Quality of life comparison

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

Health

be 2.6 times more likely to be obese

In Netherlands, 14.7% of adults are obese as of 2024. In Kentucky, that number is 38.2% of people as of 2022.

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Economy

make 32.0% less money

Netherlands has a GDP per capita of $73,684 as of 2025, while in Kentucky, the GDP per capita is $50,135 as of 2024.

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Sources: World Health Organization (2024), Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (PLACES) (2022), World Bank (2025), Bureau of Economic Analysis (2024). How we calculate this

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Kentucky is 18.2% cheaper than Netherlands overall
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