Quality of life comparison

compared to

If you lived in Kansas instead of Kyrgyzstan, you would:

Health

be 67.0% more likely to be obese

In Kyrgyzstan, 22.0% of adults are obese as of 2024. In Kansas, that number is 36.8% of people as of 2022.

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Economy

be 54.2% less likely to live below the poverty line

In Kyrgyzstan, 24.0% live below the poverty line as of 2025. In Kansas, however, that number is 11.0% as of 2023.

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make 19.8 times more money

Kyrgyzstan has a GDP per capita of $3,081 as of 2025, while in Kansas, the GDP per capita is $60,996 as of 2024.

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Sources: World Bank (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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