Quality of life comparison
If you lived in Mississippi instead of Italy, you would:
Health
live 10.7 years less
In Italy, the average life expectancy is 83 years (80 years for men, 85 years for women) as of 2022. In Mississippi, that number is 72 years (71 years for men, 78 years for women) as of 2020.
Economy
be 59.3% less likely to be unemployed
In Italy, 7.6% of adults are unemployed as of 2023. In Mississippi, that number is 3.1% as of 2025.
make 20.7% less money
Italy has a GDP per capita of $52,700 as of 2023, while in Mississippi, the GDP per capita is $41,778 as of 2024.
The statistics above were calculated using the following data sources: The World Factbook, OECD Regional Demography, Bureau of Labor Statistics, Bureau of Economic Analysis.
