Quality of life comparison
If you lived in Cook Islands instead of Greenland, you would:
Health
live 6.9 years longer
In Greenland, the average life expectancy is 70 years (68 years for men, 72 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.
be 2.6 times more likely to be obese
In Greenland, 28.1% of adults are obese as of 2024. In Cook Islands, that number is 72.4% of people as of 2024.
Life
be 82.1% more likely to die during infancy
In Greenland, approximately 8.8 children (per 1,000 live births) die before they reach the age of one as of 2022. In Cook Islands, on the other hand, 15.9 children do as of 2022.
Expenditures
spend 54.9% less on education
Greenland spends 10.2% of its total GDP on education as of 2019. Cook Islands spends 4.6% of total GDP on education as of 2021.
Geography
see 99.7% less coastline
Greenland has a total of 44,087 km of coastline. In Cook Islands, that number is 120 km.
Infrastructure
find 43.0% less home broadband
Greenland has 32.0 fixed broadband subscriptions per 100 people as of 2022. Cook Islands has 18.2 as of 2022.
Sources: The World Factbook (2019–2022), World Bank (2022–2024), World Health Organization (2024), United Nations SDG Indicators (2022). How we calculate this
Compare further: Greenland vs. Cook Islands
Cook Islands: At a glance
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