Quality of life comparison

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

Health

be 89.8% less likely to be obese

In Cook Islands, 72.4% of adults are obese as of 2024. In Chad, that number is 7.4% of people as of 2024.

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live 21.9 years less

In Cook Islands, the average life expectancy is 77 years (74 years for men, 80 years for women) as of 2022. In Chad, that number is 55 years (53 years for men, 57 years for women) as of 2024.

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have 37.0% less access to essential health services

Cook Islands scores 46 out of 100 on the universal health coverage index as of 2021. Chad scores 29 as of 2021.

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Life

have 3.6 times more children

In Cook Islands, there are approximately 12.1 babies per 1,000 people as of 2024. In Chad, there are 43.3 babies per 1,000 people as of 2024.

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be 3.5 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 Chad, on the other hand, 56.3 children do as of 2024.

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Basic Needs

be 80.5% less likely to have internet access

In Cook Islands, approximately 64.8% of the population has internet access as of 2021. In Chad, about 12.6% do as of 2024.

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Expenditures

spend 30.4% less on education

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

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spend 56.2% more on healthcare

Cook Islands spends 3.2% of its total GDP on healthcare as of 2020. In Chad, that number is 5.0% of GDP as of 2023.

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Safety

be 50.0% more likely to die in a road accident

In Cook Islands, road accidents kill 17.6 people per 100,000 as of 2021. In Chad, they kill 26.4 per 100,000 as of 2021.

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

Compare further: Cook Islands vs. Chad

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Chad is 40.6% cheaper than Cook Islands overall
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Chad: At a glance

Chad is a sovereign country in Africa, with a total land area of approximately 1,259,200 sq km. Chad, part of France's African holdings until 1960, endured three decades of civil warfare, as well as invasions by Libya, before a semblance of peace was finally restored in 1990. The government eventually drafted a democratic constitution and held flawed presidential elections in 1996 and 2001. In 1998, a rebellion broke out in northern Chad, which has sporadically flared up despite several peace agreements between the government and the insurgents. In 2005, new rebel groups emerged in western Sudan and made probing attacks into eastern Chad despite signing peace agreements in December 2006 and October 2007. In June 2005, President Idriss DEBY held a referendum successfully removing constitutional term limits and won another controversial election in 2006. Sporadic rebel campaigns continued throughout 2006 and 2007. The capital experienced a significant insurrection in early 2008, but has had no significant rebel threats since then, in part due to Chad's 2010 rapprochement with Sudan, which previously used Chadian rebels as proxies. DEBY in 2011 was reelected to his fourth term in an election that international observers described as proceeding without incident. Power remains in the hands of an ethnic minority. In January 2014, Chad began a two year rotation on the UN Security Council.
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