Quality of life comparison

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If you lived in Minnesota instead of Japan, you would:

Health

be 5.7 times more likely to be obese

In Japan, 5.9% of adults are obese as of 2024. In Minnesota, that number is 33.9% of people as of 2022.

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Economy

make 90.5% more money

Japan has a GDP per capita of $35,951 as of 2025, while in Minnesota, the GDP per capita is $68,478 as of 2024.

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be 75.5% more likely to be unemployed

In Japan, 2.5% of the labor force is unemployed as of 2025. In Minnesota, that number is 4.3% as of 2025.

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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

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