Quality of life comparison

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If you lived in Connecticut instead of Qatar, you would:

Health

be 25.5% less likely to be obese

In Qatar, 42.0% of adults are obese as of 2024. In Connecticut, that number is 31.3% of people as of 2022.

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Economy

be 31.5 times more likely to be unemployed

In Qatar, 0.1% of the labor force is unemployed as of 2025. In Connecticut, that number is 4.1% as of 2025.

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Sources: World Health Organization (2024), Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (PLACES) (2022), World Bank (2025), Bureau of Labor Statistics (2025). How we calculate this

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