Quality of life comparison

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If you lived in New York instead of Bosnia and Herzegovina, you would:

Health

be 42.6% more likely to be obese

In Bosnia and Herzegovina, 21.0% of adults are obese as of 2024. In New York, that number is 29.9% of people as of 2022.

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Economy

be 60.1% less likely to be unemployed

In Bosnia and Herzegovina, 11.0% of the labor force is unemployed as of 2025. In New York, that number is 4.4% as of 2025.

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make 8.9 times more money

Bosnia and Herzegovina has a GDP per capita of $10,382 as of 2025, while in New York, the GDP per capita is $91,992 as of 2024.

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Sources: World Bank (2025), World Health Organization (2024), Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (PLACES) (2022), Bureau of Labor Statistics (2025), Bureau of Economic Analysis (2024). How we calculate this

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