Quality of life comparison

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If you lived in Delaware instead of United Kingdom, you would:

Health

be 40.2% more likely to be obese

In United Kingdom, 27.4% of adults are obese as of 2024. In Delaware, that number is 38.4% of people as of 2022.

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Economy

make 39.8% more money

United Kingdom has a GDP per capita of $57,602 as of 2025, while in Delaware, the GDP per capita is $80,523 as of 2024.

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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). How we calculate this

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