Quality of life comparison
If you lived in Virginia instead of Chile, you would:
Health
be 12.8% less likely to be obese
In Chile, 40.5% of adults are obese as of 2024. In Virginia, that number is 35.3% of people as of 2022.
Economy
be 62.1% less likely to be unemployed
In Chile, 9.0% of the labor force is unemployed as of 2025. In Virginia, that number is 3.4% as of 2025.
make 3.8 times more money
Chile has a GDP per capita of $17,995 as of 2025, while in Virginia, the GDP per capita is $69,111 as of 2024.
be 44.6% more likely to live below the poverty line
In Chile, 6.5% live below the poverty line as of 2022. In Virginia, however, that number is 9.4% 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), Bureau of Economic Analysis (2024). How we calculate this
