Quality of life comparison
If you lived in Iowa instead of Estonia, you would:
Economy
make 51.8% more money
Estonia has a GDP per capita of $42,000 as of 2023, while in Iowa, the GDP per capita is $63,747 as of 2024.
be 48.0% less likely to be unemployed
In Estonia, 6.3% of adults are unemployed as of 2023. In Iowa, that number is 3.3% as of 2025.
be 53.3% less likely to live below the poverty line
In Estonia, 22.5% live below the poverty line as of 2022. In Iowa, however, that number is 10.5% as of 2023.
The statistics above were calculated using the following data sources: The World Factbook, Bureau of Labor Statistics, US Census Bureau (American Community Survey), Bureau of Economic Analysis.
