Quality of life comparison

compared to

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

Health

live 7.4 years longer

In Cook Islands, the average life expectancy is 77 years (74 years for men, 80 years for women) as of 2022. In Kuwait, that number is 85 years (84 years for men, 85 years for women) as of 2024.

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be 44.1% less likely to be obese

In Cook Islands, 72.4% of adults are obese as of 2024. In Kuwait, that number is 40.4% of people as of 2024.

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have 69.0% more doctors per person

Cook Islands has 13.4 doctors per 10,000 people as of 2019. Kuwait has 22.7 as of 2020.

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have 69.6% more access to essential health services

Cook Islands scores 46 out of 100 on the universal health coverage index as of 2021. Kuwait scores 78 as of 2021.

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Life

be 56.1% 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 Kuwait, on the other hand, 7.0 children do as of 2024.

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have 17.2% fewer children

In Cook Islands, there are approximately 12.1 babies per 1,000 people as of 2024. In Kuwait, there are 10.0 babies per 1,000 people as of 2024.

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Expenditures

spend 40.0% more on education

Cook Islands spends 4.6% of its total GDP on education as of 2021. Kuwait spends 6.4% of total GDP on education as of 2024.

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spend 55.0% more on healthcare

Cook Islands spends 3.2% of its total GDP on healthcare as of 2020. In Kuwait, that number is 5.0% of GDP as of 2023.

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Geography

see 4.2 times more coastline

Cook Islands has a total of 120 km of coastline. In Kuwait, that number is 499 km.

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Safety

be 47.7% less likely to die in a road accident

In Cook Islands, road accidents kill 17.6 people per 100,000 as of 2021. In Kuwait, they kill 9.2 per 100,000 as of 2021.

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Infrastructure

find 94.5% less home broadband

Cook Islands has 18.2 fixed broadband subscriptions per 100 people as of 2022. Kuwait has 1.0 as of 2023.

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

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Kuwait: At a glance

Kuwait is a sovereign country in Middle East, with a total land area of approximately 17,818 sq km. Britain oversaw foreign relations and defense for the ruling Kuwaiti AL-SABAH dynasty from 1899 until independence in 1961. Kuwait was attacked and overrun by Iraq on 2 August 1990. Following several weeks of aerial bombardment, a US-led, UN coalition began a ground assault on 23 February 1991 that liberated Kuwait in four days. Kuwait spent more than $5 billion to repair oil infrastructure damaged during 1990-91. The AL-SABAH family has ruled since returning to power in 1991 and reestablished an elected legislature that in recent years has become increasingly assertive. The country witnessed the historic election in 2009 of four women to its National Assembly. Amid the 2010-11 uprisings and protests across the Arab world, stateless Arabs, known as bidun, staged small protests in February and March 2011 demanding citizenship, jobs, and other benefits available to Kuwaiti nationals. Youth activist groups - supported by opposition legislators - rallied repeatedly in 2011 for the prime minister's dismissal amid allegations of widespread government corruption. Demonstrators forced the prime minister to resign in late 2011. In late 2012, Kuwait witnessed unprecedented protests in response to the Amir's changes to the electoral law by decree reducing the number of votes per person from four to one. The opposition, led by a coalition of Sunni Islamists, tribalists, some liberals, and myriad youth groups, largely boycotted legislative elections in 2012 and 2013 ushering in legislatures more amenable to the government's agenda. Since 2006, the Amir has dissolved the National Assembly on five occasions (the Constitutional Court annulled the Assembly in June 2012 and again in June 2013) and shuffled the cabinet over a dozen times, usually citing political stagnation and gridlock between the legislature and the government.
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