Quality of life comparison
If you lived in Minnesota instead of Finland, you would:
Health
be 40.1% more likely to be obese
In Finland, 24.2% of adults are obese as of 2024. In Minnesota, that number is 33.9% of people as of 2022.
Economy
be 54.5% less likely to be unemployed
In Finland, 9.5% of the labor force is unemployed as of 2025. In Minnesota, that number is 4.3% as of 2025.
be 27.9% less likely to live below the poverty line
In Finland, 12.2% live below the poverty line as of 2022. In Minnesota, however, that number is 8.8% as of 2023.
make 22.0% more money
Finland has a GDP per capita of $56,149 as of 2025, while in Minnesota, the GDP per capita is $68,478 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
