Quality of life comparison

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

Health

be 59.0% less likely to be obese

In Cook Islands, 72.4% of adults are obese as of 2024. In Bolivia, that number is 29.7% of people as of 2024.

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have 41.3% more access to essential health services

Cook Islands scores 46 out of 100 on the universal health coverage index as of 2021. Bolivia scores 65 as of 2021.

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live 8.4 years less

In Cook Islands, the average life expectancy is 77 years (74 years for men, 80 years for women) as of 2022. In Bolivia, that number is 69 years (66 years for men, 71 years for women) as of 2024.

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Life

be 10.9% 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 Bolivia, on the other hand, 14.2 children do as of 2024.

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have 73.8% more children

In Cook Islands, there are approximately 12.1 babies per 1,000 people as of 2024. In Bolivia, there are 21.0 babies per 1,000 people as of 2024.

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Basic Needs

be 23.0% more likely to have internet access

In Cook Islands, approximately 64.8% of the population has internet access as of 2021. In Bolivia, about 79.7% do as of 2024.

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Expenditures

spend 63.9% more on education

Cook Islands spends 4.6% of its total GDP on education as of 2021. Bolivia spends 7.5% of total GDP on education as of 2024.

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spend 2.2 times more on healthcare

Cook Islands spends 3.2% of its total GDP on healthcare as of 2020. In Bolivia, that number is 6.9% of GDP as of 2023.

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Infrastructure

find 33.8% less home broadband

Cook Islands has 18.2 fixed broadband subscriptions per 100 people as of 2022. Bolivia has 12.1 as of 2024.

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

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Bolivia: At a glance

Bolivia is a sovereign country in South America, with a total land area of approximately 1,083,301 sq km. Bolivia, named after independence fighter Simon BOLIVAR, broke away from Spanish rule in 1825; much of its subsequent history has consisted of a series of nearly 200 coups and countercoups. Democratic civilian rule was established in 1982, but leaders have faced difficult problems of deep-seated poverty, social unrest, and illegal drug production. In December 2005, Bolivians elected Movement Toward Socialism leader Evo MORALES president - by the widest margin of any leader since the restoration of civilian rule in 1982 - after he ran on a promise to change the country's traditional political class and empower the nation's poor, indigenous majority. In December 2009, President MORALES easily won reelection, and his party took control of the legislative branch of the government, which will allow him to continue his process of change. In October 2011, the country held its first judicial elections to select judges for the four highest courts.
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