Quality of life comparison
If you lived in Wyoming instead of China, you would:
Health
be 3.7 times more likely to be obese
In China, 9.3% of adults are obese as of 2024. In Wyoming, that number is 34.6% of people as of 2022.
Economy
be 22.1% less likely to be unemployed
In China, 4.6% of the labor force is unemployed as of 2025. In Wyoming, that number is 3.6% as of 2025.
make 4.9 times more money
China has a GDP per capita of $13,862 as of 2025, while in Wyoming, the GDP per capita is $67,568 as of 2024.
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
