Quality of life comparison
If you lived in Minnesota instead of Israel, you would:
Health
be 52.5% more likely to be obese
In Israel, 22.2% of adults are obese as of 2024. In Minnesota, that number is 33.9% of people as of 2022.
Economy
make 13.5% more money
Israel has a GDP per capita of $60,337 as of 2025, while in Minnesota, the GDP per capita is $68,478 as of 2024.
be 23.2% more likely to be unemployed
In Israel, 3.5% of the labor force is unemployed as of 2025. In Minnesota, that number is 4.3% as of 2025.
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
