Quality of life comparison
If you lived in Cook Islands instead of Tonga, you would:
Health
live 4.1 years longer
In Tonga, the average life expectancy is 73 years (70 years for men, 77 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 32.6% more doctors per person
Tonga has 10.1 doctors per 10,000 people as of 2021. Cook Islands has 13.4 as of 2019.
have 19.3% less access to essential health services
Tonga scores 57 out of 100 on the universal health coverage index as of 2021. Cook Islands scores 46 as of 2021.
Life
be 2.0 times more likely to die during infancy
In Tonga, approximately 7.8 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 47.5% fewer children
In Tonga, there are approximately 23.0 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 13.4% less on education
Tonga spends 5.3% of its total GDP on education as of 2022. Cook Islands spends 4.6% of total GDP on education as of 2021.
spend 56.5% less on healthcare
Tonga spends 7.4% of its total GDP on healthcare as of 2023. In Cook Islands, that number is 3.2% of GDP as of 2020.
Geography
see 71.4% less coastline
Tonga has a total of 419 km of coastline. In Cook Islands, that number is 120 km.
Safety
be 2.1 times more likely to die in a road accident
In Tonga, road accidents kill 8.5 people per 100,000 as of 2021. In Cook Islands, they kill 17.6 per 100,000 as of 2021.
Infrastructure
find 2.2 times more home broadband
Tonga has 8.2 fixed broadband subscriptions per 100 people as of 2022. Cook Islands has 18.2 as of 2022.
Sources: World Bank (2021–2024), The World Factbook (2020–2024), United Nations SDG Indicators (2019–2022). How we calculate this
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Cook Islands: At a glance
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