Quality of life comparison

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If you lived in New Mexico instead of Hong Kong, you would:

Economy

be 50.0% more likely to be unemployed

In Hong Kong, 2.8% of the labor force is unemployed as of 2025. In New Mexico, that number is 4.2% as of 2025.

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Basic Needs

be 11.8% less likely to have internet access

In Hong Kong, approximately 95.8% of the population has internet access as of 2024. In New Mexico, about 84.5% do as of 2023.

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Sources: World Bank (2024–2025), Bureau of Labor Statistics (2025), US Census Bureau (American Community Survey) (2023). How we calculate this

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