Quality of life comparison
If you lived in Maine instead of Austria, you would:
Health
be 2.0 times more likely to be obese
In Austria, 16.5% of adults are obese as of 2024. In Maine, that number is 33.2% of people as of 2022.
Economy
be 42.7% less likely to be unemployed
In Austria, 5.6% of the labor force is unemployed as of 2025. In Maine, that number is 3.2% as of 2025.
be 31.1% less likely to live below the poverty line
In Austria, 14.8% live below the poverty line as of 2021. In Maine, however, that number is 10.2% as of 2023.
make 12.7% less money
Austria has a GDP per capita of $62,930 as of 2025, while in Maine, the GDP per capita is $54,958 as of 2024.
Sources: World Bank (2021–2025), World Health Organization (2024), Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (PLACES) (2022), Bureau of Labor Statistics (2025), US Census Bureau (American Community Survey) (2023), Bureau of Economic Analysis (2024). How we calculate this
