Quality of life comparison
compared to
If you lived in Louisiana instead of Germany, you would:
Health
be 96.7% more likely to be obese
In Germany, 20.6% of adults are obese as of 2024. In Louisiana, that number is 40.6% of people as of 2022.
Economy
be 24.3% more likely to live below the poverty line
In Germany, 14.8% live below the poverty line as of 2021. In Louisiana, however, that number is 18.4% as of 2023.
Sources: World Health Organization (2024), Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (PLACES) (2022), World Bank (2021), US Census Bureau (American Community Survey) (2023). How we calculate this
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Cost of Living Comparison · 7 categories - 2026 data
Louisiana is 6.6% more expensive than Germany overall
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Germany is about 3.2 times bigger than Louisiana.
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