Quality of life comparison
compared to
If you lived in Massachusetts instead of Ireland, you would:
Economy
be 32.1% less likely to live below the poverty line
In Ireland, 14.0% live below the poverty line as of 2021. In Massachusetts, however, that number is 9.5% as of 2023.
make 33.2% less money
Ireland has a GDP per capita of $131,592 as of 2025, while in Massachusetts, the GDP per capita is $87,892 as of 2024.
Sources: World Bank (2021–2025), US Census Bureau (American Community Survey) (2023), Bureau of Economic Analysis (2024). How we calculate this
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