Quality of life comparison
If you lived in California instead of Morocco, you would:
Health
be 31.7% more likely to be obese
In Morocco, 21.6% of adults are obese as of 2024. In California, that number is 28.4% of people as of 2022.
Economy
be 43.3% less likely to be unemployed
In Morocco, 9.0% of the labor force is unemployed as of 2025. In California, that number is 5.1% as of 2025.
make 18.0 times more money
Morocco has a GDP per capita of $4,672 as of 2025, while in California, the GDP per capita is $84,028 as of 2024.
be 3.0 times more likely to live below the poverty line
In Morocco, 3.9% live below the poverty line as of 2022. In California, however, that number is 11.7% as of 2023.
Sources: World Bank (2022–2025), World Health Organization (2024), Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (PLACES) (2022), Bureau of Labor Statistics (2025), US Census Bureau (American Community Survey) (2023), Bureau of Economic Analysis (2024). How we calculate this
