What is the highest women's educational attainment vs. fertility rate recorded in Cook Islands?

The highest recorded value was 7.27 live births per woman in 1961.

What is the lowest women's educational attainment vs. fertility rate recorded in Cook Islands?

The lowest recorded value was 2.04 live births per woman in 2023.

How does Cook Islands rank for women's educational attainment vs. fertility rate?

Cook Islands ranks 111th out of 236 countries with data for 2023.

Is women's educational attainment vs. fertility rate rising or falling in Cook Islands?

Over the last ten years it is down 10.8%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.

Where does this Cook Islands data come from?

The figures come from UN, World Population Prospects (2024) – processed by Our World in Data, published as part of Women's educational attainment vs. fertility rate. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.

Women's educational attainment vs. fertility rate in Cook Islands

Name: Women's educational attainment vs. fertility rate in Cook Islands
Creator: UN, World Population Prospects (2024) – processed by Our World in Data
License: CC BY 4.0 (Our World in Data)

Cook Islands: Women's educational attainment vs. fertility rate was 2.04 live births per woman in 2023. ▼ Falling

Latest (2023)

2.04 live births per woman

Change on year

down 1.1%

World rank

111th

of 236 countries

All-time high

7.27 live births per woman

in 1961

All-time low

2.04 live births per woman

in 2023

Years of data

1950–2023

Women's educational attainment vs. fertility rate in Cook Islands, 1950–2023

Source: UN, World Population Prospects (2024) – processed by Our World in Data. Measured in live births per woman.

Analysis

Cook Islands recorded 2.04 live births per woman for women's educational attainment vs. fertility rate in 2023. That is the lowest value across all 74 years on record.

That represents a change of down 1.1% on the previous year and down 10.8% over ten years.

Over the whole period, women's educational attainment vs. fertility rate in Cook Islands peaked at 7.27 live births per woman in 1961 and was at its lowest, 2.04 live births per woman, in 2023.

That places Cook Islands 111th out of 236 countries with data for 2023, putting it in the middle of the range.

The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 74 years of available data.

Averages by decade

Decade	Average	Lowest	Highest	Years
1950s	6.97 live births per woman	6.79 live births per woman	7.22 live births per woman	10
1960s	7.01 live births per woman	6.51 live births per woman	7.27 live births per woman	10
1970s	5.22 live births per woman	4.47 live births per woman	6.3 live births per woman	10
1980s	3.97 live births per woman	3.83 live births per woman	4.35 live births per woman	10
1990s	3.68 live births per woman	3.19 live births per woman	3.99 live births per woman	10
2000s	2.83 live births per woman	2.52 live births per woman	3.11 live births per woman	10
2010s	2.26 live births per woman	2.13 live births per woman	2.45 live births per woman	10
2020s	2.08 live births per woman	2.04 live births per woman	2.11 live births per woman	4

Countries ranked near Cook Islands

108 United States Virgin Islands 2.09 live births per woman compare
110 Venezuela 2.08 live births per woman compare
113 Belize 2.01 live births per woman compare
114 Nepal 1.98 live births per woman compare

See the full ranking of 236 places →

More education data for Cook Islands

Official entrance age to pre-primary education 3 years (2025)
Duration of pre-primary education 2 years (2025)
Fertility rate vs. average years of schooling 2.02 live births per woman (2024)
Fertility rate vs. share of women with no education 2.04 live births per woman (2023)
Primary, secondary and tertiary education enrollment and completion rates 107.9% (2024)
Share enrolled in private institutions at the primary education level 29.7% (2024)
Share enrolled in private institutions at the pre-primary education level 33.2% (2024)
Duration of compulsory education 12 years (2025)
Official entrance age to compulsory education 5 years (2025)
Share of children in primary school age who are in school 97.5% (2024)

All data for Cook Islands →

Frequently asked questions

What is women's educational attainment vs. fertility rate in Cook Islands?: Women's educational attainment vs. fertility rate in Cook Islands was 2.04 live births per woman in 2023, according to UN, World Population Prospects (2024) – processed by Our World in Data.
What is the highest women's educational attainment vs. fertility rate recorded in Cook Islands?: The highest recorded value was 7.27 live births per woman in 1961.
What is the lowest women's educational attainment vs. fertility rate recorded in Cook Islands?: The lowest recorded value was 2.04 live births per woman in 2023.
How does Cook Islands rank for women's educational attainment vs. fertility rate?: Cook Islands ranks 111th out of 236 countries with data for 2023.
Is women's educational attainment vs. fertility rate rising or falling in Cook Islands?: Over the last ten years it is down 10.8%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
Where does this Cook Islands data come from?: The figures come from UN, World Population Prospects (2024) – processed by Our World in Data, published as part of Women's educational attainment vs. fertility rate. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.

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About this data

Indicator: Women's educational attainment vs. fertility rate
Unit: live births per woman
Source: UN, World Population Prospects (2024) – processed by Our World in Data
Licence: CC BY 4.0 (Our World in Data)
Coverage: 236 places, 17,464 data points, 1950–2023
Last refreshed: 07 August 2026

The total fertility rate: the average number of children a woman would have if she experienced the year's age-specific birth rates throughout her childbearing years.