Quality of life comparison

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If you lived in Georgia instead of Turkey, you would:

Health

be 28.6% more likely to be obese

In Turkey, 28.8% of adults are obese as of 2024. In Georgia, that number is 37.0% of people as of 2022.

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Economy

be 61.3% less likely to be unemployed

In Turkey, 8.5% of the labor force is unemployed as of 2025. In Georgia, that number is 3.3% as of 2025.

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make 3.3 times more money

Turkey has a GDP per capita of $18,599 as of 2025, while in Georgia, the GDP per capita is $61,706 as of 2024.

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

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