Start of the academic school year (tertiary education), annual growth 0.0494 % change on previous year (2024)
- Enrolment in secondary education, male (number), annual growth rate -0.2167 % change on previous year (2024)
- Enrolment in secondary education, male (number), gaps filled 921 (2024)
- Teachers in primary education, both sexes (number), gaps filled 96 (2024)
- Enrolment in primary education, male (number), annual growth rate -2.36 % change on previous year (2024)
- Enrolment in secondary education, both sexes (number), gaps filled 1,824 (2024)
- Enrolment in tertiary education, all programmes, both sexes (number) 113 (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is out-of-school rate for youth of upper secondary school age, female in Cook Islands?
- Out-of-school rate for youth of upper secondary school age, female in Cook Islands was 7.7% in 2025, according to UNESCO Institute for Statistics.
- What is the highest out-of-school rate for youth of upper secondary school age, female recorded in Cook Islands?
- The highest recorded value was 59.2% in 2000.
- What is the lowest out-of-school rate for youth of upper secondary school age, female recorded in Cook Islands?
- The lowest recorded value was 7.7% in 2025.
- How does Cook Islands rank for out-of-school rate for youth of upper secondary school age, female?
- Cook Islands ranks 146th out of 206 countries with data for 2025.
- Is out-of-school rate for youth of upper secondary school age, female rising or falling in Cook Islands?
- Over the last ten years it is down 76.1%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Cook Islands data come from?
- The figures come from UNESCO Institute for Statistics, published as part of Out-of-school rate for youth of upper secondary school age, female (modelled data) (%). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
February 2026 Data Release