Quality of life comparison

compared to

If you lived in Hawaii instead of Kuwait, you would:

Health

be 36.7% less likely to be obese

In Kuwait, 40.4% of adults are obese as of 2024. In Hawaii, that number is 25.6% of people as of 2022.

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Economy

make 98.5% more money

Kuwait has a GDP per capita of $32,312 as of 2025, while in Hawaii, the GDP per capita is $64,124 as of 2024.

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

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