Proportion of total government spending on essential services … UIS in Cook Islands
Cook Islands: Proportion of total government spending on essential services … UIS was 9.2% in 2025. ▲ Rising
Proportion of total government spending on essential services in Cook Islands, 2000–2025
Source: United Nations Statistics Division, SDG Global Database.
Analysis
Cook Islands recorded 9.2% for proportion of total government spending on essential services in 2025.
The figure is down 21.5% on the previous year and down 9.3% over ten years.
Over the whole period, proportion of total government spending on essential services in Cook Islands peaked at 12.0% in 2018 and was at its lowest, 6.7%, in 2000.
Cook Islands ranks 161st of 197 countries on this measure, in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 16 years of available data.
Proportion of total government spending on essential services … UIS in Cook Islands, year by year
| Year | Value | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2000 | 6.7% | — |
| 2011 | 9.6% | +44.0% |
| 2012 | 8.3% | -13.8% |
| 2013 | 8.8% | +6.0% |
| 2014 | 11.6% | +31.2% |
| 2015 | 10.2% | -12.0% |
| 2016 | 11.2% | +9.9% |
| 2017 | 9.2% | -17.6% |
| 2018 | 12.0% | +30.3% |
| 2019 | 11.0% | -8.5% |
| 2020 | 7.9% | -27.8% |
| 2021 | 7.5% | -5.3% |
| 2022 | 8.9% | +18.3% |
| 2023 | 8.9% | +0.0% |
| 2024 | 11.7% | +32.2% |
| 2025 | 9.2% | -21.5% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 6.7% | 6.7% | 6.7% | 1 |
| 2010s | 10.2% | 8.3% | 12.0% | 9 |
| 2020s | 9.0% | 7.5% | 11.7% | 6 |
Countries ranked near Cook Islands
More education data for Cook Islands
- Enrolment in secondary education, both sexes (number), gaps filled 1,824 (2024)
- Enrolment in pre-primary education, both sexes (number), gaps filled 355 (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)
- Enrolment in secondary education, female (number), annual growth rate -4.95 % change on previous year (2024)
- Enrolment in secondary education, female (number), gaps filled 903 (2024)
- Teachers in primary education, both sexes (number), annual growth rate -4.95 % change on previous year (2024)
- Teachers in primary education, both sexes (number), gaps filled 96 (2024)
- Enrolment in primary education, both sexes (number), gaps filled 1,537 (2024)
- Enrolment in primary education, both sexes (number), annual growth -2.16 % change on previous year (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is proportion of total government spending on essential services in Cook Islands?
- Proportion of total government spending on essential services in Cook Islands was 9.2% in 2025, according to United Nations Statistics Division, SDG Global Database.
- What is the highest proportion of total government spending on essential services recorded in Cook Islands?
- The highest recorded value was 12.0% in 2018.
- What is the lowest proportion of total government spending on essential services recorded in Cook Islands?
- The lowest recorded value was 6.7% in 2000.
- How does Cook Islands rank for proportion of total government spending on essential services?
- Cook Islands ranks 161st out of 197 countries with data for 2025.
- Is proportion of total government spending on essential services rising or falling in Cook Islands?
- Over the last ten years it is down 9.3%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Cook Islands data come from?
- The figures come from United Nations Statistics Division, SDG Global Database, published as part of Proportion of total government spending on essential services, education [UIS methodology] (%). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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