Quality of life comparison

compared to

If you lived in New York instead of Lebanon, you would:

Economy

be 59.9% less likely to be unemployed

In Lebanon, 11.0% of the labor force is unemployed as of 2023. In New York, that number is 4.4% as of 2025.

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make 20.6 times more money

Lebanon has a GDP per capita of $4,473 as of 2024, while in New York, the GDP per capita is $91,992 as of 2024.

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Basic Needs

be 11.2% more likely to have internet access

In Lebanon, approximately 80.6% of the population has internet access as of 2024. In New York, about 89.7% do as of 2023.

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Sources: World Bank (2023–2024), Bureau of Labor Statistics (2025), Bureau of Economic Analysis (2024), US Census Bureau (American Community Survey) (2023). How we calculate this

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