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The Cook Islands GDP and Economic Data

Browse additional economic indicators and data sets, selected by Global Finance editors, to learn more about The Cook Islands economic outlook, debt to GDP ratio, international trade performance and population trends. 

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Central bank

Financial Supervisory Commission

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International Reserves

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Gross Domestic Product - GDP

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GDP (Purchasing Power Parity)

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Real GDP growth
2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012
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2013 2014 2015 2016 2017    
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GDP per capita - current prices

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GDP per capita - PPP

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GDP (PPP) - share of world total
1980 1990 2000 2010 2017
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GDP - composition by sector
  • agriculture: 5.1% 
  • industry: 12.7% 
  • services: 82.1%

(2010 estimate)

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Gross domestic expenditure on R&D; (% of GDP)

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Inflation
2013 2014 2015 2016 2017
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Unemployment rate
2013 2014 2015 2016 2017
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Household saving rates

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Public debt (General government gross debt as a % of GDP)
2013 2014 2015 2016 2017
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Public deficit (General government net lending/borrowing as a % of GDP)
2013 2014 2015 2016 2017
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Government bond ratings

Standard & Poor's: N/A

Moody's: N/A

Standard & Poor's / Moody's (Updated as of January 24th 2017)

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Market value of publicly traded shares
2013 2014 2015
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Largest companies

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Current account balance

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Current account balance by percentage of GDP

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Exports as percent of GDP (Exports of goods and services)

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Shares in world total merchandising export

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Shares in world total commercial services export

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Total exports

USD 3.1 millions (2011 estimate)

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Export commodities

Copra, papayas, fresh and canned citrus fruit, coffee; fish; pearls and pearl shells; clothing

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Total imports

USD 0.1 billion (2011 estimate)

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Import commodities

Foodstuffs, textiles, fuels, timber, capital goods

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Exports - major partners

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Imports - major partners

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FDI inflows
2013 2014 2015
USD 2.7 million USD -0.3 million USD 1.3 million
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FDI outflows
2013 2014 2015
USD 2,033 million USD 1,304 million USD 1,548 million
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Value of cross-border M&A, by country of purchaser
2012 2013 2014 2015
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Cross-border M&A deals worth over $3 billion completed in 2014

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Cross-border M&A deals worth over $3 billion completed in 2015

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Best countries for doing business

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Global competitiveness ranking

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Index of Economic Freedom

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Time zone

UTC-10

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Total area

236 sq km

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Capital

Avarua

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Currency

NZ dollars (NZD)

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Government type

Self-governing parliamentary democracy (Parliament of the Cook Islands) in free association with New Zealand

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Languages

English (official) 86.4%, Cook Islands Maori (Rarotongan) (official) 76.2%, other 8.3% (2011 est.)

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Religions

Protestant 62.8% (Cook Islands Christian Church 49.1%, Seventh Day Adventist 7.9%, Assemblies of God 3.7%, Apostolic Church 2.1%), Roman Catholic 17%, Mormon 4.4%, other 8%, none 5.6%, no response 2.2% (2011 est.)

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Total population
1990 2000 2010 2016* 2021*
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Urban population as % of total population
1960 1980 2000 2015
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Population median age

35.9 years (2016 estimate)

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Population growth rate

-2.88% (2016 estimate)

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Life expectancy

75.8 years (2016 estimate)

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Literacy

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% of population living on less than $3.10 a day

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Inequality of wealth distribution (Gini index)

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Freedom House rating

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Total telephone subscribers as % of population

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Internet users as % of total population

51% (2015)

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Mercer Cost of living index

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CO2 emissions

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