Quality of life comparison
If you lived in Colorado instead of Germany, you would:
Health
be 27.4% more likely to be obese
In Germany, 20.6% of adults are obese as of 2024. In Colorado, that number is 26.3% of people as of 2022.
Economy
be 39.9% less likely to live below the poverty line
In Germany, 14.8% live below the poverty line as of 2021. In Colorado, however, that number is 8.9% as of 2023.
make 23.4% more money
Germany has a GDP per capita of $60,496 as of 2025, while in Colorado, the GDP per capita is $74,650 as of 2024.
Sources: World Bank (2021–2025), World Health Organization (2024), Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (PLACES) (2022), US Census Bureau (American Community Survey) (2023), Bureau of Economic Analysis (2024). How we calculate this
