Quality of life comparison
If you lived in South Dakota instead of Australia, you would:
Health
be 16.4% more likely to be obese
In Australia, 30.6% of adults are obese as of 2024. In South Dakota, that number is 35.6% of people as of 2022.
Economy
be 41.3% less likely to be unemployed
In Australia, 4.1% of the labor force is unemployed as of 2025. In South Dakota, that number is 2.4% as of 2025.
be 16.4% less likely to live below the poverty line
In Australia, 13.4% live below the poverty line as of 2020. In South Dakota, however, that number is 11.2% as of 2023.
Sources: World Health Organization (2024), Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (PLACES) (2022), World Bank (2025), Bureau of Labor Statistics (2025), The World Factbook (2020), US Census Bureau (American Community Survey) (2023). How we calculate this
