Quality of life comparison

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If you lived in California instead of Finland, you would:

Health

be 17.4% more likely to be obese

In Finland, 24.2% of adults are obese as of 2024. In California, that number is 28.4% of people as of 2022.

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Economy

be 46.1% less likely to be unemployed

In Finland, 9.5% of the labor force is unemployed as of 2025. In California, that number is 5.1% as of 2025.

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make 49.7% more money

Finland has a GDP per capita of $56,149 as of 2025, while in California, the GDP per capita is $84,028 as of 2024.

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Sources: World Bank (2025), World Health Organization (2024), Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (PLACES) (2022), Bureau of Labor Statistics (2025), Bureau of Economic Analysis (2024). How we calculate this

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