Quality of life comparison
If you lived in Rhode Island instead of Ireland, you would:
Health
be 13.3% more likely to be obese
In Ireland, 27.9% of adults are obese as of 2024. In Rhode Island, that number is 31.6% of people as of 2022.
Economy
be 26.4% less likely to live below the poverty line
In Ireland, 14.0% live below the poverty line as of 2021. In Rhode Island, however, that number is 10.3% as of 2023.
make 56.7% less money
Ireland has a GDP per capita of $131,592 as of 2025, while in Rhode Island, the GDP per capita is $56,938 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
