Quality of life comparison
If you lived in Cook Islands instead of Cabo Verde, you would:
Health
live 0.9 years longer
In Cabo Verde, the average life expectancy is 76 years (73 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 4.3 times more likely to be obese
In Cabo Verde, 16.7% of adults are obese as of 2024. In Cook Islands, that number is 72.4% of people as of 2024.
have 35.2% less access to essential health services
Cabo Verde scores 71 out of 100 on the universal health coverage index as of 2021. Cook Islands scores 46 as of 2021.
Life
be 50.3% more likely to die during infancy
In Cabo Verde, approximately 10.6 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.
Basic Needs
be 13.3% less likely to have internet access
In Cabo Verde, approximately 74.7% of the population has internet access as of 2024. In Cook Islands, about 64.8% do as of 2021.
Expenditures
spend 45.3% less on healthcare
Cabo Verde spends 5.8% of its total GDP on healthcare as of 2023. In Cook Islands, that number is 3.2% of GDP as of 2020.
Geography
see 87.6% less coastline
Cabo Verde has a total of 965 km of coastline. In Cook Islands, that number is 120 km.
Infrastructure
find 2.2 times more home broadband
Cabo Verde has 8.3 fixed broadband subscriptions per 100 people as of 2024. Cook Islands has 18.2 as of 2022.
Sources: The World Factbook (2020–2022), World Bank (2023–2024), United Nations SDG Indicators (2021–2022), World Health Organization (2024). How we calculate this
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