Quality of life comparison

compared to

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

Health

be 19.3% less likely to be obese

In Brunei, 37.0% 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 16.7% less likely to be unemployed

In Brunei, 5.3% 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 2.9 times more money

Brunei has a GDP per capita of $32,235 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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