Quality of life comparison
If you lived in Cook Islands instead of Equatorial Guinea, you would:
Health
live 13.2 years longer
In Equatorial Guinea, the average life expectancy is 64 years (62 years for men, 66 years for women) as of 2024. In Cook Islands, that number is 77 years (74 years for men, 80 years for women) as of 2022.
have 8.8 times more doctors per person
Equatorial Guinea has 1.5 doctors per 10,000 people as of 2022. Cook Islands has 13.4 as of 2019.
be 3.8 times more likely to be obese
In Equatorial Guinea, 19.2% of adults are obese as of 2024. In Cook Islands, that number is 72.4% of people as of 2024.
Life
be 66.5% less likely to die during infancy
In Equatorial Guinea, approximately 47.6 children (per 1,000 live births) die before they reach the age of one as of 2024. In Cook Islands, on the other hand, 15.9 children do as of 2022.
have 59.7% fewer children
In Equatorial Guinea, there are approximately 30.0 babies per 1,000 people as of 2024. In Cook Islands, there are 12.1 babies per 1,000 people as of 2024.
Basic Needs
be 54.6% more likely to have access to drinking water
In Equatorial Guinea, approximately 65% of people have access to drinking water as of 2017. In Cook Islands, 100% of people do as of 2020.
Geography
see 59.5% less coastline
Equatorial Guinea has a total of 296 km of coastline. In Cook Islands, that number is 120 km.
Safety
be 50.4% more likely to die in a road accident
In Equatorial Guinea, road accidents kill 11.7 people per 100,000 as of 2021. In Cook Islands, they kill 17.6 per 100,000 as of 2021.
Infrastructure
find 182.2 times more home broadband
Equatorial Guinea has 0.1 fixed broadband subscriptions per 100 people as of 2022. Cook Islands has 18.2 as of 2022.
Sources: World Bank (2017–2024), The World Factbook (2020–2024), United Nations SDG Indicators (2019–2022), World Health Organization (2024). How we calculate this
Compare further: Equatorial Guinea vs. Cook Islands
Cook Islands: At a glance
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