Quality of life comparison
If you lived in Illinois instead of Iceland, you would:
Health
be 55.9% more likely to be obese
In Iceland, 22.2% of adults are obese as of 2024. In Illinois, that number is 34.6% of people as of 2022.
Economy
be 32.6% more likely to be unemployed
In Iceland, 3.6% of the labor force is unemployed as of 2025. In Illinois, that number is 4.8% as of 2025.
make 28.1% less money
Iceland has a GDP per capita of $98,323 as of 2025, while in Illinois, the GDP per capita is $70,691 as of 2024.
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
