Quality of life comparison

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

Health

be 76.4% less likely to be obese

In Cook Islands, 72.4% of adults are obese as of 2024. In Montenegro, that number is 17.1% of people as of 2024.

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have 56.5% more access to essential health services

Cook Islands scores 46 out of 100 on the universal health coverage index as of 2021. Montenegro scores 72 as of 2021.

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Life

be 88.1% 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 Montenegro, on the other hand, 1.9 children do as of 2024.

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Basic Needs

be 37.2% more likely to have internet access

In Cook Islands, approximately 64.8% of the population has internet access as of 2021. In Montenegro, about 88.9% do as of 2024.

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Expenditures

spend 3.0 times more on healthcare

Cook Islands spends 3.2% of its total GDP on healthcare as of 2020. In Montenegro, that number is 9.7% of GDP as of 2023.

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Geography

see 2.4 times more coastline

Cook Islands has a total of 120 km of coastline. In Montenegro, that number is 294 km.

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Safety

be 48.3% less likely to die in a road accident

In Cook Islands, road accidents kill 17.6 people per 100,000 as of 2021. In Montenegro, they kill 9.1 per 100,000 as of 2021.

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Infrastructure

find 77.3% more home broadband

Cook Islands has 18.2 fixed broadband subscriptions per 100 people as of 2022. Montenegro has 32.3 as of 2024.

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

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Montenegro: At a glance

Montenegro is a sovereign country in Europe, with a total land area of approximately 13,452 sq km. The use of the name Crna Gora or Black Mountain (Montenegro) began in the 13th century in reference to a highland region in the Serbian province of Zeta. The later medieval state of Zeta maintained its existence until 1496 when Montenegro finally fell under Ottoman rule. Over subsequent centuries Montenegro managed to maintain a level of autonomy within the Ottoman Empire. From the 16th to 19th centuries, Montenegro was a theocracy ruled by a series of bishop princes; in 1852, it transformed into a secular principality. Montenegro was recognized as an independent sovereign principality at the Congress of Berlin in 1878. After World War I, during which Montenegro fought on the side of the Allies, Montenegro was absorbed by the Kingdom of Serbs, Croats, and Slovenes, which became the Kingdom of Yugoslavia in 1929; at the conclusion of World War II, it became a constituent republic of the Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia. When the latter dissolved in 1992, Montenegro federated with Serbia, creating the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia and, after 2003, shifting to a looser State Union of Serbia and Montenegro. In May 2006, Montenegro invoked its right under the Constitutional Charter of Serbia and Montenegro to hold a referendum on independence from the state union. The vote for severing ties with Serbia barely exceeded 55% - the threshold set by the EU - allowing Montenegro to formally restore its independence on 3 June 2006.
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