Quality of life comparison

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If you lived in Equatorial Guinea instead of Cook Islands, you would:

Health

be 73.5% less likely to be obese

In Cook Islands, 72.4% of adults are obese as of 2024. In Equatorial Guinea, that number is 19.2% of people as of 2024.

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live 13.2 years less

In Cook Islands, the average life expectancy is 77 years (74 years for men, 80 years for women) as of 2022. In Equatorial Guinea, that number is 64 years (62 years for men, 66 years for women) as of 2024.

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have 88.6% fewer doctors per person

Cook Islands has 13.4 doctors per 10,000 people as of 2019. Equatorial Guinea has 1.5 as of 2022.

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Life

have 2.5 times more children

In Cook Islands, there are approximately 12.1 babies per 1,000 people as of 2024. In Equatorial Guinea, there are 30.0 babies per 1,000 people as of 2024.

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be 3.0 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 Equatorial Guinea, on the other hand, 47.6 children do as of 2024.

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Basic Needs

be 35.3% less likely to have access to drinking water

In Cook Islands, approximately 100% of people have access to drinking water as of 2020. In Equatorial Guinea, 65% of people do as of 2017.

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Geography

see 2.5 times more coastline

Cook Islands has a total of 120 km of coastline. In Equatorial Guinea, that number is 296 km.

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Safety

be 33.5% less likely to die in a road accident

In Cook Islands, road accidents kill 17.6 people per 100,000 as of 2021. In Equatorial Guinea, they kill 11.7 per 100,000 as of 2021.

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Infrastructure

find 99.5% less home broadband

Cook Islands has 18.2 fixed broadband subscriptions per 100 people as of 2022. Equatorial Guinea has 0.1 as of 2022.

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Sources: The World Factbook (2020–2024), World Bank (2017–2024), United Nations SDG Indicators (2019–2022), World Health Organization (2024). How we calculate this

Compare further: Cook Islands vs. Equatorial Guinea

Cost of Living Comparison · 5 categories - 2026 data
Equatorial Guinea is 19.6% cheaper than Cook Islands overall
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Equatorial Guinea: At a glance

Equatorial Guinea is a sovereign country in Africa, with a total land area of approximately 28,051 sq km. Equatorial Guinea gained independence in 1968 after 190 years of Spanish rule. This tiny country, composed of a mainland portion plus five inhabited islands, is one of the smallest on the African continent. President Teodoro Obiang NGUEMA MBASOGO has ruled the country since 1979 when he seized power in a coup. Although nominally a constitutional democracy since 1991, the 1996, 2002, and 2009 presidential elections - as well as the 1999, 2004, 2008, and 2013 legislative elections - were widely seen as flawed. The president exerts almost total control over the political system and has discouraged political opposition. Equatorial Guinea has experienced rapid economic growth due to the discovery of large offshore oil reserves, and in the last decade has become Sub-Saharan Africa's third largest oil exporter. Despite the country's economic windfall from oil production, resulting in a massive increase in government revenue in recent years, improvements in the population's living standards have been slow to develop.
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