Quality of life comparison

compared to

If you lived in New York instead of Aruba, you would:

Economy

make 2.4 times more money

Aruba has a GDP per capita of $38,591 as of 2024, while in New York, the GDP per capita is $91,992 as of 2024.

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Sources: World Bank (2024), Bureau of Economic Analysis (2024). How we calculate this

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