Quality of life comparison
If you lived in Maryland instead of Belgium, you would:
Health
be 60.2% more likely to be obese
In Belgium, 20.9% of adults are obese as of 2024. In Maryland, that number is 33.4% of people as of 2022.
Economy
be 37.4% less likely to be unemployed
In Belgium, 5.9% of the labor force is unemployed as of 2025. In Maryland, that number is 3.7% as of 2025.
be 26.8% less likely to live below the poverty line
In Belgium, 12.3% live below the poverty line as of 2022. In Maryland, however, that number is 9.0% as of 2023.
make 13.8% more money
Belgium has a GDP per capita of $60,750 as of 2025, while in Maryland, the GDP per capita is $69,127 as of 2024.
Sources: World Bank (2022–2025), 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
