Quality of life comparison
If you lived in West Virginia instead of Hong Kong, you would:
Economy
be 57.1% more likely to be unemployed
In Hong Kong, 2.8% of the labor force is unemployed as of 2025. In West Virginia, that number is 4.4% as of 2025.
make 17.8% less money
Hong Kong has a GDP per capita of $56,983 as of 2025, while in West Virginia, the GDP per capita is $46,834 as of 2024.
Basic Needs
be 11.5% less likely to have internet access
In Hong Kong, approximately 95.8% of the population has internet access as of 2024. In West Virginia, about 84.7% do as of 2023.
Sources: World Bank (2024–2025), Bureau of Labor Statistics (2025), Bureau of Economic Analysis (2024), US Census Bureau (American Community Survey) (2023). How we calculate this
