Quality of life comparison
If you lived in Alabama instead of Germany, you would:
Health
be 91.9% more likely to be obese
In Germany, 20.6% of adults are obese as of 2024. In Alabama, that number is 39.6% of people as of 2022.
Economy
be 38.0% less likely to be unemployed
In Germany, 3.7% of the labor force is unemployed as of 2025. In Alabama, that number is 2.3% as of 2025.
make 18.6% less money
Germany has a GDP per capita of $60,496 as of 2025, while in Alabama, the GDP per capita is $49,225 as of 2024.
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
