Quality of life comparison

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If you lived in Arkansas instead of Germany, you would:

Health

be 85.6% more likely to be obese

In Germany, 20.6% of adults are obese as of 2024. In Arkansas, that number is 38.3% of people as of 2022.

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Economy

be 13.2% more likely to be unemployed

In Germany, 3.7% of the labor force is unemployed as of 2025. In Arkansas, that number is 4.2% as of 2025.

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make 21.8% less money

Germany has a GDP per capita of $60,496 as of 2025, while in Arkansas, the GDP per capita is $47,319 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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