Quality of life comparison

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

Health

be 56.7% less likely to be obese

In Cook Islands, 72.4% of adults are obese as of 2024. In Hungary, that number is 31.4% of people as of 2024.

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have 2.6 times more doctors per person

Cook Islands has 13.4 doctors per 10,000 people as of 2019. Hungary has 34.6 as of 2022.

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have 71.7% more access to essential health services

Cook Islands scores 46 out of 100 on the universal health coverage index as of 2021. Hungary scores 79 as of 2021.

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Life

be 80.5% 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 Hungary, on the other hand, 3.1 children do as of 2024.

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have 32.2% fewer children

In Cook Islands, there are approximately 12.1 babies per 1,000 people as of 2024. In Hungary, there are 8.2 babies per 1,000 people as of 2024.

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Basic Needs

be 44.7% more likely to have internet access

In Cook Islands, approximately 64.8% of the population has internet access as of 2021. In Hungary, about 93.8% do as of 2024.

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Expenditures

spend 17.4% less on education

Cook Islands spends 4.6% of its total GDP on education as of 2021. Hungary spends 3.8% of total GDP on education as of 2022.

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spend 99.1% more on healthcare

Cook Islands spends 3.2% of its total GDP on healthcare as of 2020. In Hungary, that number is 6.4% of GDP as of 2023.

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Safety

be 58.0% less likely to die in a road accident

In Cook Islands, road accidents kill 17.6 people per 100,000 as of 2021. In Hungary, they kill 7.4 per 100,000 as of 2021.

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Infrastructure

find 2.1 times more home broadband

Cook Islands has 18.2 fixed broadband subscriptions per 100 people as of 2022. Hungary has 37.5 as of 2024.

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

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Hungary: At a glance

Hungary is a sovereign country in Europe, with a total land area of approximately 89,608 sq km. Hungary became a Christian kingdom in A.D. 1000 and for many centuries served as a bulwark against Ottoman Turkish expansion in Europe. The kingdom eventually became part of the polyglot Austro-Hungarian Empire, which collapsed during World War I. The country fell under communist rule following World War II. In 1956, a revolt and an announced withdrawal from the Warsaw Pact were met with a massive military intervention by Moscow. Under the leadership of Janos KADAR in 1968, Hungary began liberalizing its economy, introducing so-called "Goulash Communism." Hungary held its first multiparty elections in 1990 and initiated a free market economy. It joined NATO in 1999 and the EU five years later. In 2011, Hungary assumed the six-month rotating presidency of the EU for the first time.
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