Quality of life comparison

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If you lived in Louisiana instead of New Zealand, you would:

Health

be 19.3% more likely to be obese

In New Zealand, 34.0% of adults are obese as of 2024. In Louisiana, that number is 40.6% of people as of 2022.

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Economy

be 23.2% less likely to be unemployed

In New Zealand, 5.1% of the labor force is unemployed as of 2025. In Louisiana, that number is 3.9% as of 2025.

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make 12.2% more money

New Zealand has a GDP per capita of $49,591 as of 2025, while in Louisiana, the GDP per capita is $55,662 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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