Editing Economy of the Cook Islands (section)

== Economic statistics ==
; GDP:
: Purchasing power parity - $183.2 million (2005 est.)
; GDP - real growth rate: -.05% (2005); -1.2% (2014); -1.7% (2013). Growth in the Cook Islands has slowed due to a lack of infrastructure projects and accommodation capacity constraints in the tourism sector. Cook Islands economic activity is expected to be flat in FY2016; to grow by 0.2% in FY2017. Inflation 1.8% (FY2016); 2.0% (FY2017). Statistics Asian Development Bank
; GDP - per capita: $17,033 (2022)<ref>{{Cite web |title=UNdata {{!}} record view {{!}} Per capita GDP at current prices - US dollars |url=https://data.un.org/Data.aspx?d=SNAAMA&f=grID:101;currID:USD;pcFlag:1;crID:184 |access-date=2024-05-27 |website=data.un.org}}</ref>
; GDP - composition by sector:
:* Agriculture: 78.9%
:* Industry: 9.6%
:* Services: 75.3% (2000)
; Population below poverty line:
: 28.4% of the population lives below the national poverty line. Statistics 2016 Asian Development Bank
; Household income or consumption by percentage share:
:* Lowest 10%: NA%
:* Highest 10%: NA%
; Inflation rate (consumer prices):
: 4.2% (2024 est.)<ref>{{Cite web |title=Consumer Price Index {{!}} Cook Islands Statistics Office |url=https://stats.gov.ck/consumer-price-index/ |access-date=2024-05-27 |language=en-US}}</ref>
; Labor force:
: 6,820 (2001)
; Labor force - by occupation:
: Agriculture 29%, industry 15%, services 56% (1995)
; Unemployment rate: 1.3% (2019)<ref>{{Cite web |date=30 May 2024 |title=Poverty Data: Cook Islands |url=https://www.adb.org/where-we-work/cook-islands/poverty |access-date=2024-05-27 |website=www.adb.org |language=en}}</ref>
; Budget:
:* Revenues:  $70.95 million
:* Expenditures:  $69.05 million; including capital expenditures of $5.744 million (FY00/01 est.)
; Industries:
: Fruit processing, tourism, fishing, clothing, handicrafts
; Industrial production growth rate:
: 1% (2002)
; Electricity - production:
: 28 GW·h (2003)
; Electricity - production by source:
:* Fossil fuel: 100%
:* Hydro: 0%
:* Nuclear: 0%
:* Other: 0% (2001)
; Electricity - consumption:
: 34.46 GW·h (2005 est)
; Electricity - exports:
: 0 kW·h (2003)
; Electricity - imports:
: 0 kW·h (2003)
; Oil consumption:
: {{convert|400|oilbbl/d|abbr=on}} (2003)
; Agriculture - products:
: [[Copra]], [[citrus]], [[pineapple]]s, [[tomato]]es, [[bean]]s, [[papaya|pawpaw]]s, [[banana]]s, [[yam (vegetable)|yams]], [[taro]], [[coffee]], [[pig]]s, [[poultry]]
; Exports:
: $5.222 million (2005)
; Exports - commodities:
: Copra, papayas, fresh and canned citrus fruit, coffee; fish; pearls and pearl shells; clothing
; Exports - partners:
: Australia 34%, Japan 27%, New Zealand 25%, US 8% (2004)
; Imports:
: $81.04 million (2005)
; Imports - commodities:
: Foodstuffs, textiles, fuels, timber, capital goods
; Imports - partners:
: New Zealand 61%, Fiji 19%, US 9%, Australia 6%, Japan 2% (2004)
; Debt - external:
: $141 million (1996 est.)
; Economic aid - recipient:
: $13.1 million (1995); note - New Zealand furnishes the greater part
; Currency:
: 1 New Zealand dollar (NZ$) = 100 cents
; Exchange rates:
: New Zealand dollars (NZ$) per US$1 - 1.4203 (2005), 1.9451 (January 2000), 1.8886 (1999), 1.8632 (1998), 1.5083 (1997), 1.4543 (1996), 1.5235 (1995)
; Fiscal year:
: 1 April&ndash;31 March