Quality of life comparison

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If you lived in Connecticut instead of Netherlands, you would:

Health

be 2.1 times more likely to be obese

In Netherlands, 14.7% of adults are obese as of 2024. In Connecticut, that number is 31.3% of people as of 2022.

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Economy

be 34.5% less likely to live below the poverty line

In Netherlands, 14.5% live below the poverty line as of 2021. In Connecticut, however, that number is 9.5% as of 2023.

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Sources: World Health Organization (2024), Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (PLACES) (2022), World Bank (2021), US Census Bureau (American Community Survey) (2023). How we calculate this

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