Quality of life comparison

compared to

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

Health

be 80.5% less likely to be obese

In Cook Islands, 55.9% of adults are obese as of 2016. In Ghana, that number is 10.9% of people as of 2016.

live 7.8 years less

In Cook Islands, the average life expectancy is 77 years (74 years for men, 80 years for women) as of 2022. In Ghana, that number is 69 years (68 years for men, 71 years for women) as of 2022.

Economy

be 76.5% less likely to be unemployed

In Cook Islands, 13.1% of adults are unemployed as of 2005. In Ghana, that number is 3.1% as of 2023.

make 57.1% less money

Cook Islands has a GDP per capita of $15,600 as of 2022, while in Ghana, the GDP per capita is $6,700 as of 2023.

Life

have 2.3 times more children

In Cook Islands, there are approximately 12.1 babies per 1,000 people as of 2024. In Ghana, there are 27.6 babies per 1,000 people as of 2024.

be 2.0 times more 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 Ghana, on the other hand, 32.6 children do as of 2022.

Expenditures

spend 13.0% less on education

Cook Islands spends 4.6% of its total GDP on education as of 2021. Ghana spends 4.0% of total GDP on education as of 2018.

spend 25.0% more on healthcare

Cook Islands spends 3.2% of its total GDP on healthcare as of 2020. In Ghana, that number is 4.0% of GDP as of 2020.

Geography

see 4.5 times more coastline

Cook Islands has a total of 120 km of coastline. In Ghana, that number is 539 km.

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

Ghana: At a glance

Ghana is a sovereign country in Africa, with a total land area of approximately 227,533 sq km. Formed from the merger of the British colony of the Gold Coast and the Togoland trust territory, Ghana in 1957 became the first sub-Saharan country in colonial Africa to gain its independence. Ghana endured a long series of coups before Lt. Jerry RAWLINGS took power in 1981 and banned political parties. After approving a new constitution and restoring multiparty politics in 1992, RAWLINGS won presidential elections in 1992 and 1996 but was constitutionally prevented from running for a third term in 2000. John KUFUOR succeeded him and was reelected in 2004. John Atta MILLS won the 2008 presidential election and took over as head of state, but he died in July 2012 and was constitutionally succeeded by his vice president John Dramani MAHAMA, who subsequently won the December 2012 presidential election.
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