Quality of life comparison

compared to

If you lived in Maryland instead of Australia, you would:

Economy

be 32.8% less likely to live below the poverty line

In Australia, 13.4% live below the poverty line as of 2020. In Maryland, however, that number is 9.0% as of 2023.

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Sources: The World Factbook (2020), US Census Bureau (American Community Survey) (2023). How we calculate this

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