Quality of life comparison

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

Health

be 84.0% less likely to be obese

In Cook Islands, 72.4% of adults are obese as of 2024. In Senegal, that number is 11.6% of people as of 2024.

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live 8.2 years less

In Cook Islands, the average life expectancy is 77 years (74 years for men, 80 years for women) as of 2022. In Senegal, that number is 69 years (67 years for men, 71 years for women) as of 2024.

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Life

have 2.4 times more children

In Cook Islands, there are approximately 12.1 babies per 1,000 people as of 2024. In Senegal, there are 29.2 babies per 1,000 people as of 2024.

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be 81.4% 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 Senegal, on the other hand, 28.9 children do as of 2024.

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Expenditures

spend 33.9% more on education

Cook Islands spends 4.6% of its total GDP on education as of 2021. Senegal spends 6.2% of total GDP on education as of 2023.

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spend 35.0% more on healthcare

Cook Islands spends 3.2% of its total GDP on healthcare as of 2020. In Senegal, that number is 4.3% of GDP as of 2023.

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Geography

see 4.4 times more coastline

Cook Islands has a total of 120 km of coastline. In Senegal, that number is 531 km.

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Safety

be 92.3% less likely to be murdered

Cook Islands has a homicide rate of 3.5 per 100,000 people as of 2012. In Senegal, that number is 0.3 per 100,000 as of 2015.

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be 18.2% more likely to die in a road accident

In Cook Islands, road accidents kill 17.6 people per 100,000 as of 2021. In Senegal, they kill 20.8 per 100,000 as of 2021.

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Infrastructure

find 77.8% less home broadband

Cook Islands has 18.2 fixed broadband subscriptions per 100 people as of 2022. Senegal has 4.0 as of 2024.

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Sources: The World Factbook (2020–2024), World Bank (2015–2024), United Nations SDG Indicators (2012–2022), World Health Organization (2024). How we calculate this

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Senegal: At a glance

Senegal is a sovereign country in Africa, with a total land area of approximately 192,530 sq km. The French colonies of Senegal and the French Sudan were merged in 1959 and granted their independence as the Mali Federation in 1960. The union broke up after only a few months. Senegal joined with The Gambia to form the nominal confederation of Senegambia in 1982. The envisaged integration of the two countries was never carried out, and the union was dissolved in 1989. The Movement of Democratic Forces in the Casamance (MFDC) has led a low-level separatist insurgency in southern Senegal since the 1980s, and several peace deals have failed to resolve the conflict. Nevertheless, Senegal remains one of the most stable democracies in Africa and has a long history of participating in international peacekeeping and regional mediation. Senegal was ruled by a Socialist Party for 40 years until Abdoulaye WADE was elected president in 2000. He was reelected in 2007 and during his two terms amended Senegal's constitution over a dozen times to increase executive power and to weaken the opposition. His decision to run for a third presidential term sparked a large public backlash that led to his defeat in a March 2012 runoff election with Macky SALL.
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