Cook Islands

Child mortality in Cook Islands

Child mortality in Cook Islands: 19.3 per 100 live births in 1951 and 1.3 per 100 live births in 2024, by Gapminder and UN IGME estimates.

Latest, 2024
1.3 per 100 live births
Since 1951
−18 per 100 live births
Rank, 2024
106 of 200
counting from the highest
World, 2024
3.7 per 100 live births
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deaths before age 5 per 100 live births · Gapminder and UN IGME

Child mortality in Cook IslandsChild mortality in Cook Islands: 19.3 per 100 live births in 1951 and 1.3 per 100 live births in 2024, by Gapminder and UN IGME estimates. The highest was 19.3 per 100 live births in 1951, the lowest 1.3 per 100 live births in 2011.
Estimates, Gapminder and UN IGMEWorld

What the numbers say

  • The highest was 19.3 per 100 live births in 1951, the lowest 1.3 per 100 live births in 2011.

Every year

deaths before age 5 per 100 live births · Gapminder and UN IGME

YearCook IslandsWorld
20241.33.7
20231.43.8
20221.44
20211.44
20201.43.9
20191.44
20181.44
20171.44.1
20161.44.2
20151.34.3
20141.34.4
20131.34.5
20121.34.7
20111.35
20101.35.1
20091.35.3
20081.35.5
20071.45.7
20061.56
20051.56.2
20041.66.6
20031.76.8
20021.77.1
20011.87.4
20001.97.7
199927.9
199828.3
19972.18.4
19962.28.6
19952.38.8
19942.38.9
19932.49.1
19922.49.2
19912.49.3
19902.49.4
19892.49.5
19882.410
19872.49.9
19862.510.3
19852.510.6
19842.610.9
19832.711.1
19822.711.2
19812.811.6
19802.911.9
1979311.9
19783.212.3
19773.312.6
19763.412.8
19753.613.1
19743.713.3
1973413.5
19724.213.7
19714.513.9
19704.914.2
19695.314.6
19685.815
19676.215.3
19666.815.1
19657.415.1
1964815.7
19638.716.2
19629.417
196110.218.8
196010.920.2
195911.819.9
195812.619.7
195713.520.5
195614.421.3
195515.322.3
195416.222.8
195317.223.3
195218.223.9
195119.324.3
1950–24.7
1949–24.9
1948–24.9
1947–25.5
1946–25.8
1945–26.7
1944–27.4
1943–27.7
1942–27.9
1941–27.8
1940–27.9
1939–28
1938–28.7
1937–28.8
1936–29.1
1935–29.5
1934–30.7
1933–30.5
1932–30.7
1931–31.4
1930–31.6
1929–32
1928–31.9
1927–31.9
1926–32.7
1925–32.4
1924–33.1
1923–33.1
1922–33.2
1921–34.2
1920–34.4
1919–35.7
1918–37.6
1917–35.3
1916–35.1
1915–35.3
1914–35.4
1913–35.1
1912–35.5
1911–36
1910–36.4
1909–36.6
1908–37.2
1907–37.4
1906–38.1
1905–38.8
1904–38.9
1903–39.5
1902–40.1
1901–40.8
1900–40.9
1899–40.8
1898–41.2
1897–41
1896–41.1
1895–41.3
1894–41.2
1893–41.2
1892–41.7
1891–41.3
1890–41.5
1889–41.2
1888–41
1887–41.1
1886–41.1
1885–41.2
1884–41.1
1883–41.4
1882–41.5
1881–41.1
1880–41.6
1879–41.1
1878–41.6
1877–41.2
1876–41.4
1875–41.5
1874–41.7
1873–41.8
1872–42.1
1871–42.2
1870–41.9
1869–42.1
1868–42.4
1867–42
1866–42.1
1865–42.3
1864–42.2
1863–42.5
1862–42.6
1861–42.9
1860–42.9
1859–43.7
1858–43.8
1857–44.2
1856–44.2
1855–44
1854–43.7
1853–43.2
1852–42.9
1851–42.4
1850–42
1849–42.3
1848–42.3
1847–42.2
1846–42.4
1845–42
1844–42.1
1843–42.1
1842–42.2
1841–42.1
1840–42.1
1839–42.1
1838–42.2
1837–42.2
1836–42.2
1835–42.2
1834–42.3
1833–42.2
1832–42.2
1831–42.2
1830–42.2
1829–42.1
1828–42.1
1827–42.1
1826–42.1
1825–42.1
1824–42.1
1823–42.1
1822–42.1
1821–42.1
1820–42.1
1819–42.2
1818–42.2
1817–42.2
1816–42.2
1815–42.2
1814–42.3
1813–42.3
1812–42.4
1811–42.4
1810–42.5
1809–42.5
1808–42.5
1807–42.5
1806–42.6
1805–42.6
1804–42.6
1803–42.6
1802–42.7
1801–42.7
1800–42.8

Good to know

  • The share of children who die before their fifth birthday.
  • Source: Gapminder (2015) and UN IGME (2025), via Our World in Data.
  • Ranks count the 200 countries with a value in 2024, highest first.
  • The faint line is the world as a whole, as the same source counts it.

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