School age population, secondary education, female in Cook Islands
Cook Islands: School age population, secondary education, female was 876 in 2025. ▼ Falling
School age population, secondary education, female in Cook Islands, 1970–2025
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics.
Analysis
Cook Islands recorded 876 for school age population, secondary education, female in 2025. That is the lowest value across all 56 years on record.
Compared with earlier readings it is down 1.5% on the previous year and down 11.7% over ten years.
Over the whole period, school age population, secondary education, female in Cook Islands peaked at 1,701 in 1972 and was at its lowest, 876, in 2025.
That places Cook Islands 211th out of 220 countries with data for 2025, putting it in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 56 years of available data.
School age population, secondary education, female in Cook Islands, year by year
| Year | Value | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1970 | 1,549 | — |
| 1971 | 1,631 | +5.3% |
| 1972 | 1,701 | +4.3% |
| 1973 | 1,681 | -1.2% |
| 1974 | 1,658 | -1.4% |
| 1975 | 1,641 | -1.0% |
| 1976 | 1,629 | -0.7% |
| 1977 | 1,611 | -1.1% |
| 1978 | 1,606 | -0.3% |
| 1979 | 1,604 | -0.1% |
| 1980 | 1,603 | -0.1% |
| 1981 | 1,598 | -0.3% |
| 1982 | 1,578 | -1.3% |
| 1983 | 1,506 | -4.6% |
| 1984 | 1,450 | -3.7% |
| 1985 | 1,409 | -2.8% |
| 1986 | 1,380 | -2.1% |
| 1987 | 1,358 | -1.6% |
| 1988 | 1,315 | -3.2% |
| 1989 | 1,266 | -3.7% |
| 1990 | 1,214 | -4.1% |
| 1991 | 1,168 | -3.8% |
| 1992 | 1,125 | -3.7% |
| 1993 | 1,067 | -5.2% |
| 1994 | 1,033 | -3.2% |
| 1995 | 1,020 | -1.3% |
| 1996 | 1,022 | +0.2% |
| 1997 | 1,030 | +0.8% |
| 1998 | 1,289 | +25.1% |
| 1999 | 1,250 | -3.0% |
| 2000 | 1,082 | -13.4% |
| 2001 | 1,054 | -2.6% |
| 2002 | 1,019 | -3.3% |
| 2003 | 1,012 | -0.7% |
| 2004 | 1,005 | -0.7% |
| 2005 | 1,001 | -0.4% |
| 2006 | 1,002 | +0.1% |
| 2007 | 1,018 | +1.6% |
| 2008 | 1,036 | +1.8% |
| 2009 | 1,039 | +0.3% |
| 2010 | 1,029 | -1.0% |
| 2011 | 1,009 | -1.9% |
| 2012 | 993 | -1.6% |
| 2013 | 993 | +0.0% |
| 2014 | 990 | -0.3% |
| 2015 | 992 | +0.2% |
| 2016 | 986 | -0.6% |
| 2017 | 969 | -1.7% |
| 2018 | 926 | -4.4% |
| 2019 | 902 | -2.6% |
| 2020 | 899 | -0.3% |
| 2021 | 903 | +0.4% |
| 2022 | 903 | +0.0% |
| 2023 | 898 | -0.6% |
| 2024 | 889 | -1.0% |
| 2025 | 876 | -1.5% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1970s | 1,631 | 1,549 | 1,701 | 10 |
| 1980s | 1,446 | 1,266 | 1,603 | 10 |
| 1990s | 1,122 | 1,020 | 1,289 | 10 |
| 2000s | 1,027 | 1,001 | 1,082 | 10 |
| 2010s | 978.9 | 902 | 1,029 | 10 |
| 2020s | 894.67 | 876 | 903 | 6 |
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More education data for Cook Islands
- Start of the academic school year (tertiary education), annual growth 0.0494 % change on previous year (2024)
- Duration of pre primary education, annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2025)
- Start of the academic school year (tertiary education), gaps filled 2,024 tertiary education (2024)
- Theoretical duration of upper secondary education (years), annual 0 % change on previous year (2025)
- Theoretical duration of secondary education (years), annual growth 0 % change on previous year (2025)
- Official entrance age to pre primary education 3 (2025)
- Duration of pre primary education 2 (2025)
- Primary secondary enrollment completion rates, gaps filled 107.94 (2024)
- Fertility rate vs mean years of schooling 2.02 (2024)
- Womens educational attainment vs fertility 2.04 (2023)
Frequently asked questions
- What is school age population, secondary education, female in Cook Islands?
- School age population, secondary education, female in Cook Islands was 876 in 2025, according to UNESCO Institute for Statistics.
- What is the highest school age population, secondary education, female recorded in Cook Islands?
- The highest recorded value was 1,701 in 1972.
- What is the lowest school age population, secondary education, female recorded in Cook Islands?
- The lowest recorded value was 876 in 2025.
- How does Cook Islands rank for school age population, secondary education, female?
- Cook Islands ranks 211th out of 220 countries with data for 2025.
- Is school age population, secondary education, female rising or falling in Cook Islands?
- Over the last ten years it is down 11.7%. 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 School age population, secondary education, female (number). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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February 2026 Data Release