Quality of life comparison
If you lived in Washington instead of Austria, you would:
Health
be 88.1% more likely to be obese
In Austria, 16.5% of adults are obese as of 2024. In Washington, that number is 31.1% of people as of 2022.
Economy
be 36.5% less likely to live below the poverty line
In Austria, 14.8% live below the poverty line as of 2021. In Washington, however, that number is 9.4% as of 2023.
make 39.5% more money
Austria has a GDP per capita of $62,930 as of 2025, while in Washington, the GDP per capita is $87,768 as of 2024.
Sources: World Bank (2021–2025), World Health Organization (2024), Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (PLACES) (2022), US Census Bureau (American Community Survey) (2023), Bureau of Economic Analysis (2024). How we calculate this
