Quality of life comparison
If you lived in Montana instead of Malaysia, you would:
Health
be 36.3% more likely to be obese
In Malaysia, 23.3% of adults are obese as of 2024. In Montana, that number is 31.8% of people as of 2022.
Economy
make 4.0 times more money
Malaysia has a GDP per capita of $13,125 as of 2025, while in Montana, the GDP per capita is $52,945 as of 2024.
be 2.2 times more likely to live below the poverty line
In Malaysia, 5.1% live below the poverty line as of 2023. In Montana, however, that number is 11.4% as of 2023.
Sources: World Bank (2023–2025), 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
