NA%
Household income or consumption by percentage share:
lowest 10%: NA%
highest 10%: NA%
Inflation rate (consumer prices):
2.1% (2005 est.) country comparison to the world: 59
Agriculture - products:
copra, citrus, pineapples, tomatoes, beans, pawpaws, bananas, yams, taro, coffee; pigs, poultry
Industries:
fruit processing, tourism, fishing, clothing, handicrafts
Industrial production growth rate:
1% (2002) country comparison to the world: 145
Electricity - production:
31 million kWh (2007 est.) country comparison to the world: 201
Electricity - consumption:
28.83 million kWh (2007 est.) country comparison to the world: 201
Electricity - exports:
0 kWh (2008 est.)
Electricity - imports:
0 kWh (2008 est.)
Oil - production:
0 bbl/day (2009 est.) country comparison to the world: 194
Oil - consumption:
1,000 bbl/day (2009 est.) country comparison to the world: 199
Oil - exports:
0 bbl/day (2007 est.) country comparison to the world: 145
Oil - imports:
495 bbl/day (2007 est.) country comparison to the world: 197
Oil - proved reserves:
0 bbl (1 January 2010 est.) country comparison to the world: 190
Natural gas - production:
0 cu m (2008 est.) country comparison to the world: 182
Natural gas - consumption:
0 cu m (2008 est.) country comparison to the world: 194
Natural gas - exports:
0 cu m (2008 est.) country comparison to the world: 184
Natural gas - imports:
0 cu m (2008 est.) country comparison to the world: 186
Natural gas - proved reserves:
0 cu m (1 January 2010 est.) country comparison to the world: 190
Current account balance:
$26.67 million (2005) country comparison to the world: 57
Exports:
$5.222 million (2005) country comparison to the world: 216
Exports - commodities:
copra, papayas, fresh and canned citrus fruit, coffee; fish; pearls and pearl shells; clothing
Imports:
$81.04 million (2005) country comparison to the world: 211
Imports - commodities:
foodstuffs, textiles, fuels, timber, capital goods
Debt - external:
$141 million (1996 est.) country comparison to the world: 178
Exchange rates:
NZ dollars (NZD) per US dollar - 1.4015 (2009), 1.4151 (2008), 1.3811 (2007), 1.5408 (2006)
Communications ::Cook Islands
Telephones - main lines in use:
6,900 (2009) country comparison to the world: 208
Telephones - mobile cellular:
7,000 (2009) country comparison to the world: 211
Telephone system:
general assessment: Telecom Cook Islands offers international direct dialing, Internet, email, fax, and Telex
domestic: individual islands are connected by a combination of satellite earth stations, microwave systems, and VHF and HF radiotelephone; within the islands, service is provided by small exchanges connected to subscribers by open-wire, cable, and fiber-optic cable
international: country code - 682; satellite earth station - 1 Intelsat (Pacific Ocean)
Broadcast media:
1 privately-owned TV station broadcasts from Rarotonga providing a mix of local news and overseas-sourced programs; a satellite program package is available; 6 radio stations broadcast with 1 reportedly reaching all of the islands (2009)
Internet country code:
.ck
Internet hosts:
2,521 (2010) country comparison to the world: 150
Internet users:
6,000 (2009) country comparison to the world: 204
Transportation ::Cook Islands
Airports:
10 (2010) country comparison to the world: 157
Airports - with paved runways:
total: 1
1,524 to 2,437 m: 1 (2010)
Airports - with unpaved runways:
total: 9
1,524 to 2,437 m: 2
914 to 1,523 m: 5
under 914 m: 2 (2010)
Roadways:
total: 320 km country comparison to the world: 203 paved: 33 km
unpaved: 287 km (2003)
Merchant marine:
total: 34 country comparison to the world: 82 by type: bulk carrier 1, cargo 27, passenger 1, refrigerated cargo 5
foreign-owned: 23 (Egypt 1, Germany 1, Latvia 1, Lithuania 2, former Netherlands Antilles 1, Norway 6, NZ 1, Russia 1, Sweden 3, Turkey 4, UK 2) (2010)
Ports and terminals:
Avatiu
Military ::Cook Islands
Military branches:
no regular military forces; National Police Department (2009)
Manpower fit for military service:
males age 16–49: 2,272
females age 16–49: 2,222 (2010 est.)
Manpower reaching militarily significant age annually:
male: 136
female: 115 (2010 est.)
Military - note:
defense is the responsibility of New Zealand in consultation with the Cook Islands and at its request
Transnational Issues ::Cook Islands
Disputes - international:
none
page last updated on January 19, 2011
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Introduction ::Coral Sea Islands
Background:
Scattered over more than three-quarters