Quality of life comparison

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If you lived in Georgia instead of Iceland, you would:

Health

be 66.7% more likely to be obese

In Iceland, 22.2% of adults are obese as of 2024. In Georgia, that number is 37.0% of people as of 2022.

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Economy

make 37.2% less money

Iceland has a GDP per capita of $98,323 as of 2025, while in Georgia, the GDP per capita is $61,706 as of 2024.

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Sources: World Health Organization (2024), Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (PLACES) (2022), World Bank (2025), Bureau of Economic Analysis (2024). How we calculate this

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