Quality of life comparison

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If you lived in Texas instead of Turkmenistan, you would:

Health

be 65.6% more likely to be obese

In Turkmenistan, 22.2% of adults are obese as of 2024. In Texas, that number is 36.8% of people as of 2022.

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Economy

make 10.7 times more money

Turkmenistan has a GDP per capita of $6,540 as of 2025, while in Texas, the GDP per capita is $70,071 as of 2024.

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Basic Needs

be 3.6 times more likely to have internet access

In Turkmenistan, approximately 25.3% of the population has internet access as of 2022. In Texas, about 90.1% do as of 2023.

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

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