Quality of life comparison

compared to

If you lived in New Jersey instead of Kuwait, you would:

Health

be 25.8% less likely to be obese

In Kuwait, 40.4% of adults are obese as of 2024. In New Jersey, that number is 30.0% of people as of 2022.

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Economy

make 2.2 times more money

Kuwait has a GDP per capita of $32,312 as of 2025, while in New Jersey, the GDP per capita is $70,788 as of 2024.

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be 2.1 times more likely to be unemployed

In Kuwait, 2.2% of the labor force is unemployed as of 2025. In New Jersey, that number is 4.5% as of 2025.

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

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