Quality of life comparison

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

Health

be 56.5% less likely to be obese

In Cook Islands, 72.4% of adults are obese as of 2024. In Grenada, that number is 31.5% of people as of 2024.

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have 52.2% more access to essential health services

Cook Islands scores 46 out of 100 on the universal health coverage index as of 2021. Grenada scores 70 as of 2021.

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live 1.8 years less

In Cook Islands, the average life expectancy is 77 years (74 years for men, 80 years for women) as of 2022. In Grenada, that number is 75 years (73 years for men, 78 years for women) as of 2024.

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Expenditures

spend 11.5% more on education

Cook Islands spends 4.6% of its total GDP on education as of 2021. Grenada spends 5.1% of total GDP on education as of 2023.

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spend 45.3% more on healthcare

Cook Islands spends 3.2% of its total GDP on healthcare as of 2020. In Grenada, that number is 4.7% of GDP as of 2023.

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Safety

be 63.6% less likely to die in a road accident

In Cook Islands, road accidents kill 17.6 people per 100,000 as of 2021. In Grenada, they kill 6.4 per 100,000 as of 2021.

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Infrastructure

find 63.4% more home broadband

Cook Islands has 18.2 fixed broadband subscriptions per 100 people as of 2022. Grenada has 29.8 as of 2022.

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

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Grenada: At a glance

Grenada is a sovereign country in Central America/Caribbean, with a total land area of approximately 344 sq km. Carib Indians inhabited Grenada when Christopher COLUMBUS discovered the island in 1498, but it remained uncolonized for more than a century. The French settled Grenada in the 17th century, established sugar estates, and imported large numbers of African slaves. Britain took the island in 1762 and vigorously expanded sugar production. In the 19th century, cacao eventually surpassed sugar as the main export crop; in the 20th century, nutmeg became the leading export. In 1967, Britain gave Grenada autonomy over its internal affairs. Full independence was attained in 1974 making Grenada one of the smallest independent countries in the Western Hemisphere. Grenada was seized by a Marxist military council on 19 October 1983. Six days later the island was invaded by US forces and those of six other Caribbean nations, which quickly captured the ringleaders and their hundreds of Cuban advisers. Free elections were reinstituted the following year and have continued since that time.
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