Quality of life comparison

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

Health

be 83.1% less likely to be obese

In Cook Islands, 72.4% of adults are obese as of 2024. In Benin, that number is 12.2% of people as of 2024.

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live 16.2 years less

In Cook Islands, the average life expectancy is 77 years (74 years for men, 80 years for women) as of 2022. In Benin, that number is 61 years (60 years for men, 62 years for women) as of 2024.

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have 17.4% less access to essential health services

Cook Islands scores 46 out of 100 on the universal health coverage index as of 2021. Benin scores 38 as of 2021.

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Life

have 2.8 times more children

In Cook Islands, there are approximately 12.1 babies per 1,000 people as of 2024. In Benin, there are 33.4 babies per 1,000 people as of 2024.

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be 2.8 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 Benin, on the other hand, 45.2 children do as of 2024.

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Basic Needs

be 47.6% less likely to have internet access

In Cook Islands, approximately 64.8% of the population has internet access as of 2021. In Benin, about 34.0% do as of 2024.

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Expenditures

spend 29.8% less on education

Cook Islands spends 4.6% of its total GDP on education as of 2021. Benin spends 3.2% of total GDP on education as of 2023.

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Safety

be 40.9% more likely to die in a road accident

In Cook Islands, road accidents kill 17.6 people per 100,000 as of 2021. In Benin, they kill 24.8 per 100,000 as of 2021.

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Infrastructure

find 98.5% less home broadband

Cook Islands has 18.2 fixed broadband subscriptions per 100 people as of 2022. Benin has 0.3 as of 2024.

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

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Benin: At a glance

Benin is a sovereign country in Africa, with a total land area of approximately 110,622 sq km. Present day Benin was the site of Dahomey, a West African kingdom that rose to prominence in about 1600 and over the next two and half centuries became a regional power, largely based on its slave trade. Coastal areas of Dahomey began to be controlled by the French in the second half of the 19th century; the entire kingdom was conquered by 1894. French Dahomey achieved independence in 1960; it changed its name to the Republic of Benin in 1975. A succession of military governments ended in 1972 with the rise to power of Mathieu KEREKOU and the establishment of a government based on Marxist-Leninist principles. A move to representative government began in 1989. Two years later, free elections ushered in former Prime Minister Nicephore SOGLO as president, marking the first successful transfer of power in Africa from a dictatorship to a democracy. KEREKOU was returned to power by elections held in 1996 and 2001, though some irregularities were alleged. KEREKOU stepped down at the end of his second term in 2006 and was succeeded by Thomas YAYI Boni, a political outsider and independent. YAYI, who won a second five-year term in March 2011, has attempted to stem corruption and has strongly promoted accelerating Benin's economic growth.
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