Quality of life comparison

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

Health

be 50.5% more likely to be obese

In Iceland, 22.2% of adults are obese as of 2024. In Maryland, that number is 33.4% of people as of 2022.

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Economy

make 29.7% less money

Iceland has a GDP per capita of $98,323 as of 2025, while in Maryland, the GDP per capita is $69,127 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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