Quality of life comparison

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If you lived in Kuwait instead of French Polynesia, you would:

Health

be 17.8% less likely to be obese

In French Polynesia, 49.1% of adults are obese as of 2024. In Kuwait, that number is 40.4% of people as of 2024.

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Economy

be 81.3% less likely to be unemployed

In French Polynesia, 11.7% of the labor force is unemployed as of 2025. In Kuwait, that number is 2.2% as of 2025.

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make 44.0% more money

French Polynesia has a GDP per capita of $22,440 as of 2024, while in Kuwait, the GDP per capita is $32,312 as of 2025.

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Life

be 59.1% more likely to die during infancy

In French Polynesia, approximately 4.4 children (per 1,000 live births) die before they reach the age of one as of 2022. In Kuwait, on the other hand, 7.0 children do as of 2024.

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Geography

see 80.2% less coastline

French Polynesia has a total of 2,525 km of coastline. In Kuwait, that number is 499 km.

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Infrastructure

find 97.2% less home broadband

French Polynesia has 35.5 fixed broadband subscriptions per 100 people as of 2023. Kuwait has 1.0 as of 2023.

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Environment

emit 6.8 times more CO2

French Polynesia emits 3.5 tonnes of CO2 per person each year as of 2024. Kuwait emits 23.7 tonnes as of 2024.

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Sources: World Bank (2023–2025), The World Factbook (2022), World Health Organization (2024). How we calculate this

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Kuwait: At a glance

Kuwait is a sovereign country in Middle East, with a total land area of approximately 17,818 sq km. Britain oversaw foreign relations and defense for the ruling Kuwaiti AL-SABAH dynasty from 1899 until independence in 1961. Kuwait was attacked and overrun by Iraq on 2 August 1990. Following several weeks of aerial bombardment, a US-led, UN coalition began a ground assault on 23 February 1991 that liberated Kuwait in four days. Kuwait spent more than $5 billion to repair oil infrastructure damaged during 1990-91. The AL-SABAH family has ruled since returning to power in 1991 and reestablished an elected legislature that in recent years has become increasingly assertive. The country witnessed the historic election in 2009 of four women to its National Assembly. Amid the 2010-11 uprisings and protests across the Arab world, stateless Arabs, known as bidun, staged small protests in February and March 2011 demanding citizenship, jobs, and other benefits available to Kuwaiti nationals. Youth activist groups - supported by opposition legislators - rallied repeatedly in 2011 for the prime minister's dismissal amid allegations of widespread government corruption. Demonstrators forced the prime minister to resign in late 2011. In late 2012, Kuwait witnessed unprecedented protests in response to the Amir's changes to the electoral law by decree reducing the number of votes per person from four to one. The opposition, led by a coalition of Sunni Islamists, tribalists, some liberals, and myriad youth groups, largely boycotted legislative elections in 2012 and 2013 ushering in legislatures more amenable to the government's agenda. Since 2006, the Amir has dissolved the National Assembly on five occasions (the Constitutional Court annulled the Assembly in June 2012 and again in June 2013) and shuffled the cabinet over a dozen times, usually citing political stagnation and gridlock between the legislature and the government.
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