Quality of life comparison
If you lived in Utah instead of Kyrgyzstan, you would:
Health
be 46.6% more likely to be obese
In Kyrgyzstan, 22.0% of adults are obese as of 2024. In Utah, that number is 32.3% of people as of 2022.
Economy
be 67.1% less likely to live below the poverty line
In Kyrgyzstan, 24.0% live below the poverty line as of 2025. In Utah, however, that number is 7.9% as of 2023.
make 21.5 times more money
Kyrgyzstan has a GDP per capita of $3,081 as of 2025, while in Utah, the GDP per capita is $66,207 as of 2024.
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
