Quality of life comparison
If you lived in Illinois instead of Ireland, you would:
Health
be 24.1% more likely to be obese
In Ireland, 27.9% of adults are obese as of 2024. In Illinois, that number is 34.6% of people as of 2022.
Economy
be 18.6% less likely to live below the poverty line
In Ireland, 14.0% live below the poverty line as of 2021. In Illinois, however, that number is 11.4% as of 2023.
make 46.3% less money
Ireland has a GDP per capita of $131,592 as of 2025, while in Illinois, the GDP per capita is $70,691 as of 2024.
Sources: World Bank (2021–2025), World Health Organization (2024), Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (PLACES) (2022), US Census Bureau (American Community Survey) (2023), Bureau of Economic Analysis (2024). How we calculate this
