Quality of life comparison
If you lived in Kentucky instead of Iran, you would:
Health
be 55.5% more likely to be obese
In Iran, 24.6% of adults are obese as of 2024. In Kentucky, that number is 38.2% of people as of 2022.
Economy
be 57.8% less likely to be unemployed
In Iran, 8.3% of the labor force is unemployed as of 2025. In Kentucky, that number is 3.5% as of 2025.
make 12.8 times more money
Iran has a GDP per capita of $3,924 as of 2025, while in Kentucky, the GDP per capita is $50,135 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
