Quality of life comparison
If you lived in Kentucky instead of Mongolia, you would:
Health
be 52.2% more likely to be obese
In Mongolia, 25.1% of adults are obese as of 2024. In Kentucky, that number is 38.2% of people as of 2022.
Economy
be 33.1% less likely to be unemployed
In Mongolia, 5.2% of the labor force is unemployed as of 2025. In Kentucky, that number is 3.5% as of 2025.
be 43.2% less likely to live below the poverty line
In Mongolia, 27.1% live below the poverty line as of 2022. In Kentucky, however, that number is 15.4% as of 2023.
make 7.1 times more money
Mongolia has a GDP per capita of $7,108 as of 2025, while in Kentucky, the GDP per capita is $50,135 as of 2024.
Sources: World Bank (2022–2025), World Health Organization (2024), Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (PLACES) (2022), Bureau of Labor Statistics (2025), US Census Bureau (American Community Survey) (2023), Bureau of Economic Analysis (2024). How we calculate this
