Quality of life comparison
If you lived in Maryland instead of Albania, you would:
Health
be 38.4% more likely to be obese
In Albania, 24.1% of adults are obese as of 2024. In Maryland, that number is 33.4% of people as of 2022.
Economy
be 66.1% less likely to be unemployed
In Albania, 10.9% of the labor force is unemployed as of 2025. In Maryland, that number is 3.7% as of 2025.
be 54.3% less likely to live below the poverty line
In Albania, 19.7% live below the poverty line as of 2022. In Maryland, however, that number is 9.0% as of 2023.
make 5.3 times more money
Albania has a GDP per capita of $12,998 as of 2025, while in Maryland, the GDP per capita is $69,127 as of 2024.
Sources: World Bank (2022–2025), World Health Organization (2024), Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (PLACES) (2022), Bureau of Labor Statistics (2025), US Census Bureau (American Community Survey) (2023), Bureau of Economic Analysis (2024). How we calculate this
