Quality of life comparison
If you lived in Mississippi instead of Iceland, you would:
Health
be 88.7% more likely to be obese
In Iceland, 22.2% of adults are obese as of 2024. In Mississippi, that number is 41.9% of people as of 2022.
Economy
be 14.4% less likely to be unemployed
In Iceland, 3.6% of the labor force is unemployed as of 2025. In Mississippi, that number is 3.1% as of 2025.
make 57.5% less money
Iceland has a GDP per capita of $98,323 as of 2025, while in Mississippi, the GDP per capita is $41,778 as of 2024.
Basic Needs
be 16.5% less likely to have internet access
In Iceland, approximately 98.2% of the population has internet access as of 2024. In Mississippi, about 82.0% do as of 2023.
Sources: World Bank (2024–2025), World Health Organization (2024), Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (PLACES) (2022), Bureau of Labor Statistics (2025), Bureau of Economic Analysis (2024), US Census Bureau (American Community Survey) (2023). How we calculate this
