Quality of life comparison
If you lived in Rhode Island instead of Austria, you would:
Health
be 91.2% more likely to be obese
In Austria, 16.5% of adults are obese as of 2024. In Rhode Island, that number is 31.6% of people as of 2022.
Economy
be 21.1% less likely to be unemployed
In Austria, 5.6% of the labor force is unemployed as of 2025. In Rhode Island, that number is 4.4% as of 2025.
be 30.4% less likely to live below the poverty line
In Austria, 14.8% live below the poverty line as of 2021. In Rhode Island, however, that number is 10.3% 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
