Quality of life comparison

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If you lived in Kentucky instead of Saint Lucia, you would:

Economy

be 63.0% less likely to be unemployed

In Saint Lucia, 9.4% of the labor force is unemployed as of 2025. In Kentucky, that number is 3.5% as of 2025.

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make 3.4 times more money

Saint Lucia has a GDP per capita of $14,746 as of 2025, while in Kentucky, the GDP per capita is $50,135 as of 2024.

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Basic Needs

be 28.1% more likely to have internet access

In Saint Lucia, approximately 68.2% of the population has internet access as of 2024. In Kentucky, about 87.4% do as of 2023.

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Sources: World Bank (2024–2025), Bureau of Labor Statistics (2025), Bureau of Economic Analysis (2024), US Census Bureau (American Community Survey) (2023). How we calculate this

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