Quality of life comparison
If you lived in Minnesota instead of Ireland, you would:
Health
be 21.6% more likely to be obese
In Ireland, 27.9% of adults are obese as of 2024. In Minnesota, that number is 33.9% of people as of 2022.
Economy
be 37.1% less likely to live below the poverty line
In Ireland, 14.0% live below the poverty line as of 2021. In Minnesota, however, that number is 8.8% as of 2023.
make 48.0% less money
Ireland has a GDP per capita of $131,592 as of 2025, while in Minnesota, the GDP per capita is $68,478 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
