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If you lived in Kiribati instead of Kentucky, you would:

Health

be 19.3% more likely to be obese

In Kentucky, 38.2% of adults are obese as of 2022. In Kiribati, that number is 45.6% of people as of 2024.

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Economy

be 64.3% less likely to live below the poverty line

In Kentucky, 15.4% live below the poverty line as of 2023. In Kiribati, however, that number is 5.5% as of 2023.

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make 94.9% less money

Kentucky has a GDP per capita of $50,135 as of 2024, while in Kiribati, the GDP per capita is $2,559 as of 2025.

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Sources: World Bank (2023–2025), Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (PLACES) (2022), World Health Organization (2024), US Census Bureau (American Community Survey) (2023), Bureau of Economic Analysis (2024). How we calculate this

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Kentucky is about 127 times bigger than Kiribati.
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Kiribati: At a glance

Kiribati is a sovereign country in Australia-Oceania, with a total land area of approximately 811 sq km. The Gilbert Islands became a British protectorate in 1892 and a colony in 1915; they were captured by the Japanese in the Pacific War in 1941. The islands of Makin and Tarawa were the sites of major US amphibious victories over entrenched Japanese garrisons in 1943. The Gilbert Islands were granted self-rule by the UK in 1971 and complete independence in 1979 under the new name of Kiribati. The US relinquished all claims to the sparsely inhabited Phoenix and Line Island groups in a 1979 treaty of friendship with Kiribati.
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