Quality of life comparison

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

Health

be 48.6% less likely to be obese

In Cook Islands, 72.4% of adults are obese as of 2024. In Argentina, that number is 37.2% of people as of 2024.

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have 71.7% more access to essential health services

Cook Islands scores 46 out of 100 on the universal health coverage index as of 2021. Argentina scores 79 as of 2021.

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Life

be 49.8% less 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 Argentina, on the other hand, 8.0 children do as of 2024.

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Basic Needs

be 38.4% more likely to have internet access

In Cook Islands, approximately 64.8% of the population has internet access as of 2021. In Argentina, about 89.7% do as of 2024.

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Expenditures

spend 3.2 times more on healthcare

Cook Islands spends 3.2% of its total GDP on healthcare as of 2020. In Argentina, that number is 10.3% of GDP as of 2023.

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Geography

see 41.6 times more coastline

Cook Islands has a total of 120 km of coastline. In Argentina, that number is 4,989 km.

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Safety

be 50.0% less likely to die in a road accident

In Cook Islands, road accidents kill 17.6 people per 100,000 as of 2021. In Argentina, they kill 8.8 per 100,000 as of 2021.

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Infrastructure

find 43.2% more home broadband

Cook Islands has 18.2 fixed broadband subscriptions per 100 people as of 2022. Argentina has 26.1 as of 2024.

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Sources: United Nations SDG Indicators (2021–2022), The World Factbook (2020–2022), World Bank (2023–2024), World Health Organization (2024). How we calculate this

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Argentina: At a glance

Argentina is a sovereign country in South America, with a total land area of approximately 2,736,690 sq km. In 1816, the United Provinces of the Rio Plata declared their independence from Spain. After Bolivia, Paraguay, and Uruguay went their separate ways, the area that remained became Argentina. The country's population and culture were heavily shaped by immigrants from throughout Europe, with Italy and Spain providing the largest percentage of newcomers from 1860 to 1930. Up until about the mid-20th century, much of Argentina's history was dominated by periods of internal political conflict between Federalists and Unitarians and between civilian and military factions. After World War II, an era of Peronist populism and direct and indirect military interference in subsequent governments was followed by a military junta that took power in 1976. Democracy returned in 1983 after a failed bid to seize the Falkland Islands (Islas Malvinas) by force, and has persisted despite numerous challenges, the most formidable of which was a severe economic crisis in 2001-02 that led to violent public protests and the successive resignations of several presidents. In January 2013, Argentina assumed a nonpermanent seat on the UN Security Council for the 2013-14 term.
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