Quality of life comparison
If you lived in Cook Islands instead of Barbados, you would:
Health
live 0.8 years longer
In Barbados, the average life expectancy is 76 years (74 years for men, 79 years for women) as of 2024. In Cook Islands, that number is 77 years (74 years for men, 80 years for women) as of 2022.
be 83.6% more likely to be obese
In Barbados, 39.4% of adults are obese as of 2024. In Cook Islands, that number is 72.4% of people as of 2024.
have 54.5% fewer doctors per person
Barbados has 29.6 doctors per 10,000 people as of 2022. Cook Islands has 13.4 as of 2019.
have 40.3% less access to essential health services
Barbados scores 77 out of 100 on the universal health coverage index as of 2021. Cook Islands scores 46 as of 2021.
Life
be 75.1% more likely to die during infancy
In Barbados, approximately 9.1 children (per 1,000 live births) die before they reach the age of one as of 2024. In Cook Islands, on the other hand, 15.9 children do as of 2022.
Expenditures
spend 40.7% less on healthcare
Barbados spends 5.4% of its total GDP on healthcare as of 2023. In Cook Islands, that number is 3.2% of GDP as of 2020.
spend 29.2% more on education
Barbados spends 3.6% of its total GDP on education as of 2024. Cook Islands spends 4.6% of total GDP on education as of 2021.
Geography
see 23.7% more coastline
Barbados has a total of 97 km of coastline. In Cook Islands, that number is 120 km.
Safety
be 76.0% more likely to die in a road accident
In Barbados, road accidents kill 10.0 people per 100,000 as of 2021. In Cook Islands, they kill 17.6 per 100,000 as of 2021.
Infrastructure
find 51.4% less home broadband
Barbados has 37.5 fixed broadband subscriptions per 100 people as of 2022. Cook Islands has 18.2 as of 2022.
Sources: World Bank (2022–2024), The World Factbook (2020–2022), United Nations SDG Indicators (2019–2022), World Health Organization (2024). How we calculate this
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