Quality of life comparison
If you lived in Alabama instead of Greece, you would:
Health
be 44.4% more likely to be obese
In Greece, 27.4% of adults are obese as of 2024. In Alabama, that number is 39.6% of people as of 2022.
Economy
be 73.1% less likely to be unemployed
In Greece, 8.5% of the labor force is unemployed as of 2025. In Alabama, that number is 2.3% as of 2025.
be 21.3% less likely to live below the poverty line
In Greece, 18.8% live below the poverty line as of 2021. In Alabama, however, that number is 14.8% as of 2023.
make 82.7% more money
Greece has a GDP per capita of $26,948 as of 2025, while in Alabama, the GDP per capita is $49,225 as of 2024.
Sources: World Bank (2021–2025), World Health Organization (2024), Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (PLACES) (2022), Bureau of Labor Statistics (2025), US Census Bureau (American Community Survey) (2023), Bureau of Economic Analysis (2024). How we calculate this
