Quality of life comparison
If you lived in California instead of Palau, you would:
Health
be 29.9% less likely to be obese
In Palau, 40.5% of adults are obese as of 2024. In California, that number is 28.4% of people as of 2022.
Economy
make 4.3 times more money
Palau has a GDP per capita of $19,532 as of 2025, while in California, the GDP per capita is $84,028 as of 2024.
Basic Needs
be 10.3% more likely to have internet access
In Palau, approximately 83.9% of the population has internet access as of 2024. In California, about 92.6% do as of 2023.
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
