Quality of life comparison

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If you lived in Iowa instead of Macedonia, you would:

Economy

make 2.7 times more money

Macedonia has a GDP per capita of $23,400 as of 2023, while in Iowa, the GDP per capita is $63,747 as of 2024.

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be 74.8% less likely to be unemployed

In Macedonia, 13.1% of adults are unemployed as of 2023. In Iowa, that number is 3.3% as of 2025.

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The statistics above were calculated using the following data sources: The World Factbook, Bureau of Labor Statistics, Bureau of Economic Analysis.

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