Quality of life comparison
If you lived in Rhode Island instead of Kiribati, you would:
Health
be 30.7% less likely to be obese
In Kiribati, 45.6% of adults are obese as of 2024. In Rhode Island, that number is 31.6% of people as of 2022.
Economy
make 22.3 times more money
Kiribati has a GDP per capita of $2,559 as of 2025, while in Rhode Island, the GDP per capita is $56,938 as of 2024.
be 87.3% more likely to live below the poverty line
In Kiribati, 5.5% live below the poverty line as of 2023. In Rhode Island, however, that number is 10.3% as of 2023.
Sources: World Bank (2023–2025), 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
