Quality of life comparison
If you lived in New Jersey instead of Austria, you would:
Health
be 81.5% more likely to be obese
In Austria, 16.5% of adults are obese as of 2024. In New Jersey, that number is 30.0% of people as of 2022.
Economy
be 19.4% less likely to be unemployed
In Austria, 5.6% of the labor force is unemployed as of 2025. In New Jersey, that number is 4.5% as of 2025.
be 37.2% less likely to live below the poverty line
In Austria, 14.8% live below the poverty line as of 2021. In New Jersey, however, that number is 9.3% as of 2023.
make 12.5% more money
Austria has a GDP per capita of $62,930 as of 2025, while in New Jersey, the GDP per capita is $70,788 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
