Quality of life comparison

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

Health

be 46.5% less likely to be obese

In Cook Islands, 72.4% of adults are obese as of 2024. In Iowa, that number is 38.7% of people as of 2022.

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Basic Needs

be 35.6% more likely to have internet access

In Cook Islands, approximately 64.8% of the population has internet access as of 2021. In Iowa, about 87.9% do as of 2023.

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Sources: World Health Organization (2024), Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (PLACES) (2022), The World Factbook (2021), US Census Bureau (American Community Survey) (2023). How we calculate this

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