Quality of life comparison
compared to
If you lived in Rhode Island instead of Australia, you would:
Economy
be 23.1% less likely to live below the poverty line
In Australia, 13.4% live below the poverty line as of 2020. In Rhode Island, however, that number is 10.3% as of 2023.
make 12.6% less money
Australia has a GDP per capita of $65,130 as of 2025, while in Rhode Island, the GDP per capita is $56,938 as of 2024.
Sources: The World Factbook (2020), US Census Bureau (American Community Survey) (2023), World Bank (2025), Bureau of Economic Analysis (2024). How we calculate this
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