Quality of life comparison
If you lived in Mississippi instead of Moldova, you would:
Economy
make 2.7 times more money
Moldova has a GDP per capita of $15,700 as of 2023, while in Mississippi, the GDP per capita is $41,778 as of 2024.
be 40.8% less likely to live below the poverty line
In Moldova, 31.1% live below the poverty line as of 2022. In Mississippi, however, that number is 18.4% as of 2023.
be 91.4% more likely to be unemployed
In Moldova, 1.6% of adults are unemployed as of 2023. In Mississippi, that number is 3.1% as of 2025.
The statistics above were calculated using the following data sources: The World Factbook, Bureau of Labor Statistics, US Census Bureau (American Community Survey), Bureau of Economic Analysis.