Quality of life comparison

compared to

If you lived in South Carolina instead of Palau, you would:

Health

be 12.6% less likely to be obese

In Palau, 40.5% of adults are obese as of 2024. In South Carolina, that number is 35.4% of people as of 2022.

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Economy

make 2.6 times more money

Palau has a GDP per capita of $19,532 as of 2025, while in South Carolina, the GDP per capita is $49,914 as of 2024.

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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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