Quality of life comparison

compared to

If you lived in Tennessee instead of Ireland, you would:

Health

be 35.9% more likely to be obese

In Ireland, 27.9% of adults are obese as of 2024. In Tennessee, that number is 37.9% of people as of 2022.

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Economy

be 26.6% less likely to be unemployed

In Ireland, 4.6% of the labor force is unemployed as of 2025. In Tennessee, that number is 3.4% as of 2025.

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make 54.3% less money

Ireland has a GDP per capita of $131,592 as of 2025, while in Tennessee, the GDP per capita is $60,177 as of 2024.

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Sources: World Bank (2025), World Health Organization (2024), Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (PLACES) (2022), Bureau of Labor Statistics (2025), Bureau of Economic Analysis (2024). How we calculate this

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