Quality of life comparison

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If you lived in Arkansas instead of Austria, you would:

Health

be 2.3 times more likely to be obese

In Austria, 16.5% of adults are obese as of 2024. In Arkansas, that number is 38.3% of people as of 2022.

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Economy

be 24.7% less likely to be unemployed

In Austria, 5.6% of the labor force is unemployed as of 2025. In Arkansas, that number is 4.2% as of 2025.

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make 24.8% less money

Austria has a GDP per capita of $62,930 as of 2025, while in Arkansas, the GDP per capita is $47,319 as of 2024.

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Sources: World Bank (2025), World Health Organization (2024), Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (PLACES) (2022), Bureau of Labor Statistics (2025), Bureau of Economic Analysis (2024). How we calculate this

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