Distillers Country guides / Cook Islands
Cook Islands
A one-page guide to the Cook Islands for the spirits trade: the country, its people, its economy and how it drinks.
At a glance
- Capital
- Avarua (Rarotonga)
- Official languages
- English, Cook Islands Maori
- Currency
- New Zealand dollar (NZD) and Cook Islands dollar
- Time zone
- UTC-10
- Area
- 237 km²
People
- Population
- 15,040 (2021)
Climate
Moderate to tropical; tropical cyclones are a risk from March to December.
Alcohol
- Alcohol per adult a year
- 10.6 litres of pure alcohol (2022)
Sources: World Bank (population, economy and demographics), WHO Global Health Observatory (alcohol per adult and drinking mix); Wikipedia: Cook Islands (basics, climate, ports); Wikipedia: Legal drinking age; Wikipedia: Cook Islands; WHO Global Health Observatory: total alcohol per capita; UN Comtrade (HS 2208 trade). Figures are the latest each source publishes; the year is shown beside each one.