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Cook Islands

Flag of Cook Islands
Region
Oceania · Polynesia
Capital
Avarua
Population
7,592 (2025)
Government
parliamentary democracy
Currencies
Cook Islands dollar (CKD), New Zealand dollar (NZD)
Official languages
Cook Islands Māori, English
Spoken languages
English (official) 86.4%, Cook Islands Maori (Rarotongan) (official) 76.2%, other 8.3% (2011 est.)
Written scripts
Latin
Area
236 km²
Coastline
Coastal
UN member
No

Political stability

86 / 100

Economic stability

59 / 100

0–100, higher is more stable. Political: World Bank governance score. Economic: government effectiveness, regulatory quality, and inflation proximity to 2% (World Bank). Population: stability of growth and net migration rates (World Bank).

Trade profile

Key exports
fish, ships, garments, shellfish (2023)
Key imports
ships, refined petroleum, cars, plastic products, additive manufacturing machines (2023)
Natural resources
coconuts (copra)
Primary route
Feeder services to New Zealand and U.S. West Coast
Secondary route
Regional inter-island connections via Fiji and Tahiti

Trade research

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Sources: mledoze/countries (ODbL), CIA World Factbook (public domain), World Bank Open Data (CC BY-4.0), flag-icons (MIT). Stability scores are xin.bz composites of the cited World Bank indicators; routes and commodity notes are xin.bz assessments. Informational only — verify with official sources.