Quality of life comparison
If you lived in Hawaii instead of Ireland, you would:
Economy
be 52.5% less likely to be unemployed
In Ireland, 4.6% of the labor force is unemployed as of 2025. In Hawaii, that number is 2.2% as of 2025.
be 30.0% less likely to live below the poverty line
In Ireland, 14.0% live below the poverty line as of 2021. In Hawaii, however, that number is 9.8% as of 2023.
make 51.3% less money
Ireland has a GDP per capita of $131,592 as of 2025, while in Hawaii, the GDP per capita is $64,124 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
