Quality of life comparison
If you lived in Maryland 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 Maryland, that number is 33.4% of people as of 2022.
Economy
be 33.7% less likely to be unemployed
In Austria, 5.6% of the labor force is unemployed as of 2025. In Maryland, that number is 3.7% as of 2025.
be 39.2% less likely to live below the poverty line
In Austria, 14.8% live below the poverty line as of 2021. In Maryland, however, that number is 9.0% as of 2023.
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). How we calculate this
