Quality of life comparison
If you lived in Tennessee instead of Iceland, you would:
Health
be 70.7% more likely to be obese
In Iceland, 22.2% of adults are obese as of 2024. In Tennessee, that number is 37.9% of people as of 2022.
Economy
make 38.8% less money
Iceland has a GDP per capita of $98,323 as of 2025, while in Tennessee, the GDP per capita is $60,177 as of 2024.
Basic Needs
be 10.8% less likely to have internet access
In Iceland, approximately 98.2% of the population has internet access as of 2024. In Tennessee, about 87.6% do as of 2023.
Sources: World Bank (2024–2025), World Health Organization (2024), Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (PLACES) (2022), Bureau of Economic Analysis (2024), US Census Bureau (American Community Survey) (2023). How we calculate this
