Quality of life comparison
If you lived in Rhode Island instead of Belgium, you would:
Health
be 51.6% more likely to be obese
In Belgium, 20.9% of adults are obese as of 2024. In Rhode Island, that number is 31.6% of people as of 2022.
Economy
be 25.5% less likely to be unemployed
In Belgium, 5.9% of the labor force is unemployed as of 2025. In Rhode Island, that number is 4.4% as of 2025.
be 16.3% less likely to live below the poverty line
In Belgium, 12.3% live below the poverty line as of 2022. In Rhode Island, however, that number is 10.3% as of 2023.
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). How we calculate this
