If you lived in Rwanda instead of Niger, you would:

Health

be 12.1% more likely to have diabetes

In Oregon, 9.1% of adults have diabetes as of 2022. In Rhode Island, that number is 10.2% as of 2022.

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Economy

be 13.7% less likely to be unemployed

In Oregon, 5.1% of adults are unemployed as of 2025. In Rhode Island, that number is 4.4% as of 2025.

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be 11.2% less likely to live below the poverty line

In Oregon, 11.6% live below the poverty line as of 2023. In Rhode Island, however, that number is 10.3% as of 2023.

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Safety

be 48.9% less likely to be a victim of violent crime

Oregon has a violent crime rate of 323 per 100,000 people as of 2023. In Rhode Island, that number is 165 per 100,000 as of 2023.

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be 57.0% less likely to be a victim of property crime

Oregon has a property crime rate of 2,566 per 100,000 people as of 2023. In Rhode Island, that number is 1,102 per 100,000 as of 2023.

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Housing & Income

pay 18.8% less for a home

The median home value in Oregon is $454,200 as of 2023, compared to $368,800 in Rhode Island as of 2023.

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pay 12.2% less in rent

The median monthly gross rent in Oregon is $1,450 as of 2023, while in Rhode Island, it is $1,273 as of 2023.

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Lifestyle

be 31.1% less likely to be uninsured

In Oregon, 6.1% of the population is without health insurance as of 2023. In Rhode Island, that number is 4.2% as of 2023.

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be 34.7% more likely to have a foreign-born neighbor

In Oregon, 4.9% of the population was born outside the US as of 2023. In Rhode Island, that number is 6.6% as of 2023.

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be 12.4% less likely to be food insecure

In Oregon, 10.5% of the population is food insecure as of 2021. In Rhode Island, that number is 9.2% as of 2021.

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commute 2.3 minutes longer

The average one-way commute in Oregon takes 23.2 minutes as of 2023. In Rhode Island, it takes 25.5 minutes as of 2023.

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be 25.8% more likely to be physically inactive

In Oregon, 19.0% of adults are physically inactive as of 2022. In Rhode Island, that number is 23.9% as of 2022.

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live in an area that is 23.8 times more densely populated

Oregon has a population density of 17.1 people per sq km as of 2023. In Rhode Island, that number is 407.8 people per sq km as of 2023.

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The statistics above were calculated using the following data sources: The World Factbook.

Rwanda: At a glance

Rwanda is a sovereign country in Africa, with a total land area of approximately 24,668 sq km. In 1959, three years before independence from Belgium, the majority ethnic group, the Hutus, overthrew the ruling Tutsi king. Over the next several years, thousands of Tutsis were killed, and some 150,000 driven into exile in neighboring countries. The children of these exiles later formed a rebel group, the Rwandan Patriotic Front (RPF), and began a civil war in 1990. The war, along with several political and economic upheavals, exacerbated ethnic tensions, culminating in April 1994 in a state-orchestrated genocide, in which Rwandans killed up to a million of their fellow citizens, including approximately three-quarters of the Tutsi population. The genocide ended later that same year when the predominantly Tutsi RPF, operating out of Uganda and northern Rwanda, defeated the national army and Hutu militias, and established an RPF-led government of national unity. Approximately 2 million Hutu refugees - many fearing Tutsi retribution - fled to neighboring Burundi, Tanzania, Uganda, and former Zaire. Since then, most of the refugees have returned to Rwanda, but several thousand remained in the neighboring Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC, the former Zaire) and formed an extremist insurgency bent on retaking Rwanda, much as the RPF did in 1990. Rwanda held its first local elections in 1999 and its first post-genocide presidential and legislative elections in 2003. Rwanda in 2009 staged a joint military operation with the Congolese Army in DRC to rout out the Hutu extremist insurgency there, and Kigali and Kinshasa restored diplomatic relations. Rwanda also joined the Commonwealth in late 2009. In January 2013, Rwanda assumed a nonpermanent seat on the UN Security Council for the 2013-14 term.
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