Quality of life comparison

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

Health

be 81.5% less likely to be obese

In Cook Islands, 72.4% of adults are obese as of 2024. In Togo, that number is 13.4% of people as of 2024.

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live 14.2 years less

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

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have 94.1% fewer doctors per person

Cook Islands has 13.4 doctors per 10,000 people as of 2019. Togo has 0.8 as of 2022.

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Life

have 2.6 times more children

In Cook Islands, there are approximately 12.1 babies per 1,000 people as of 2024. In Togo, there are 32.1 babies per 1,000 people as of 2024.

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be 2.2 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 Togo, on the other hand, 34.8 children do as of 2024.

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Basic Needs

be 39.1% less likely to have internet access

In Cook Islands, approximately 64.8% of the population has internet access as of 2021. In Togo, about 39.5% do as of 2024.

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Expenditures

spend 10.0% less on education

Cook Islands spends 4.6% of its total GDP on education as of 2021. Togo spends 4.1% of total GDP on education as of 2023.

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spend 90.9% more on healthcare

Cook Islands spends 3.2% of its total GDP on healthcare as of 2020. In Togo, that number is 6.1% of GDP as of 2023.

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Geography

see 53.3% less coastline

Cook Islands has a total of 120 km of coastline. In Togo, that number is 56 km.

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Safety

be 29.0% more likely to die in a road accident

In Cook Islands, road accidents kill 17.6 people per 100,000 as of 2021. In Togo, they kill 22.7 per 100,000 as of 2021.

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Infrastructure

find 92.2% less home broadband

Cook Islands has 18.2 fixed broadband subscriptions per 100 people as of 2022. Togo has 1.4 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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Togo: At a glance

Togo is a sovereign country in Africa, with a total land area of approximately 54,385 sq km. French Togoland became Togo in 1960. Gen. Gnassingbe EYADEMA, installed as military ruler in 1967, ruled Togo with a heavy hand for almost four decades. Despite the facade of multi-party elections instituted in the early 1990s, the government was largely dominated by President EYADEMA, whose Rally of the Togolese People (RPT) party has maintained power almost continually since 1967 and maintains a majority of seats in today's legislature. Upon EYADEMA's death in February 2005, the military installed the president's son, Faure GNASSINGBE, and then engineered his formal election two months later. Democratic gains since then allowed Togo to hold its first relatively free and fair legislative elections in October 2007. After years of political unrest and condemnation from international organizations for human rights abuses, Togo is finally being re-welcomed into the international community.
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