Quality of life comparison
If you lived in Cook Islands instead of Guatemala, you would:
Health
live 4.4 years longer
In Guatemala, the average life expectancy is 73 years (70 years for men, 75 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 Guatemala, 28.0% of adults are obese as of 2024. In Cook Islands, that number is 72.4% of people as of 2024.
have 22.0% less access to essential health services
Guatemala scores 59 out of 100 on the universal health coverage index as of 2021. Cook Islands scores 46 as of 2021.
Life
have 41.3% fewer children
In Guatemala, there are approximately 20.6 babies per 1,000 people as of 2024. In Cook Islands, there are 12.1 babies per 1,000 people as of 2024.
Expenditures
spend 52.9% less on healthcare
Guatemala spends 6.8% of its total GDP on healthcare as of 2023. In Cook Islands, that number is 3.2% of GDP as of 2020.
spend 49.4% more on education
Guatemala spends 3.1% of its total GDP on education as of 2024. Cook Islands spends 4.6% of total GDP on education as of 2021.
Geography
see 70.0% less coastline
Guatemala has a total of 400 km of coastline. In Cook Islands, that number is 120 km.
Safety
be 39.7% more likely to die in a road accident
In Guatemala, road accidents kill 12.6 people per 100,000 as of 2021. In Cook Islands, they kill 17.6 per 100,000 as of 2021.
Infrastructure
find 3.4 times more home broadband
Guatemala has 5.3 fixed broadband subscriptions per 100 people as of 2024. Cook Islands has 18.2 as of 2022.
Sources: The World Factbook (2020–2024), World Bank (2023–2024), United Nations SDG Indicators (2021–2022), World Health Organization (2024). How we calculate this
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