Quality of life comparison

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If you lived in Marshall Islands instead of New York, you would:

Health

be 40.4% more likely to be obese

In New York, 29.9% of adults are obese as of 2022. In Marshall Islands, that number is 42.0% of people as of 2024.

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Economy

make 90.8% less money

New York has a GDP per capita of $91,992 as of 2024, while in Marshall Islands, the GDP per capita is $8,489 as of 2025.

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Basic Needs

be 26.5% less likely to have internet access

In New York, approximately 89.7% of the population has internet access as of 2023. In Marshall Islands, about 65.9% do as of 2024.

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Sources: World Bank (2024–2025), Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (PLACES) (2022), World Health Organization (2024), Bureau of Economic Analysis (2024), US Census Bureau (American Community Survey) (2023). How we calculate this

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Marshall Islands: At a glance

Marshall Islands (sometimes abbreviated RMI) is a sovereign country in Australia-Oceania, with a total land area of approximately 181 sq km. After almost four decades under US administration as the easternmost part of the UN Trust Territory of the Pacific Islands, the Marshall Islands attained independence in 1986 under a Compact of Free Association. Compensation claims continue as a result of US nuclear testing on some of the atolls between 1947 and 1962. The Marshall Islands hosts the US Army Kwajalein Atoll (USAKA) Reagan Missile Test Site, a key installation in the US missile defense network.
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