Quality of life comparison
If you lived in Arizona instead of Netherlands, you would:
Health
be 2.3 times more likely to be obese
In Netherlands, 14.7% of adults are obese as of 2024. In Arizona, that number is 33.6% of people as of 2022.
Economy
be 17.9% less likely to live below the poverty line
In Netherlands, 14.5% live below the poverty line as of 2021. In Arizona, however, that number is 11.9% as of 2023.
make 20.4% less money
Netherlands has a GDP per capita of $73,684 as of 2025, while in Arizona, the GDP per capita is $58,628 as of 2024.
Sources: World Bank (2021–2025), World Health Organization (2024), Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (PLACES) (2022), US Census Bureau (American Community Survey) (2023), Bureau of Economic Analysis (2024). How we calculate this
