Quality of life comparison
If you lived in Illinois instead of Argentina, you would:
Economy
be 32.8% less likely to be unemployed
In Argentina, 7.1% of the labor force is unemployed as of 2025. In Illinois, that number is 4.8% as of 2025.
be 59.6% less likely to live below the poverty line
In Argentina, 28.2% live below the poverty line as of 2025. In Illinois, however, that number is 11.4% as of 2023.
make 4.7 times more money
Argentina has a GDP per capita of $14,898 as of 2025, while in Illinois, the GDP per capita is $70,691 as of 2024.
Sources: World Bank (2025), Bureau of Labor Statistics (2025), US Census Bureau (American Community Survey) (2023), Bureau of Economic Analysis (2024). How we calculate this
