Quality of life comparison

compared to

If you lived in Mississippi instead of Greece, you would:

Health

be 52.8% more likely to be obese

In Greece, 27.4% of adults are obese as of 2024. In Mississippi, that number is 41.9% of people as of 2022.

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Economy

be 63.7% less likely to be unemployed

In Greece, 8.5% of the labor force is unemployed as of 2025. In Mississippi, that number is 3.1% as of 2025.

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make 55.0% more money

Greece has a GDP per capita of $26,948 as of 2025, while in Mississippi, the GDP per capita is $41,778 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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