Quality of life comparison

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

Health

be 71.9% less likely to be obese

In Cook Islands, 72.4% of adults are obese as of 2024. In Bulgaria, that number is 20.3% of people as of 2024.

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have 3.2 times more doctors per person

Cook Islands has 13.4 doctors per 10,000 people as of 2019. Bulgaria has 43.3 as of 2022.

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have 58.7% more access to essential health services

Cook Islands scores 46 out of 100 on the universal health coverage index as of 2021. Bulgaria scores 73 as of 2021.

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live 1.4 years less

In Cook Islands, the average life expectancy is 77 years (74 years for men, 80 years for women) as of 2022. In Bulgaria, that number is 76 years (72 years for men, 80 years for women) as of 2024.

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Life

be 71.1% 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 Bulgaria, on the other hand, 4.6 children do as of 2024.

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have 31.4% fewer children

In Cook Islands, there are approximately 12.1 babies per 1,000 people as of 2024. In Bulgaria, there are 8.3 babies per 1,000 people as of 2024.

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Basic Needs

be 27.2% more likely to have internet access

In Cook Islands, approximately 64.8% of the population has internet access as of 2021. In Bulgaria, about 82.4% do as of 2024.

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Expenditures

spend 2.5 times more on healthcare

Cook Islands spends 3.2% of its total GDP on healthcare as of 2020. In Bulgaria, that number is 7.9% of GDP as of 2023.

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Geography

see 3.0 times more coastline

Cook Islands has a total of 120 km of coastline. In Bulgaria, that number is 354 km.

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Safety

be 52.3% less likely to die in a road accident

In Cook Islands, road accidents kill 17.6 people per 100,000 as of 2021. In Bulgaria, they kill 8.4 per 100,000 as of 2021.

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Infrastructure

find 2.0 times more home broadband

Cook Islands has 18.2 fixed broadband subscriptions per 100 people as of 2022. Bulgaria has 37.0 as of 2023.

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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

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Bulgaria: At a glance

Bulgaria is a sovereign country in Europe, with a total land area of approximately 108,489 sq km. The Bulgars, a Central Asian Turkic tribe, merged with the local Slavic inhabitants in the late 7th century to form the first Bulgarian state. In succeeding centuries, Bulgaria struggled with the Byzantine Empire to assert its place in the Balkans, but by the end of the 14th century the country was overrun by the Ottoman Turks. Northern Bulgaria attained autonomy in 1878 and all of Bulgaria became independent from the Ottoman Empire in 1908. Having fought on the losing side in both World Wars, Bulgaria fell within the Soviet sphere of influence and became a People's Republic in 1946. Communist domination ended in 1990, when Bulgaria held its first multiparty election since World War II and began the contentious process of moving toward political democracy and a market economy while combating inflation, unemployment, corruption, and crime. The country joined NATO in 2004 and the EU in 2007.
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