Quality of life comparison
If you lived in Vermont instead of Macedonia, you would:
Economy
be 78.8% less likely to be unemployed
In Macedonia, 12.3% of the labor force is unemployed as of 2025. In Vermont, that number is 2.6% as of 2025.
be 54.8% less likely to live below the poverty line
In Macedonia, 21.9% live below the poverty line as of 2023. In Vermont, however, that number is 9.9% as of 2023.
make 5.4 times more money
Macedonia has a GDP per capita of $10,490 as of 2025, while in Vermont, the GDP per capita is $56,462 as of 2024.
Sources: World Bank (2023–2025), Bureau of Labor Statistics (2025), US Census Bureau (American Community Survey) (2023), Bureau of Economic Analysis (2024). How we calculate this
