Quality of life comparison
If you lived in North Carolina 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 North Carolina, that number is 33.6% of people as of 2022.
Economy
be 39.1% less likely to be unemployed
In Austria, 5.6% of the labor force is unemployed as of 2025. In North Carolina, that number is 3.4% as of 2025.
be 18.2% less likely to live below the poverty line
In Austria, 14.8% live below the poverty line as of 2021. In North Carolina, however, that number is 12.1% 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
