Quality of life comparison

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If you lived in Hong Kong instead of Cook Islands, you would:

Health

live 8.2 years longer

In Cook Islands, the average life expectancy is 77 years (74 years for men, 80 years for women) as of 2022. In Hong Kong, that number is 85 years (83 years for men, 88 years for women) as of 2024.

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Life

be 84.0% 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 Hong Kong, on the other hand, 2.5 children do as of 2022.

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have 59.5% fewer children

In Cook Islands, there are approximately 12.1 babies per 1,000 people as of 2024. In Hong Kong, there are 4.9 babies per 1,000 people as of 2024.

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Basic Needs

be 47.8% more likely to have internet access

In Cook Islands, approximately 64.8% of the population has internet access as of 2021. In Hong Kong, about 95.8% do as of 2024.

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Expenditures

spend 17.2% less on education

Cook Islands spends 4.6% of its total GDP on education as of 2021. Hong Kong spends 3.8% of total GDP on education as of 2024.

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Geography

see 6.1 times more coastline

Cook Islands has a total of 120 km of coastline. In Hong Kong, that number is 733 km.

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Infrastructure

find 2.2 times more home broadband

Cook Islands has 18.2 fixed broadband subscriptions per 100 people as of 2022. Hong Kong has 40.3 as of 2024.

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

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Hong Kong: At a glance

Hong Kong (sometimes abbreviated HK) is a sovereign country in East/Southeast Asia, with a total land area of approximately 1,073 sq km. Occupied by the UK in 1841, Hong Kong was formally ceded by China the following year; various adjacent lands were added later in the 19th century. Pursuant to an agreement signed by China and the UK on 19 December 1984, Hong Kong became the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region (SAR) of the People's Republic of China on 1 July 1997. In this agreement, China promised that, under its "one country, two systems" formula, China's socialist economic system would not be imposed on Hong Kong and that Hong Kong would enjoy a "high degree of autonomy" in all matters except foreign and defense affairs for the subsequent 50 years.
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