Quality of life comparison
If you lived in California instead of Turkmenistan, you would:
Health
be 27.8% more likely to be obese
In Turkmenistan, 22.2% of adults are obese as of 2024. In California, that number is 28.4% of people as of 2022.
Economy
make 12.8 times more money
Turkmenistan has a GDP per capita of $6,540 as of 2025, while in California, the GDP per capita is $84,028 as of 2024.
be 19.4% more likely to be unemployed
In Turkmenistan, 4.3% of the labor force is unemployed as of 2025. In California, that number is 5.1% as of 2025.
Basic Needs
be 3.7 times more likely to have internet access
In Turkmenistan, approximately 25.3% of the population has internet access as of 2022. In California, about 92.6% do as of 2023.
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), The World Factbook (2022), US Census Bureau (American Community Survey) (2023). How we calculate this
