If you lived in Angola instead of Cook Islands, you would:

Health

be 82.5% less likely to be obese

In Cook Islands, 72.4% of adults are obese as of 2024. In Angola, that number is 12.7% of people as of 2024.

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live 12.3 years less

In Cook Islands, the average life expectancy is 77 years (74 years for men, 80 years for women) as of 2022. In Angola, that number is 65 years (62 years for men, 67 years for women) as of 2024.

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have 81.9% fewer doctors per person

Cook Islands has 13.4 doctors per 10,000 people as of 2019. Angola has 2.4 as of 2022.

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have 19.6% less access to essential health services

Cook Islands scores 46 out of 100 on the universal health coverage index as of 2021. Angola scores 37 as of 2021.

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Life

have 3.1 times more children

In Cook Islands, there are approximately 12.1 babies per 1,000 people as of 2024. In Angola, there are 37.2 babies per 1,000 people as of 2024.

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be 2.0 times more likely to die during infancy

In Cook Islands, approximately 15.9 children (per 1,000 live births) die before they reach the age of one as of 2022. In Angola, on the other hand, 32.1 children do as of 2024.

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Basic Needs

be 37.2% less likely to have internet access

In Cook Islands, approximately 64.8% of the population has internet access as of 2021. In Angola, about 40.7% do as of 2024.

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Expenditures

spend 45.4% less on education

Cook Islands spends 4.6% of its total GDP on education as of 2021. Angola spends 2.5% of total GDP on education as of 2023.

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spend 20.3% less on healthcare

Cook Islands spends 3.2% of its total GDP on healthcare as of 2020. In Angola, that number is 2.5% of GDP as of 2023.

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Geography

see 13.3 times more coastline

Cook Islands has a total of 120 km of coastline. In Angola, that number is 1,600 km.

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Safety

be 14.8% less likely to die in a road accident

In Cook Islands, road accidents kill 17.6 people per 100,000 as of 2021. In Angola, they kill 15.0 per 100,000 as of 2021.

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Infrastructure

find 98.0% less home broadband

Cook Islands has 18.2 fixed broadband subscriptions per 100 people as of 2022. Angola has 0.4 as of 2024.

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Sources: The World Factbook (2020–2024), World Bank (2022–2024), United Nations SDG Indicators (2019–2022), World Health Organization (2024). How we calculate this

Angola: At a glance

Angola is a sovereign country in Africa, with a total land area of approximately 1,246,700 sq km. Angola is still rebuilding its country since the end of a 27-year civil war in 2002. Fighting between the Popular Movement for the Liberation of Angola (MPLA), led by Jose Eduardo DOS SANTOS, and the National Union for the Total Independence of Angola (UNITA), led by Jonas SAVIMBI, followed independence from Portugal in 1975. Peace seemed imminent in 1992 when Angola held national elections, but fighting picked up again in 1993. Up to 1.5 million lives may have been lost - and 4 million people displaced - during the more than a quarter century of fighting. SAVIMBI's death in 2002 ended UNITA's insurgency and cemented the MPLA's hold on power. President DOS SANTOS pushed through a new constitution in 2010; elections held in 2012 saw him installed as president.
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