Teachers in primary education, female (number) in Cook Islands
Cook Islands: Teachers in primary education, female (number) was 84 in 2024. ▼ Falling
Teachers in primary education, female in Cook Islands, 1970–2024
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics.
Analysis
Cook Islands recorded 84 for teachers in primary education, female in 2024. That is the lowest value across all 21 years on record.
That represents a change of down 9.7% on the previous year and down 13.4% over ten years.
Over the whole period, teachers in primary education, female in Cook Islands peaked at 174 in 1971 and was at its lowest, 84, in 2024.
Cook Islands ranks 204th of 212 countries on this measure, in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 21 years of available data.
Teachers in primary education, female (number) in Cook Islands, year by year
| Year | Value | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1970 | 170 | — |
| 1971 | 174 | +2.4% |
| 1988 | 95 | -45.4% |
| 1997 | 122 | +28.4% |
| 1999 | 124 | +1.6% |
| 2000 | 115 | -7.3% |
| 2005 | 106 | -7.8% |
| 2007 | 96 | -9.4% |
| 2009 | 107 | +11.5% |
| 2010 | 106 | -0.9% |
| 2012 | 104 | -1.9% |
| 2013 | 95 | -8.7% |
| 2014 | 97 | +2.1% |
| 2015 | 94 | -3.1% |
| 2016 | 96 | +2.1% |
| 2019 | 102 | +6.2% |
| 2020 | 105 | +2.9% |
| 2021 | 106 | +1.0% |
| 2022 | 99 | -6.6% |
| 2023 | 93 | -6.1% |
| 2024 | 84 | -9.7% |
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Teachers in primary education, female (number) in Cook Islands changed far more than this series normally does. A large move can be a real event or a change in how the figure was measured — the source note below says who published it.
| Year | Change | From | To |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1988 | -45.4% | 174 | 95 |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1970s | 172 | 170 | 174 | 2 |
| 1980s | 95 | 95 | 95 | 1 |
| 1990s | 123 | 122 | 124 | 2 |
| 2000s | 106 | 96 | 115 | 4 |
| 2010s | 99.14 | 94 | 106 | 7 |
| 2020s | 97.4 | 84 | 106 | 5 |
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 teachers in primary education, female in Cook Islands?
- Teachers in primary education, female in Cook Islands was 84 in 2024, according to UNESCO Institute for Statistics.
- What is the highest teachers in primary education, female recorded in Cook Islands?
- The highest recorded value was 174 in 1971.
- What is the lowest teachers in primary education, female recorded in Cook Islands?
- The lowest recorded value was 84 in 2024.
- How does Cook Islands rank for teachers in primary education, female?
- Cook Islands ranks 204th out of 212 countries with data for 2024.
- Is teachers in primary education, female rising or falling in Cook Islands?
- Over the last ten years it is down 13.4%. 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 Teachers in primary education, female (number). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
February 2026 Data Release