Quality of life comparison
compared to
If you lived in Minnesota instead of Australia, you would:
Health
be 10.8% more likely to be obese
In Australia, 30.6% of adults are obese as of 2024. In Minnesota, that number is 33.9% of people as of 2022.
Economy
be 34.3% less likely to live below the poverty line
In Australia, 13.4% live below the poverty line as of 2020. In Minnesota, however, that number is 8.8% as of 2023.
Sources: World Health Organization (2024), Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (PLACES) (2022), The World Factbook (2020), US Census Bureau (American Community Survey) (2023). How we calculate this
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