Quality of life comparison

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

Health

be 83.7% less likely to be obese

In Cook Islands, 72.4% of adults are obese as of 2024. In Indonesia, that number is 11.8% of people as of 2024.

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have 19.6% more access to essential health services

Cook Islands scores 46 out of 100 on the universal health coverage index as of 2021. Indonesia scores 55 as of 2021.

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live 5.8 years less

In Cook Islands, the average life expectancy is 77 years (74 years for men, 80 years for women) as of 2022. In Indonesia, that number is 71 years (69 years for men, 73 years for women) as of 2024.

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Life

have 30.2% more children

In Cook Islands, there are approximately 12.1 babies per 1,000 people as of 2024. In Indonesia, there are 15.8 babies per 1,000 people as of 2024.

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Basic Needs

be 12.3% more likely to have internet access

In Cook Islands, approximately 64.8% of the population has internet access as of 2021. In Indonesia, about 72.8% do as of 2024.

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Expenditures

spend 72.2% less on education

Cook Islands spends 4.6% of its total GDP on education as of 2021. Indonesia spends 1.3% of total GDP on education as of 2023.

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spend 15.6% less on healthcare

Cook Islands spends 3.2% of its total GDP on healthcare as of 2020. In Indonesia, that number is 2.7% of GDP as of 2023.

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Geography

see 456.0 times more coastline

Cook Islands has a total of 120 km of coastline. In Indonesia, that number is 54,716 km.

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Safety

be 35.8% less likely to die in a road accident

In Cook Islands, road accidents kill 17.6 people per 100,000 as of 2021. In Indonesia, they kill 11.3 per 100,000 as of 2021.

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Infrastructure

find 73.0% less home broadband

Cook Islands has 18.2 fixed broadband subscriptions per 100 people as of 2022. Indonesia has 4.9 as of 2024.

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Sources: The World Factbook (2020–2024), World Bank (2023–2024), United Nations SDG Indicators (2021–2022), World Health Organization (2024). How we calculate this

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Indonesia: At a glance

Indonesia is a sovereign country in East/Southeast Asia, with a total land area of approximately 1,811,569 sq km. The Dutch began to colonize Indonesia in the early 17th century; Japan occupied the islands from 1942 to 1945. Indonesia declared its independence shortly before Japan's surrender, but it required four years of sometimes brutal fighting, intermittent negotiations, and UN mediation before the Netherlands agreed to transfer sovereignty in 1949. A period of sometimes unruly parliamentary democracy ended in 1957 when President SOEKARNO declared martial law and instituted "Guided Democracy." After an abortive coup in 1965 by alleged communist sympathizers, SOEKARNO was gradually eased from power. From 1967 until 1988, President SUHARTO ruled Indonesia with his "New Order" government. After rioting toppled Suharto in 1998, free and fair legislative elections took place in 1999. Indonesia is now the world's third most populous democracy, the world's largest archipelagic state, and the world's largest Muslim-majority nation. Current issues include: alleviating poverty, improving education, preventing terrorism, consolidating democracy after four decades of authoritarianism, implementing economic and financial reforms, stemming corruption, reforming the criminal justice system, holding the military and police accountable for human rights violations, addressing climate change, and controlling infectious diseases, particularly those of global and regional importance. In 2005, Indonesia reached a historic peace agreement with armed separatists in Aceh, which led to democratic elections in Aceh in December 2006. Indonesia continues to face low intensity armed resistance in Papua by the separatist Free Papua Movement.
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