Quality of life comparison
If you lived in Alaska instead of Kazakhstan, you would:
Health
be 51.2% more likely to be obese
In Kazakhstan, 21.1% of adults are obese as of 2024. In Alaska, that number is 31.9% of people as of 2022.
Economy
make 5.2 times more money
Kazakhstan has a GDP per capita of $14,692 as of 2025, while in Alaska, the GDP per capita is $75,882 as of 2024.
be 98.0% more likely to live below the poverty line
In Kazakhstan, 5.0% live below the poverty line as of 2024. In Alaska, however, that number is 9.9% as of 2023.
Sources: World Bank (2024–2025), World Health Organization (2024), Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (PLACES) (2022), US Census Bureau (American Community Survey) (2023), Bureau of Economic Analysis (2024). How we calculate this
