Using improved drinking water sources vs. GDP per capita in Cook Islands
Cook Islands: Using improved drinking water sources vs. GDP per capita was 99.6% in 2024. ▬ Flat
Using improved drinking water sources vs. GDP per capita in Cook Islands, 2000–2024
Source: WHO/UNICEF Joint Monitoring Programme for Water Supply, Sanitation and Hygiene (2025) – processed by Our World in Data. Measured in %.
Analysis
The most recent figure for using improved drinking water sources vs. gdp per capita in Cook Islands is 99.6%, measured in 2024. That is the lowest value across all 25 years on record.
Compared with earlier readings it is down 0.3% over ten years.
Over the whole period, using improved drinking water sources vs. gdp per capita in Cook Islands peaked at 100.0% in 2000 and was at its lowest, 99.6%, in 2024.
Cook Islands ranks 86th of 231 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.
Using improved drinking water sources vs. GDP per capita in Cook Islands, year by year
| Year | % | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2000 | 100.0% | — |
| 2001 | 100.0% | +0.0% |
| 2002 | 100.0% | +0.0% |
| 2003 | 100.0% | +0.0% |
| 2004 | 100.0% | +0.0% |
| 2005 | 100.0% | +0.0% |
| 2006 | 100.0% | +0.0% |
| 2007 | 100.0% | -0.0% |
| 2008 | 100.0% | -0.0% |
| 2009 | 100.0% | -0.0% |
| 2010 | 100.0% | -0.0% |
| 2011 | 100.0% | -0.0% |
| 2012 | 100.0% | -0.0% |
| 2013 | 99.9% | -0.0% |
| 2014 | 99.9% | -0.0% |
| 2015 | 99.9% | -0.0% |
| 2016 | 99.8% | -0.0% |
| 2017 | 99.8% | -0.0% |
| 2018 | 99.8% | -0.0% |
| 2019 | 99.7% | -0.0% |
| 2020 | 99.7% | -0.0% |
| 2021 | 99.7% | -0.0% |
| 2022 | 99.6% | -0.0% |
| 2023 | 99.6% | -0.0% |
| 2024 | 99.6% | -0.0% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 100.0% | 100.0% | 100.0% | 10 |
| 2010s | 99.9% | 99.7% | 100.0% | 10 |
| 2020s | 99.6% | 99.6% | 99.7% | 5 |
Countries ranked near Cook Islands
- 83 Cyprus 99.7% compare
- 84 Saudi Arabia 99.7% compare
- 85 Martinique 99.6% compare
- 87 Slovenia 99.6% compare
- 88 Mexico 99.5% compare
- 89 New Caledonia 99.5% compare
More environment data for Cook Islands
- Standard Deviation, annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2025)
- Standard Deviation 0.214 °C (2025)
- Temperature change 0.886 °C (2025)
- Value Added (Agriculture, Forestry and Fishing) — Value US$, 2015 6.54 million USD (2024)
- Value Added (Agriculture, Forestry and Fishing) — Annual growth US$ -8.44 % (2024)
- Value Added (Agriculture, Forestry and Fishing) — Annual growth US$ 2.32 % (2024)
- Value Added (Agriculture, Forestry and Fishing) — Annual growth -8.44 % (2024)
- Value Added (Agriculture, Forestry and Fishing) — Annual growth 3.91 % (2024)
- Value Added (Agriculture, Forestry and Fishing) — Share of GDP 1.78 % (2024)
- Value Added (Agriculture, Forestry and Fishing) — Share of GDP US$ 1.78 % (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is using improved drinking water sources vs. gdp per capita in Cook Islands?
- Using improved drinking water sources vs. gdp per capita in Cook Islands was 99.6% in 2024, according to WHO/UNICEF Joint Monitoring Programme for Water Supply, Sanitation and Hygiene (2025) – processed by Our World in Data.
- What is the highest using improved drinking water sources vs. gdp per capita recorded in Cook Islands?
- The highest recorded value was 100.0% in 2000.
- What is the lowest using improved drinking water sources vs. gdp per capita recorded in Cook Islands?
- The lowest recorded value was 99.6% in 2024.
- How does Cook Islands rank for using improved drinking water sources vs. gdp per capita?
- Cook Islands ranks 86th out of 231 countries with data for 2024.
- Is using improved drinking water sources vs. gdp per capita rising or falling in Cook Islands?
- Over the last ten years it is down 0.3%. The long-run trend across the full record is flat.
- Where does this Cook Islands data come from?
- The figures come from WHO/UNICEF Joint Monitoring Programme for Water Supply, Sanitation and Hygiene (2025) – processed by Our World in Data, published as part of Using improved drinking water sources vs. GDP per capita. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
Proportion of people who use an improved drinking water source, regardless of collection time. An improved drinking water source is a safely designed drinking water source and includes e.g. piped water, boreholes or tubewells and packaged or delivered water.