Quality of life comparison
If you lived in California instead of Ireland, you would:
Economy
be 16.4% less likely to live below the poverty line
In Ireland, 14.0% live below the poverty line as of 2021. In California, however, that number is 11.7% as of 2023.
be 10.2% more likely to be unemployed
In Ireland, 4.6% of the labor force is unemployed as of 2025. In California, that number is 5.1% as of 2025.
make 36.1% less money
Ireland has a GDP per capita of $131,592 as of 2025, while in California, the GDP per capita is $84,028 as of 2024.
Sources: World Bank (2021–2025), Bureau of Labor Statistics (2025), US Census Bureau (American Community Survey) (2023), Bureau of Economic Analysis (2024). How we calculate this
