Quality of life comparison

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If you lived in Kansas instead of Argentina, you would:

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be 52.4% less likely to be unemployed

In Argentina, 7.1% of the labor force is unemployed as of 2025. In Kansas, that number is 3.4% as of 2025.

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be 61.0% less likely to live below the poverty line

In Argentina, 28.2% live below the poverty line as of 2025. In Kansas, however, that number is 11.0% as of 2023.

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make 4.1 times more money

Argentina has a GDP per capita of $14,898 as of 2025, while in Kansas, the GDP per capita is $60,996 as of 2024.

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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

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