Quality of life comparison

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If you lived in Kentucky instead of Libya, you would:

Health

be 13.5% more likely to be obese

In Libya, 33.7% of adults are obese as of 2024. In Kentucky, that number is 38.2% of people as of 2022.

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Economy

be 81.3% less likely to be unemployed

In Libya, 18.8% of the labor force is unemployed as of 2025. In Kentucky, that number is 3.5% as of 2025.

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make 7.8 times more money

Libya has a GDP per capita of $6,449 as of 2025, while in Kentucky, the GDP per capita is $50,135 as of 2024.

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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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