Quality of life comparison
If you lived in Rhode Island instead of Jordan, you would:
Health
be 10.6% less likely to be obese
In Jordan, 35.4% of adults are obese as of 2024. In Rhode Island, that number is 31.6% of people as of 2022.
Economy
be 73.4% less likely to be unemployed
In Jordan, 16.5% of the labor force is unemployed as of 2025. In Rhode Island, that number is 4.4% as of 2025.
make 10.6 times more money
Jordan has a GDP per capita of $5,348 as of 2025, while in Rhode Island, the GDP per capita is $56,938 as of 2024.
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
