Quality of life comparison

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

Health

be 2.1 times more likely to be obese

In Maldives, 17.9% 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 22.4% less likely to be unemployed

In Maldives, 4.5% of the labor force is unemployed as of 2025. In Kentucky, that number is 3.5% as of 2025.

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make 3.4 times more money

Maldives has a GDP per capita of $14,615 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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