Quality of life comparison

compared to

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

Economy

make 3.2 times more money

Palau has a GDP per capita of $15,800 as of 2023, while in South Carolina, the GDP per capita is $49,914 as of 2024.

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Basic Needs

be 2.3 times more likely to have internet access

In Palau, approximately 37.2% of the population has internet access as of 2021. In South Carolina, about 87.0% do as of 2023.

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The statistics above were calculated using the following data sources: The World Factbook, US Census Bureau (American Community Survey), Bureau of Economic Analysis.

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Palau is about 170 times smaller than South Carolina.
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