Quality of life comparison

compared to

If you lived in California instead of Nicaragua, you would:

Health

be 18.6% less likely to be obese

In Nicaragua, 34.9% of adults are obese as of 2024. In California, that number is 28.4% of people as of 2022.

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Economy

make 26.5 times more money

Nicaragua has a GDP per capita of $3,173 as of 2025, while in California, the GDP per capita is $84,028 as of 2024.

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Basic Needs

be 50.8% more likely to have internet access

In Nicaragua, approximately 61.4% of the population has internet access as of 2024. In California, about 92.6% do as of 2023.

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

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