Quality of life comparison

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

Health

live 4.9 years longer

In Cook Islands, the average life expectancy is 77 years (74 years for men, 80 years for women) as of 2022. In Austria, that number is 82 years (80 years for men, 84 years for women) as of 2024.

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be 77.2% less likely to be obese

In Cook Islands, 72.4% of adults are obese as of 2024. In Austria, that number is 16.5% of people as of 2024.

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have 84.8% more access to essential health services

Cook Islands scores 46 out of 100 on the universal health coverage index as of 2021. Austria scores 85 as of 2021.

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Life

be 82.4% 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 Austria, on the other hand, 2.8 children do as of 2024.

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have 30.6% fewer children

In Cook Islands, there are approximately 12.1 babies per 1,000 people as of 2024. In Austria, there are 8.4 babies per 1,000 people as of 2024.

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Expenditures

spend 14.8% more on education

Cook Islands spends 4.6% of its total GDP on education as of 2021. Austria spends 5.3% of total GDP on education as of 2022.

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Safety

be 73.9% less likely to die in a road accident

In Cook Islands, road accidents kill 17.6 people per 100,000 as of 2021. In Austria, they kill 4.6 per 100,000 as of 2021.

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Infrastructure

find 65.4% more home broadband

Cook Islands has 18.2 fixed broadband subscriptions per 100 people as of 2022. Austria has 30.1 as of 2024.

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

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Austria: At a glance

Austria is a sovereign country in Europe, with a total land area of approximately 82,445 sq km. Once the center of power for the large Austro-Hungarian Empire, Austria was reduced to a small republic after its defeat in World War I. Following annexation by Nazi Germany in 1938 and subsequent occupation by the victorious Allies in 1945, Austria's status remained unclear for a decade. A State Treaty signed in 1955 ended the occupation, recognized Austria's independence, and forbade unification with Germany. A constitutional law that same year declared the country's "perpetual neutrality" as a condition for Soviet military withdrawal. The Soviet Union's collapse in 1991 and Austria's entry into the European Union in 1995 have altered the meaning of this neutrality. A prosperous, democratic country, Austria entered the EU Economic and Monetary Union in 1999.
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