Quality of life comparison

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If you lived in New York instead of Paraguay, you would:

Health

be 13.8% less likely to be obese

In Paraguay, 34.7% of adults are obese as of 2024. In New York, that number is 29.9% of people as of 2022.

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Economy

be 16.9% less likely to live below the poverty line

In Paraguay, 16.0% live below the poverty line as of 2025. In New York, however, that number is 13.3% as of 2023.

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make 13.1 times more money

Paraguay has a GDP per capita of $7,027 as of 2025, while in New York, the GDP per capita is $91,992 as of 2024.

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Sources: World Bank (2025), World Health Organization (2024), Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (PLACES) (2022), US Census Bureau (American Community Survey) (2023), Bureau of Economic Analysis (2024). How we calculate this

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