Quality of life comparison

compared to

If you lived in Northern Mariana Islands instead of Connecticut, you would:

Economy

make 69.3% less money

Connecticut has a GDP per capita of $77,582 as of 2024, while in Northern Mariana Islands, the GDP per capita is $23,786 as of 2022.

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Basic Needs

be 72.5% less likely to have internet access

In Connecticut, approximately 91.3% of the population has internet access as of 2023. In Northern Mariana Islands, about 25.1% do as of 2021.

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Sources: Bureau of Economic Analysis (2024), World Bank (2022), US Census Bureau (American Community Survey) (2023), The World Factbook (2021). How we calculate this

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Cost of Living Comparison · 6 categories - 2026 data
Northern Mariana Islands is 34.2% cheaper than Connecticut
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Northern Mariana Islands: At a glance

Northern Mariana Islands (sometimes abbreviated CNMI) is a sovereign country in Australia-Oceania, with a total land area of approximately 464 sq km. Under US administration as part of the UN Trust Territory of the Pacific, the people of the Northern Mariana Islands decided in the 1970s not to seek independence but instead to forge closer links with the US. Negotiations for territorial status began in 1972. A covenant to establish a commonwealth in political union with the US was approved in 1975, and came into force on 24 March 1976. A new government and constitution went into effect in 1978.
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