Quality of life comparison

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If you lived in United States instead of Cook Islands, you would:

Health

live 1.8 years longer

In Cook Islands, the average life expectancy is 77 years (74 years for men, 80 years for women) as of 2022. In United States, that number is 79 years (76 years for men, 81 years for women) as of 2024.

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be 43.4% less likely to be obese

In Cook Islands, 72.4% of adults are obese as of 2024. In United States, that number is 41.0% of people as of 2024.

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have 2.7 times more doctors per person

Cook Islands has 13.4 doctors per 10,000 people as of 2019. United States has 36.8 as of 2022.

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have 87.0% more access to essential health services

Cook Islands scores 46 out of 100 on the universal health coverage index as of 2021. United States scores 86 as of 2021.

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Life

be 65.5% 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 United States, on the other hand, 5.5 children do as of 2024.

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have 12.4% fewer children

In Cook Islands, there are approximately 12.1 babies per 1,000 people as of 2024. In United States, there are 10.6 babies per 1,000 people as of 2024.

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Basic Needs

be 46.1% more likely to have internet access

In Cook Islands, approximately 64.8% of the population has internet access as of 2021. In United States, about 94.7% do as of 2024.

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Expenditures

spend 17.8% more on education

Cook Islands spends 4.6% of its total GDP on education as of 2021. United States spends 5.4% of total GDP on education as of 2021.

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spend 5.2 times more on healthcare

Cook Islands spends 3.2% of its total GDP on healthcare as of 2020. In United States, that number is 16.7% of GDP as of 2023.

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Geography

see 166.0 times more coastline

Cook Islands has a total of 120 km of coastline. In United States, that number is 19,924 km.

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Safety

be 19.3% less likely to die in a road accident

In Cook Islands, road accidents kill 17.6 people per 100,000 as of 2021. In United States, they kill 14.2 per 100,000 as of 2021.

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Infrastructure

find 2.1 times more home broadband

Cook Islands has 18.2 fixed broadband subscriptions per 100 people as of 2022. United States has 38.9 as of 2024.

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Sources: The World Factbook (2020–2024), World Bank (2021–2024), United Nations SDG Indicators (2019–2022), World Health Organization (2024). How we calculate this

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Moving from Cook Islands to United States · OECD 2018
1 people moved from Cook Islands to United States.
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United States: At a glance

United States (sometimes abbreviated US or USA) is a sovereign country in North America, with a total land area of approximately 9,147,593 sq km. Britain's American colonies broke with the mother country in 1776 and were recognized as the new nation of the United States of America following the Treaty of Paris in 1783. During the 19th and 20th centuries, 37 new states were added to the original 13 as the nation expanded across the North American continent and acquired a number of overseas possessions. The two most traumatic experiences in the nation's history were the Civil War (1861-65), in which a northern Union of states defeated a secessionist Confederacy of 11 southern slave states, and the Great Depression of the 1930s, an economic downturn during which about a quarter of the labor force lost its jobs. Buoyed by victories in World Wars I and II and the end of the Cold War in 1991, the US remains the world's most powerful nation state. Since the end of World War II, the economy has achieved relatively steady growth, low unemployment and inflation, and rapid advances in technology.
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