Quality of life comparison

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

Health

be 74.8% less likely to be obese

In Cook Islands, 72.4% of adults are obese as of 2024. In Namibia, that number is 18.3% of people as of 2024.

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have 37.0% more access to essential health services

Cook Islands scores 46 out of 100 on the universal health coverage index as of 2021. Namibia scores 63 as of 2021.

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live 9.6 years less

In Cook Islands, the average life expectancy is 77 years (74 years for men, 80 years for women) as of 2022. In Namibia, that number is 68 years (63 years for men, 71 years for women) as of 2024.

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have 58.9% fewer doctors per person

Cook Islands has 13.4 doctors per 10,000 people as of 2019. Namibia has 5.5 as of 2022.

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Life

have 2.1 times more children

In Cook Islands, there are approximately 12.1 babies per 1,000 people as of 2024. In Namibia, there are 25.9 babies per 1,000 people as of 2024.

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be 2.3 times more 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 Namibia, on the other hand, 36.4 children do as of 2024.

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Expenditures

spend 97.4% more on education

Cook Islands spends 4.6% of its total GDP on education as of 2021. Namibia spends 9.1% of total GDP on education as of 2024.

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spend 3.0 times more on healthcare

Cook Islands spends 3.2% of its total GDP on healthcare as of 2020. In Namibia, that number is 9.5% of GDP as of 2023.

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Geography

see 13.1 times more coastline

Cook Islands has a total of 120 km of coastline. In Namibia, that number is 1,572 km.

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Safety

be 25.0% more likely to die in a road accident

In Cook Islands, road accidents kill 17.6 people per 100,000 as of 2021. In Namibia, they kill 22.0 per 100,000 as of 2021.

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Infrastructure

find 84.5% less home broadband

Cook Islands has 18.2 fixed broadband subscriptions per 100 people as of 2022. Namibia has 2.8 as of 2024.

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

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Namibia: At a glance

Namibia is a sovereign country in Africa, with a total land area of approximately 823,290 sq km. South Africa occupied the German colony of South-West Africa during World War I and administered it as a mandate until after World War II, when it annexed the territory. In 1966 the Marxist South-West Africa People's Organization (SWAPO) guerrilla group launched a war of independence for the area that became Namibia, but it was not until 1988 that South Africa agreed to end its administration in accordance with a UN peace plan for the entire region. Namibia has been governed by SWAPO since the country won independence in 1990. Hifikepunye POHAMBA was elected president in November 2004 in a landslide victory replacing Sam NUJOMA who led the country during its first 14 years of self rule. POHAMBA was reelected in November 2009.
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