Quality of life comparison
If you lived in Texas instead of Belarus, you would:
Health
be 78.3% more likely to be obese
In Belarus, 20.6% of adults are obese as of 2024. In Texas, that number is 36.8% of people as of 2022.
Economy
make 6.8 times more money
Belarus has a GDP per capita of $10,279 as of 2025, while in Texas, the GDP per capita is $70,071 as of 2024.
be 15.4% more likely to be unemployed
In Belarus, 3.4% of the labor force is unemployed as of 2025. In Texas, that number is 3.9% as of 2025.
be 3.6 times more likely to live below the poverty line
In Belarus, 3.5% live below the poverty line as of 2024. In Texas, however, that number is 12.6% as of 2023.
Sources: World Bank (2024–2025), 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
