Quality of life comparison

compared to

If you lived in California instead of Kazakhstan, you would:

Health

be 34.6% more likely to be obese

In Kazakhstan, 21.1% of adults are obese as of 2024. In California, that number is 28.4% of people as of 2022.

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Economy

make 5.7 times more money

Kazakhstan has a GDP per capita of $14,692 as of 2025, while in California, the GDP per capita is $84,028 as of 2024.

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be 2.3 times more likely to live below the poverty line

In Kazakhstan, 5.0% live below the poverty line as of 2024. In California, however, that number is 11.7% as of 2023.

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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

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