Quality of life comparison
compared to
If you lived in Pennsylvania instead of Palau, you would:
Health
be 15.1% less likely to be obese
In Palau, 40.5% of adults are obese as of 2024. In Pennsylvania, that number is 34.4% of people as of 2022.
Economy
make 3.1 times more money
Palau has a GDP per capita of $19,532 as of 2025, while in Pennsylvania, the GDP per capita is $61,506 as of 2024.
Sources: World Health Organization (2024), Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (PLACES) (2022), World Bank (2025), Bureau of Economic Analysis (2024). How we calculate this
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Cost of Living Comparison · 7 categories - 2026 data
Pennsylvania is 27.0% more expensive than Palau overall
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Size Comparison · See true size
Palau is about 253 times smaller than Pennsylvania.
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