Quality of life comparison
If you lived in Colorado instead of Ireland, you would:
Economy
be 22.2% less likely to be unemployed
In Ireland, 4.6% of the labor force is unemployed as of 2025. In Colorado, that number is 3.6% as of 2025.
be 36.4% less likely to live below the poverty line
In Ireland, 14.0% live below the poverty line as of 2021. In Colorado, however, that number is 8.9% as of 2023.
make 43.3% less money
Ireland has a GDP per capita of $131,592 as of 2025, while in Colorado, the GDP per capita is $74,650 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
