Quality of life comparison

compared to

If you lived in Belize instead of Cook Islands, you would:

Health

be 56.9% less likely to be obese

In Cook Islands, 55.9% of adults are obese as of 2016. In Belize, that number is 24.1% of people as of 2016.

live 1.3 years less

In Cook Islands, the average life expectancy is 77 years (74 years for men, 80 years for women) as of 2022. In Belize, that number is 76 years (74 years for men, 78 years for women) as of 2022.

Economy

be 36.9% less likely to be unemployed

In Cook Islands, 13.1% of adults are unemployed as of 2005. In Belize, that number is 8.3% as of 2023.

make 17.9% less money

Cook Islands has a GDP per capita of $15,600 as of 2022, while in Belize, the GDP per capita is $12,800 as of 2023.

Life

be 30.0% 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 Belize, on the other hand, 11.2 children do as of 2022.

have 46.3% more children

In Cook Islands, there are approximately 12.1 babies per 1,000 people as of 2024. In Belize, there are 17.7 babies per 1,000 people as of 2024.

Expenditures

spend 89.1% more on education

Cook Islands spends 4.6% of its total GDP on education as of 2021. Belize spends 8.7% of total GDP on education as of 2021.

spend 2.2 times more on healthcare

Cook Islands spends 3.2% of its total GDP on healthcare as of 2020. In Belize, that number is 6.9% of GDP as of 2020.

Geography

see 3.2 times more coastline

Cook Islands has a total of 120 km of coastline. In Belize, that number is 386 km.

The statistics above were calculated using the following data sources: The World Factbook.

Belize: At a glance

Belize is a sovereign country in Central America/Caribbean, with a total land area of approximately 22,806 sq km. Belize was the site of several Mayan city states until their decline at the end of the first millennium A.D. The British and Spanish disputed the region in the 17th and 18th centuries; it formally became the colony of British Honduras in 1854. Territorial disputes between the UK and Guatemala delayed the independence of Belize until 1981. Guatemala refused to recognize the new nation until 1992 and the two countries are involved in an ongoing border dispute. Tourism has become the mainstay of the economy. Current concerns include the country's heavy foreign debt burden, high unemployment, growing involvement in the Mexican and South American drug trade, high crime rates, and one of the highest HIV/AIDS prevalence rates in Central America.
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