Quality of life comparison

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

Health

be 69.6% less likely to be obese

In Cook Islands, 72.4% of adults are obese as of 2024. In Kyrgyzstan, that number is 22.0% of people as of 2024.

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have 50.0% more access to essential health services

Cook Islands scores 46 out of 100 on the universal health coverage index as of 2021. Kyrgyzstan scores 69 as of 2021.

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live 4.7 years less

In Cook Islands, the average life expectancy is 77 years (74 years for men, 80 years for women) as of 2022. In Kyrgyzstan, that number is 72 years (68 years for men, 77 years for women) as of 2024.

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Life

have 60.3% more children

In Cook Islands, there are approximately 12.1 babies per 1,000 people as of 2024. In Kyrgyzstan, there are 19.4 babies per 1,000 people as of 2024.

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Basic Needs

be 42.0% more likely to have internet access

In Cook Islands, approximately 64.8% of the population has internet access as of 2021. In Kyrgyzstan, about 92.0% do as of 2024.

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Expenditures

spend 48.5% more on education

Cook Islands spends 4.6% of its total GDP on education as of 2021. Kyrgyzstan spends 6.8% of total GDP on education as of 2023.

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spend 40.6% more on healthcare

Cook Islands spends 3.2% of its total GDP on healthcare as of 2020. In Kyrgyzstan, that number is 4.5% of GDP as of 2023.

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Safety

be 24.4% less likely to die in a road accident

In Cook Islands, road accidents kill 17.6 people per 100,000 as of 2021. In Kyrgyzstan, they kill 13.3 per 100,000 as of 2021.

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Infrastructure

find 57.2% less home broadband

Cook Islands has 18.2 fixed broadband subscriptions per 100 people as of 2022. Kyrgyzstan has 7.8 as of 2024.

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

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Kyrgyzstan: At a glance

Kyrgyzstan is a sovereign country in Central Asia, with a total land area of approximately 191,801 sq km. A Central Asian country of incredible natural beauty and proud nomadic traditions, most of Kyrgyzstan was formally annexed to Russia in 1876. The Kyrgyz staged a major revolt against the Tsarist Empire in 1916 in which almost one-sixth of the Kyrgyz population was killed. Kyrgyzstan became a Soviet republic in 1936 and achieved independence in 1991 when the USSR dissolved. Nationwide demonstrations in the spring of 2005 resulted in the ouster of President Askar AKAEV, who had run the country since 1990. Former prime minister Kurmanbek BAKIEV overwhelmingly won the presidential election in the summer of 2005. Over the next few years, he manipulated the parliament to accrue new powers for the presidency. In July 2009, after months of harassment against his opponents and media critics, BAKIEV won re-election in a presidential campaign that the international community deemed flawed. In April 2010, violent protests in Bishkek led to the collapse of the BAKIEV regime and his eventual fleeing to Minsk, Belarus. His successor, Roza OTUNBAEVA, served as transitional president until Almazbek ATAMBAEV was inaugurated in December 2011, marking the first peaceful transfer of presidential power in independent Kyrgyzstan's history. Continuing concerns include: the trajectory of democratization, endemic corruption, poor interethnic relations, and terrorism.
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