Quality of life comparison
compared to
If you lived in North Carolina instead of Germany, you would:
Health
be 62.8% more likely to be obese
In Germany, 20.6% of adults are obese as of 2024. In North Carolina, that number is 33.6% of people as of 2022.
Economy
be 18.2% less likely to live below the poverty line
In Germany, 14.8% live below the poverty line as of 2021. In North Carolina, however, that number is 12.1% 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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