Quality of life comparison

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

Health

be 79.9% less likely to be obese

In Cook Islands, 72.4% of adults are obese as of 2024. In Ghana, that number is 14.6% of people as of 2024.

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live 11.5 years less

In Cook Islands, the average life expectancy is 77 years (74 years for men, 80 years for women) as of 2022. In Ghana, that number is 66 years (63 years for men, 68 years for women) as of 2024.

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Life

have 2.1 times more children

In Cook Islands, there are approximately 12.1 babies per 1,000 people as of 2024. In Ghana, there are 25.9 babies per 1,000 people as of 2024.

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be 72.6% 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 Ghana, on the other hand, 27.5 children do as of 2024.

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Basic Needs

be 11.4% more likely to have internet access

In Cook Islands, approximately 64.8% of the population has internet access as of 2021. In Ghana, about 72.2% do as of 2024.

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Expenditures

spend 36.7% less on education

Cook Islands spends 4.6% of its total GDP on education as of 2021. Ghana spends 2.9% of total GDP on education as of 2022.

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Geography

see 4.5 times more coastline

Cook Islands has a total of 120 km of coastline. In Ghana, that number is 539 km.

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Safety

be 47.2% more likely to die in a road accident

In Cook Islands, road accidents kill 17.6 people per 100,000 as of 2021. In Ghana, they kill 25.9 per 100,000 as of 2021.

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Infrastructure

find 96.4% less home broadband

Cook Islands has 18.2 fixed broadband subscriptions per 100 people as of 2022. Ghana has 0.7 as of 2024.

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

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Ghana: At a glance

Ghana is a sovereign country in Africa, with a total land area of approximately 227,533 sq km. Formed from the merger of the British colony of the Gold Coast and the Togoland trust territory, Ghana in 1957 became the first sub-Saharan country in colonial Africa to gain its independence. Ghana endured a long series of coups before Lt. Jerry RAWLINGS took power in 1981 and banned political parties. After approving a new constitution and restoring multiparty politics in 1992, RAWLINGS won presidential elections in 1992 and 1996 but was constitutionally prevented from running for a third term in 2000. John KUFUOR succeeded him and was reelected in 2004. John Atta MILLS won the 2008 presidential election and took over as head of state, but he died in July 2012 and was constitutionally succeeded by his vice president John Dramani MAHAMA, who subsequently won the December 2012 presidential election.
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